Sentences with phrase «plans for a reformed house»

He claimed on several occasions that the Liberal Democrats agreed with Labour's plans for a reformed House of Commons and a House of Lords made up of non-hereditary peers.

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WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Republican Study Committee, North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker, said Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen should step down as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee for voting against the final version of the GOP tax reform plan that passed Tuesday afternoon.

Last week, the House narrowly approved a Senate version of the 2018 federal budget, clearing the path for the Republican - controlled Senate to pass its tax reform plan later this year.

OPINION: Labor will need to compromise if its budget plans are to pass the parliament, and a push for upper house reform may not be out of the question.

The budget calls for tax reform that largely mirrors the House GOP's «Better Way» plan, though it does not mention much of the aspects that would pay for the changes in «Better Way» or other ways to make up for the revenue loss from the rate reductions it calls for.

After the Senate passed an immigration reform bill, the House left Washington for vacation in July after not bringing up the plan.

Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg announced today that the government will abandon its plans for reform of the House of Lords.

Congressional Democrats in New York are criticizing a federal budget approved by the House on Thursday that paves the way for a tax reform plan that could include the elimination of the state and local deduction, or SALT.

But he also hit out at the prime minister as he said the Lib Dems are no longer bound to support government plans to reduce the size of the House of Commons from 650 to 600 MPs because of Cameron's failure to deliver sufficient Tory support for Lords reform.

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Tory peer speaks in favour of plans to democratise upper house but undermines one of the main arguments for reform

Faced with entrenched opposition from Tory MPs coupled with Labour's refusal to back a crucial timetable for the House of Lords Reform Bill, Mr Clegg announced last month that the plans were being scrapped.

Cuomo, who has shown a willingness to hasten the legislative and budgetary process in New York's state government and insisted that the Legislature is not a «debating society» that gums up law - making, knocked House Republicans for pushing through the tax reform plan.

Last week, Cuomo praised the seven Republicans from New York who voted against the House budget plan that paved the way for the tax reform debate.

Rochester - area Democratic Rep. Louise Slaughter delivered the opening statement for the minority as the House Rules Committee approved the Republican tax reform plan last night.

• Coffee House says the 70 names on the letter from Tory rebels opposed to the government's plans for Lords reform do not include other Tory MPs who support the letter but whose names have been withheld.

As a very new backbench MP in the last Parliament I was delighted to be asked to pull together a proposal for reform of the planning system following our Green Papers on localism and housing.

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne has said Labour will target low pay and housing benefit in its plans for social security reform.

Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Liam Byrne says Labour will target low pay and housing benefit in its plans for social security reform.

[The new charge, they said, would actually be listed on county property tax bills as the «Faso - Collins federal tax» — named after New York GOP Reps. John Faso, of Columbia County, and Chris Collins, of Erie County, whose plan for the cost shifts were included in both the Senate and House versions of federal health care reform bills.]

The state Business Council was no less enthused by the U.S. Senate's tax reform plan than the group was for the House GOP proposal.

Rep. John Katko said he voted «yes» on the House tax reform bill for two basic reasons: «The vast majority of my constituents will receive a tax cut under this plan, and this effort will allow local businesses to invest in Central New York and our workforce.»

Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises — such as reforming care for veterans and fighting opioid addiction — by harvesting ideas from the business world and, potentially, privatizing some government functions.

Writing in this week's House magazine, he urged MPs to produce a tenable plan for the House of Lords, rather than allow a repeat of past failed attempts at reform.

The governor was equally dismissive of Mr. de Blasio's push to reform the 421a tax abatement for developers, a change crucial to the mayor's ambitious housing plan.

As a joint parliamentary committee unveils its plans for a mainly elected second chamber, a YouGov poll commissioned by Unlock Democracy found that 69 % of voters support a reformed House of Lords.

Katko, R - Camillus, and King, R - Long Island, were among 18 House Republicans to break ranks with the GOP last month on a 2018 budget resolution that paved the way for moving forward with the tax reform plan.

De Blasio, who has said his administration continues to put plans in place to decrease the population in Rikers Island and install several reforms at the jail, said the speaker's plan, first laid out during her State of the City address last week, lacked detail and reasonable options for housing the approximately 10,000 inmates currently detained at the troubled jail.

