Sentences with phrase «policy on issues»

Linking research and policy on issues vital to children and families and advocating for evidenced - based strategies to improve child outcomes.

For the next 25 years her opinions would shape public policy on issues such as the federal power to regulate the economy, labor rights, patent, copyright and trademark law, immigration, trusts and monopolies, bankruptcy, postal laws, and internal revenue.

Same - sex parents face challenges including prohibitive adoption, surrogacy or IVF costs, and often, a lack of formal firm policy on issues like leave and benefits.

Waiting for clarity, while comforting to some, is unlikely to be the wisest policy on issues like energy and food sufficiency (or avoiding the next act of large - scale terrorism).

By bargaining with the government, unions can effectively advance their policy on issues such as school choice, class sizes, tenure, and allocation of tax dollars.

As director of the Center for Education Policy, Lindsey Burke oversees the Heritage Foundation's research and policy on issues pertaining to preschool, K - 12, and higher education reform.

Therefore it is important for the governing body to draw up a clear policy on the issues it will consult on with all stakeholders (individually and collectively), through balanced and fair communication methods.

Scientists must sharpen their message and do more to engage the public as they seek to influence policy on issues such as climate change, representatives of AAAS and the European Commission's Joint Research Centre said in report issued 3 July at the Euroscience Open Forum 2010 (ESOF2010) in Turin,...

Especially when the budget sets new policy on issues like raising the minimum wage or mandating paid family leave — issues with long - term consequences.

«I am delighted to join the Ukip team, helping to fight for Britain's interests in Europe and for better policy on the issues that really matter to people.

It was tough enough for the party to find itself voting against its own policy on issues which were agreed compromises set out in the coalition programme.

And I know I hid some major things from her just because there wasn't an open door policy on these issues.

In an interview following the speech, Campbell said the NDP has «clearly articulated» their policy on issues like credit card rates, but the CBA, which represents 52 banks, is «quite serious» about forging a working relationship with Layton and his caucus.

Personnaly; I think they have lost their moral / spiritual authority to dictate policy on any issue concerning women or children.

The leadership of Planned Parenthood has the power to dictate Democratic party policy on any issue of concern to «women's health.»

Just like with the issue of junk food rewards, our district has an explicit policy on the issue that is routinely ignored.

With no national guidance, it will continue to be up to individual hospitals to come up with a policy on the issue.

The Tories are waiting to announce their policy on this issue until Copenhagen is concluded but speaking on the phone to Andrew Mitchell a few moments ago the Tory aid spokesman accused Brown of «fiscal incontinence» in the way he was spraying around figures from one week to the next without explaining either from where the money would come or for what specifically it would be used.

It's a simple matter of democracy: if there's party policy on an issue, that ought absolutely to preclude a free vote.

The party has popular policies on issues like nationalisation of the railways.

The Conservatives, sensing their policy on this issue is a vote - loser, have been desperately seeking a way to get their point of view across.

Chad: I do agree with UKIP policy on this issue - that's true - but I stand by my contention that UKIP are not a mainstream party.

To open dialogue with affiliated trade unions to win support at Labour Party conferences for democratic rule changes and for pro-working-class policies on issues such as cuts, the living wage, jobs, and trade union rights.

One Whitehall source told politics.co.uk the government was a long way from establishing policy on the issue.

Just as the Party Leadership seized the initiative at our Blackpool Conference offering enterprising policies on issues such as inheritance tax, in the Welsh Assembly under Nick Bourne's leadership we are capitalising on our new platform as the Official Opposition — putting ideas before ideology, people before party politics.

The labor - backed Working Families Party all but apologized for nominating Cuomo, as it tried to preserve its ballot status by courting left - leaning voters disaffected by Cuomo's proudly moderate policies on issues like hydrofracking and tax cuts.

To me there is no 80/20 policy on this issue if you want the best health outcomes and results.

FriendFinder believes its policy on this issue is unique in the adult dating space and challenges our competitors to publicly make similar assurances to their members.

DissertationCapital.com has strict policies on the issue of plagiarism.

That's why we're detailing each bank's policy on issuing instant credit cards numbers — some make it easy, while others take a bit of work.

Bill C - 229 seeks to improve Canada's antiquated animal cruelty laws and is line with the party's policy on this issue.

I think we need some public policy on this issue.

«2009 Abbott turned the Liberal Party's policy on the issue on its head.

The large gap between perception and reality of scientific agreement reflects the heated nature of political debates over policy on the issue, as well as the impact of efforts to raise skepticism about scientific consensus.

For the time being, government policy on this issue is reflected in the DEA's arguments against commercial hemp production.

Since we do not have these models, it seems impossible to support anything other than «no regrets» policies on the issue and that those supporting expensive climate mitigation actions to be doing so not based on the science, but on their personal set of belief system.

Currently, assisting someone's death is a criminal offence, although there have been no prosecutions since the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) published their policy on the issue in February 2010.

Understanding that would lead to better legislation and policies on issues such as intellectual property, the internet, new media, the environment, privacy and security.

It is important to implement new policies on these issues.»

As one can see in the CCCT's very useful compilation of existing court policies on the issue from across the country, rules are truly all over the map.

Concerned travelers may want to contact their airline to understand their policies on the issue.

It lacks an evidence base (how else do we explain policies on issues such as the viability of outstations and homelands and the obsession with opening up communal land for individual leasehold arrangements that contradict all available evidence?)

The act authorizes HHS to set national policy on the issue.

The Missouri Association of REALTORS ® planned to adopt a policy on the issue by the beginning of May, said Dennis McDermott, executive vice president of the state association.

Not exact matches

Deep policy divisions appear to exist between the business and labor groups: The report cites the «majority» of members preferring to focus on issues outside trade deficits in favor of a «mutually beneficial» trade deal, sentiments to which the labor union representatives dissent in favor of promoting U.S. investment and jobs.

Those federal rules, which double down on restrictions adopted in 2014 and stern warnings to lenders issued by OSFI earlier this summer, require banks to qualify borrowers at higher interest rates, impose additional limits on mortgages for buyers with small down payments, and compel financial institutions to share the risk by taking out insurance policies on low - ratio mortgages.

While it's still unclear if Session's views will translate into changes in policy or enforcement, this attitude shift at the federal level doesn't align with public opinion on the issue.

Rasco: Well China is at an inflection point where they have some negative demographic issues going on due to the one child policy of years ago.

Still, no matter where you come down on these issues, only two policy paths make sense.

Levitt, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former US intelligence agent, told jurors he did not know if the materials found on Tsarnaev's computer, including sermons by US - born Al Qaeda figure Anwar al - Awlaki and issues of Al Qaeda's «Inspire» magazine, were put there by Tsarnaev or by someone else, such as his brother.