Sentences with phrase «policy group called»

In 1972, a policy group called the Club of Rome released an infamous and influential paper predicting all sorts of environmental doom.

A bipartisan energy policy group called today for action on climate legislation and laid out principles for such a measure, including views that collide with the leading House climate and energy measure.

While the Republican - led tax reform plan is short on details at this point, the head of a tax policy group called the plan «viable.»

In addition, the policy group calls for a review of speed limits to see whether they could be made more effective - for example, during the school run, cars should be limited to 20mph outside schools, but should be able to speed up at any other time.

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Breitbart is known for supporting what some refer to as the «alt right» movement in the United States, a loose affiliation of politically conservative groups that include overtly racist organizations such as Richard Spencer's National Policy Institute, which advocates for something it calls «white nationalism.»

With the world growing more concerned about attacks by militant groups on civilians, Microsoft Corp. on Friday outlined new policies to crack down what it called «terrorist content» on some of its consumer services.

Part of my rationale for speaking so strongly here is that Kevin called into question the integrity of the Tax Policy Center, a group staffed by highly respected former civil servants, by calling their work «scientifically indefensible» and «fiction».

Calling unemployment a «fickle indicator,» the group warned that if Carney was wrong, «the bank could be required to backtrack on its guidance, with the likely consequence of reduced credibility, and as a result, less scope to operate monetary policy flexibly in future.»

In 1997, a group of unipolarists led by Cheney, Libby, Wolfowitz, Elliott Abrams, Eliot Cohen, Frank Gaffney, Donald Kagan, Norman Podhoretz and Donald Rumsfeld founded the Project for the New American Century (PNAC), which issued a statement of principles that called for an aggressive American policy of global domination.

The tour put in place the new policy, which calls players out but has no practical financial or other impact, to allow officials to penalize individuals for slow play rather than entire groups.

Earlier this week, a Washington - based research group, the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, and two U.S. representatives called on Illinois to choose competitive bidding to save money.

According to a 2009 study called Factors Influencing the Implementation of School Wellness Policies in the United States, it's important to have a school district wellness committee or other group to create, implement and oversee the school district wellness policy.

Park supporters have called the group «s actions extreme and said residents could simply vote incumbents out of office if they are unhappy with park board policy.

While Brian Endless, Oak Park Youth Baseball & Softball's liaison to the Park District acknowledged that now the group can schedule a full season, he's concerned because in recent years more of the limited field space has been devoted to the district's own programs — a move he called «bad public policy.»

We encourage members of the Baby Feeding Law Group (BFLG)-- who are joining us in calling for the Code and Resolutions to be implemented in the UK — to develop and publish sponsorship policies and bring these into line with the Code and Resolutions.

The Conflicts of Interest Coalition / Network is an international campaign by hundreds of groups and networks calling for policy making to be free from commercial influence.

He is also one of the few senior Labour figures to attempt fresh thinking, commissioning a review of the Treasury, establishing a group of formidable economic advisers, framing policies around what he calls an entrepreneurial state.

Groups like Diabetes UK are calling for the provision of emotional and psychological support as an integral part of a diabetes care package, and for the package to be part of an overarching policy that will put an end to the post code lottery.

Drug - policy watchdog groups are calling Cuomo's announcement that he is adding fentanyl analogs to New York State's controlled substances schedule «a step in the wrong direction.»

The seemingly endless series of reports from parliamentary committees and expert organisations calling for reform of Britain's drug policy continued today, after a cross-party group of peers called for a change in the law.

Heather Smith, the group's executive director, calls it a policy based on the false premise that welfare recipients use drugs more than other sectors of society.

In common with the reports launched by Social Justice Policy Group and the Globalisation and Global Poverty Policy Group this morning's report - entitled An Unquiet World - is comprehensive and substantial, David Cameron called it «hard headed, gritty and practical.»

Presenting a speech at the ongoing National Policy Summit in Accra on Monday, 15 May, sector minister Ken Ofori - Atta apologised and called on labour groups to exercise restraint as the ministry expeditiously resolves the challenge.

The report, the product of the conference's Senate Democratic Policy Group, also calls for blocking budget sweeps from environmental protections funds in order to ensure the money fights climate change.

Corbyn's recent remarks, in which he undermined Labour policy by stating that he would never sanction a nuclear strike, and more recently when he changed his mind over the so - called «shoot - to - kill» policy in the event of a potential Paris - style attack in the UK, have deeply angered many members of the parliamentary group.

Her proposal is the latest call from green groups calling on Ed Miliband to adopt a bold set of policies going into next year's general election campaign, which is now less than a year away.