The coalition agreement between the Conservatives and Mr Clegg's Liberal Democrats outlined political reforms including plans for five - year fixed - term parliaments, reforms to the House of Lords, powers for voters to recall their MP if found guilty of serious wrongdoing and a referendum on voting reforms.

George Osborne remains adamant that his proposals for tax credit reform will go ahead, despite his initial plans being defeated by a vote in the House of Lords yesterday.

The Labour leader delivered a hard - hitting attack on the prime minister, whom he accused of turning into «David Brent» within two years of taking power, after the government laid out its plans for the year ahead, including reform of the House of Lords.

While House Republicans in Washington are proposing a major overhaul of the nation's tax system, Wisconsin Assembly Republicans are making plans of their own for tax reform.

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said Tuesday that President Barack Obama provided further details of his plans for entitlement reforms at the latest round of deficit reduction talks at the White House.

Western New York Reps. Brian Higgins and Tom Reed will head to the White House on Tuesday to talk about tax reform with Trump, with Higgins saying he will push for a plan that removes corporate loopholes, pays for itself and does not favor the rich.

Policies vary from the emotive debate to end secure tenancy for life for future social housing tenants, via plans to financially reward councils that build new homes, to reforms to the housing benefit and planning system.

Pavan Dhaliwal, BHA Head of Public Affairs, commented, «We were critical of the Government's plans for reform of the House of Lords because they included retaining the Bishops.

And I would think he would want to be a partner in this and I don't have any reasonable explanation for you why he's standing in the way of a reform plan that would protect the taxpayers and create a lot more affordable housing.

The prospects for any of those reforms passing both legislative houses is uncertain, especially considering the bad blood between Cuomo and lawmakers that was exacerbated by the scuttling of plans for a proposed December special session, which could have resulted in the first legislative pay increase since 1999.

The candidate is also calling for housing reform and infrastructure needs and plans to introduce a nine - year housing incentive for «young, tax - paying men and women who are looking to revitalize the city... and promote local wealth,» in January 2018.

(ABC / AP) President Donald Trump has called for bold action to improve school safety after last month's Parkland shooting, but a set of proposals the White House formally plans to endorse on Monday leaves most authority for reform up to the states and for consideration by a new federal commission...

Whilst Nick Clegg's plans for wholesale Lords reform came to nought in 2012, it is a clear concern of many peers to ensure that the House of Lords does not come so close to largescale reform again.

«We look forward to working together to craft a long - term, comprehensive plan to ensure that a reformed 421 - a program can maximize the creation of affordable housing in New York City for years to come.

Nick Clegg will next year outline plans for the most far - reaching changes to the House of Lords since landmark reforms 100 years ago by a Liberal government ended the upper house's ability to block Britain's annual buHouse of Lords since landmark reforms 100 years ago by a Liberal government ended the upper house's ability to block Britain's annual buhouse's ability to block Britain's annual budget.

Cuomo sent Trump a letter asking for him to intervene with House Republicans who plan to unveil a tax reform bill Wednesday.

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The criticism of the secretary's plan, which he and the president rolled out September 23 at the White House, stems from two issues: 1) the secretary's strategy of making receipt of the waivers conditional on states agreeing to maintain or adopt a series of reforms, and 2) the effect of the waivers on efforts to hold schools accountable for results.

President Bush is planning to personally endorse the reform strategy drafted by Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander at an event tentatively set for this week, according to White House and Education Department sources.

On a day when party labels had the other chamber in turmoil, a surprisingly unified House overwhelmingly passed a version of President Bush's education reform plan last week that would for the first time tie federal aid to school performance on annual math and reading tests.

The House of Representatives and the Senate on Tuesday each held hearings for the first time on Jackson's schools plan, which would reform public education in Cleveland and could become a model for the rest of the state.

Some analysts displayed a bit of soft skepticism though, and so Tesla common stock closed 6.8 - percent lower Thursday, to $ 299.26, and piling on, the $ 7,500 federal tax credit for EVs could become a victim of the GOP tax reform plan, Bloomberg reported, quoting a House Republican.