Sentences with phrase «prevented by legislation»

It was possible that the danger could be prevented by legislation or other means.

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But what if the hedge funds succeed either by preventing any legislation or by stripping a restructuring process from the bill?

In addition to their public campaigns, private providers have worked to prevent government competition by seeking state - level legislation that takes away cities» right to build their own services.

[247] By passing the legislation, Congress was able to prevent a U.S. government default on its obligations.

The irony I see in this is that the republicans are effectively being prevented from adding classes in which they may legitimately teach ID / Creationism by their support for this as.sinine education funding legislation.

These are some of the principles on which the schools of thought based their decisions: all things are fundamentally allowable, unless specifically prohibited; toleration and the lifting of restrictions should be the aim of legislation; eradication of mischief is the aim of administration; necessity permits benefiting by things not otherwise allowable; necessity is given due appreciation; preventing mischief has priority over bringing about welfare; commit the lesser of two evils; mischief is not removed by mischief; one should suffer private damage to avert general disaster.

The most chilling moment on election night was hearing Theresa May, when asked what she now wanted a Conservative government to do that it had been prevented from doing by having to work with the Lib Dems in coalition, answer that her first priority was to pass legislation that would empower the security forces and the police to conduct surveillance on the scale needed to keep the country safe.

All businesses in New York City that employ at least 15 people may soon be required to conduct training to prevent sexual harassment, a proposal that is part of a raft of legislation being considered next week by the City Council to address workplace conduct.

ALBANY — The state tightened gun restrictions for domestic violence abusers by passing legislation Friday that increases the list of crimes that would prevent someone from purchasing or owning a gun.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle article on BP Adams working to prevent illegal conversions, in which landlords create unlawful and often hazardous subdivided apartments, through legislation introduced at his request by Council Members Gentile and Williams.

During his time in the legislature, Brian has sponsored legislation and worked with colleagues to extend and strengthen tenant protections; increase New York's commitment to cleaner more sustainable energy sources and greater efficiency; prevent people from being exposed to toxic chemicals; increase the minimum wage; ensure equality in civil marriage laws; strengthen laws intended to keep guns out of the wrong hands; and promote cleaner, fairer elections by modernizing voting and closing loopholes in campaign finance laws.

To prevent that tax cut from happening, Cuomo's budget legislation decouples from the federal law by pegging the credit and the income phase - outs to the levels in the old tax law.

By partnering with the GOP the IDC Senators have deprived New Yorkers of the democratic leadership and membership they voted into office and prevented the passing of legislation benefiting our communities.

«The legislation would prevent campaign contributors from evading the legal contribution limits by setting up shell corporations and instead establish a more level playing field to promote greater fairness and consistency in the Election Law.»

In recent weeks, legislation to prevent people on the no - fly list from buying guns has been backed by President Obama and largely supported by congressional Democrats.

The legislation was given a second reading by MPs, as Labour backed the principle of the reforms, but its progress was halted as the opposition sided with Tory rebels in refusing to back a timetable necessary to prevent the Bill being talked out.

The GOP - led House is voting this week on the STOP School Violence Act of 2018, legislation co-sponsored by Stefanik that would invest in early intervention and prevention programs to prevent school violence, Alcivar said.

The legislation, sponsored by Sen. Patrick M. Gallivan, R - Elma, and Assemblyman Michael Kearns, D - Buffalo, would prevent the state from moving ahead with plans to move the facility to the grounds of the Buffalo Psychiatric Center.

Legislator Sheila Marcotte has been joined by fellow Republican Legislators, John Testa, Jim Maisano, Gordon Burrows and Bernice Spreckman in proposing legislation that would prevent the disruption of funeral services by protesters.

It was legislation sponsored by Sen. Klein in June in the State Senate that allowed for New York City's speed limit, in line with Mayor Bill de Blasio's Vision Zero plan, to be lowered to 25 miles per hour in an effort to prevent fatalities.

The ASPCA's Bill Ketzer said the legislation will help legitimate shelters by preventing «unscrupulous pet dealers and animal sellers from evading state oversight by obtaining non-profit status.»

While as many as 680 were arrested in the first week of February throughout Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, San Antonio, and New York City areas by raids conducted by ICE agents, according to Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, the legislation seeks to codify language to prevent Westchester County from aiding the federal government in investigations made on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, and national origin.

The Jones Act, a rather complex piece of legislation designed to control the island, prevent foreign powers from gaining a foothold, and keep Puerto Ricans under firm control by limiting their ability to trade independently.

The group is also pressing to give chairs more power over their committees and to reform the legislative process so that the speaker can't prevent legislation from making it to the floor when it is supported by a large majority of members.

The various pieces of legislation championed by New York Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention would strengthen background checks, close loopholes for out - of - state gun permit holders, prevent those convicted of certain domestic violence offenses from buying guns, among other measures.

Legislation sponsored by Sen. Patrick M. Gallivan, R - Elma, and Assemblyman Michael Kearns, D - Buffalo, would have prevented the state from moving ahead with the plan.