The Blue Collar group of Conservatives, which is calling on David Cameron to pursue policies that will appeal to working class voters, already has 40 MPs and is growing in strength ahead of its official launch in November.

Activists point to how Cuomo has enabled Republican control of the State Senate by failing to use the State Democratic Party to support Senate Democrats and actively supporting a group of breakaway Democrats called the Independent Democratic Conference that has empowered Senate Republicans in exchange for a say in policy and perks they wouldn't enjoy as part of the minority.

The exposé led the head of a government - watchdog group — who has accused Mateo of flagrantly violating the terms of his contract to run a bar and lounge on city parkland — to call the situation «a continuation of the mayor's pay - to - play policies — and one that is impacting an entire community.»

Fred Floss, director of the union - backed think tank Fiscal Policy Institute, says Cuomo's plan to focus on property and business tax cuts, along with a commitment to continue to hold spending to less than two percent a year, would result in what his group calls a decade of austerity that could harm infrastructure and economic growth.

Ghanaian Civil society group, the African Centre for Energy Policy, ACEP, has revealed through its partners, a Swiss NGO, Public Eye, how Swiss commodity trading firms are exporting what they call «dirty diesel» to Africa.

A letter addressed to the prime minister and signed by three Muslim MPs and other British Muslim groups calls for an urgent revision of UK foreign policy.

A Conservative party policy group has called for stamp duty rebates to be offered to homeowners who improve the energy efficiency of their property.

A group of state Senate Democratic candidates challenging breakaway Democrats say the state Senate's revised sexual harassment policy targets victims — and they called on state government to stop using taxpayer dollars to settle sexual harassment claims.

Day lobbied the County Executives of America, an influential non-partisan advocacy group of which he is a board member, to pass a resolution calling for New York to change its policy of requiring counties to pay for Medicaid

The second group, the Strategy & Policy Forum, told the White House it was calling it quits on Wednesday.

The group will appoint their own whips in parliament to co-ordinate rebellions where they disagree with Mr Corbyn's policy and look to change the rules to appoint an elected Shadow Cabinet, as previously called for by the party's deputy leader Tom Watson.

In the interview, Meeks links a lack of journalistic integrity to an agreement the Post has with a group called NRPC [National Legal and Policy Center].

It triggered huge applause from delegates with calls for Labour to «rescue» the NHS from Cameron, but downplayed the health and social care policy by grouping it with broader reforms aiding the elderly on mental and physical health.

The Department of Justice sternly warned a group of major cities — including New York — that they remain in violation of federal law by adopting so - called «sanctuary city» policies that shield undocumented immigrants from being reported to the feds.

At 1 p.m., NY Renews, a coalition of community organizations, environmental justice groups, labor unions, faith groups, business leaders, and other advocates fighting for equitable climate policies, holds a telephone press conference to call on Cuomo to step up as a leader for communities hurt most by climate change.

The Welsh Government agreed to support the debate and called on its bus policy advisory group to look at how the government reviews its policy.

Officially called the «Task Force on Evaluating Economic Development Tax Expenditures,» the group brings together liberal activists such as Javier Valdes of Make the Road with budget wonks, such as Michael Dardia of the Citizens Budget Commission and James Parrott of the Fiscal Policy Institute.

Instead, it is suggested, a team of spokesmen in areas such as «migration» and «learning» should emerge — called the 2020 group — which would be able to set out an alternative set of policy positions to the leadership, while avoiding any kind of formal split.

Once these two things had been done Cameron would be free to do what will be necessary to win the next election and devise policies for that group of voters that Ed Miliband correctly called the squeezed middle.

Labour insiders believe the list emerged from a team of MPs loyal to Corbyn, who call themselves the «core group», and meet regularly — separately from the shadow cabinet — to discuss policy issues, and strategies for dealing with the divided state of the parliamentary party and shoring up the leader.

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced in March that his office was suspending the auto - deletion policy amid calls from good - government groups and others to at least match a federal standard of retaining emails for seven years.

The latest call for Medicaid relief comes from Bill Samuels, a New York City businessman, political activist and founder of the group Effective NY, which has been critical of Governor Andrew Cuomo's policies.

Edmund J. McMahon, the director of the Empire Center for New York State Policy, an affiliate of the conservative policy group the Manhattan Institute, called the proposed spending increase the largest in an executive budget «since Pataki's first election - year budget.&Policy, an affiliate of the conservative policy group the Manhattan Institute, called the proposed spending increase the largest in an executive budget «since Pataki's first election - year budget.&policy group the Manhattan Institute, called the proposed spending increase the largest in an executive budget «since Pataki's first election - year budget.»

The Wall Street bust anecdote came after Bratton was asked about marijuana policy by a member of a marijuana advocacy group called «Occupy Weed Street.»