«Though we can not turn back time to prevent the expiration of the Two Bridges URA,» Chin said at the time, «this legislation is integral to my mission to keep similar situations from happening again, and to carry on the fight by continuing to demand a full public review, including an up - or - down City Council vote, on the mega-towers at Two Bridges.»

Though we can not turn back time to prevent the expiration of the Two Bridges URA, this legislation is integral to my mission to keep similar situations from happening again, and to carry on the fight by continuing to demand a full public review, including an up - or - down City Council vote, on the mega-towers at Two Bridges.»

The new legislation, in addition to piggybacking the current policy, would also prevent law enforcement officials from honoring requests made by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and Customs and Border Protection, which do not give rise to probable cause.

Despite approval from two Republicans lawmakers, David Gelfarb, of Rye Brook, and Jim Maisano, of New Rochelle, the bill failed to capture a supermajority vote, which would have prevented the legislation from being vetoed by County Executive Rob Astorino, a Republican.

The new legislation, sponsored by Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer and Council member Margaret Chin, is aimed at preventing another Rivington House scandal, according to a statement from Brewer.

In the U.S. alone, the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that clean air legislation will prevent more than 230,000 early deaths and provide $ 2 trillion in economic benefits by 2020.

And that campaign, involving all sorts of organizations that have lobbied against climate change legislation, has led some people to conclude that this is connected to a larger campaign by special interests to attack the science of climate change, to prevent policy action from being taken to deal with the problem.

Washington — In the wake of the Senate's passage of sweeping anti-busing legislation last week, Democratic leaders of the House of Representatives are acting to prevent the bill, which must be passed by the House to become law, from being brought to the House floor for a vote.

If the results of a legislation like Prevent are measured by the «number of people referred», we can have trouble giving value to this number — especially considering the social complexities involved.

By holding rallies and press conferences, calling their elected representatives, and speaking out about how the Parent Trigger is a ruse devised by corporate reformers to benefit charter operators rather than children, Florida parents prevented the legislation from being passeBy holding rallies and press conferences, calling their elected representatives, and speaking out about how the Parent Trigger is a ruse devised by corporate reformers to benefit charter operators rather than children, Florida parents prevented the legislation from being passeby corporate reformers to benefit charter operators rather than children, Florida parents prevented the legislation from being passed.

The NCLB legislation also required states to disaggregate school results by subgroups, in an effort to prevent districts and schools from hiding disparities in performance within overall averages.

What's preventing innovation are two things: One is the No Child Left Behind legislation, which says you will be judged by test scores and if your scores don't go up every year, you may have your school penalized and eventually, your school may be closed; all the teachers may be fired; the principal may be fired.

Most provinces in Canada, including Ontario, have put in place legislation to prevent fee abuses in the debt settlement industry by limiting upfront fees and defining fee limits.

«Before the ink has even dried on Cook County's nationally praised law aimed at protecting both consumers and animal welfare by preventing the sale of dogs and cats raised in inhumane conditions, the pet industry and its allies have crafted an amendment that is designed to completely undo the good that was done when the Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to approve the animal rights legislation last month,» stated Commissioner John Fritchey, sponsor of the Cook County measure.

The legislation introduced by Sen. Lisa Gladden, D - 41, S.B. 318 would prevent breeders from possessing more than 50 breeding dogs over the age of 4 months at any time.

That is of course as unrealistic as trying to prevent bites by enacting breed specific legislation.»

Because a recent trend in state legislation has been to enact laws that rely on AWA violations to weed out «bad actors» by prohibiting the sale of dogs from facilities with serious, documented violations, preventing consumers, pet stores and the public from readily accessing this information makes it nearly impossible to comply with these laws and to ensure that they are being enforced

On Tuesday Environment Secretary Hilary Benn and Home Secretary Alan Johnson unveiled a consultation that will review and streamline current legislation to help enforcers tackle people who break existing laws and to help prevent dogs being abused by people.

By October 3, just days from now, the legislation will prevent any pit bull from being adopted from the city's shelters.

Whether it is a retail sales ban that prevents them from obtaining a dog or a cat from someone that can help them find the right animal, restrictions on access to international or domestic waters for the collection of aquatic species, or restrictions on the ownership of certain reptile species based on nothing more than their potential length, all of these things are legislation that sounds really good when it's written on paper or when testimony about it is delivered by an emotional activist who feels very strongly.

Joined by Libre, a pup that suffered unimaginable abuse at the hands of his owners, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed landmark legislation to prevent animal cruelty in the state.

«Any climate change legislation must prevent the export of jobs and related greenhouse gas emissions to countries that fail to take actions to combat the threat of global warming comparable to those taken by the United States,» they said.

An internal memo, sent by Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver's deputy minister Serge Dupont and released to Postmedia's Mike De Souza through access to information legislation, highlighted a section of a Conference Board of Canada report that said demand for fossil fuels could drop if countries attempt to prevent the planet's atmosphere from warming by more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

In a letter to Mr. Coburn, a deputy of Mr. Norquist writes: «Repealing the ethanol credit is the right thing to do, but other taxes must be reduced in the same legislation by at least this much to prevent a net tax increase.»