Sentences with phrase «progressive policies like»

Such initiatives have also been interspersed with attention to moderate social reforms, including gun control and paid family leave, dappled with more progressive policies like protections for transgender residents and a rejection of fracking.

Speaking to a packed room, the senator saluted Edwards's embrace of progressive policies like Medicare - for - All, debt - free college, universal Pre-K, and a $ 15 minimum wage.

All the talk of progressive policies like another minimum wage hike and establishment of a public campaign finance system and a formal fracking ban makes business leaders very nervous.

Progressive policies like this one have drawn national attention for Cuomo, stirring talk of a possible presidential run.

Not exact matches

You can develop progressive parental leave policies that allow employees to ease back in the workforce after having kids, like Heather Payne, the founder of HackerYou and Ladies Learning Code.

But over the last few years (since 2008), I think there's been a pretty dramatic growth in what we'd call Tea Party politics in that set — extreme conservatism that goes beyond hands off fiscal and regulatory policy, the kind of feverish mindset in which you could write with a straight face that progressives might be building toward some sort of mass wealth confiscation or internment or even extermination for the likes of Tom Perkins.

Recently, however, progressive charities like the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives have been audited by the Canada Revenue Agency for allegedly being «too political.»

If religion can be turned on its head like this — where the Invisible Hand of Wall Street (invisible to the Justice Department, at least) is elevated to a faux - Deist moral philosophy — is it any surprise that economic orthodoxy and formerly progressive tax policy is succumbing?

The 2020 «is trying to do the longer - term thinking... setting out a compelling, radical and progressive vision of where conservatism is going», and its key policy aim is to find the answer to the question: «What would the country look like after a successful majority Conservative government» - i.e. in 2020.

Councilmember Lander said the district needed someone like Sikora who would «fight for progressive values in government, try to win a more equal city, address the challenges of climate change, make sure the rights of workers are respected, address the issues of health care on the policy level, and fight in the neighborhoods to improve our schools and make them better.»

«Like many progressives, I disagreed strongly with the Governor's economic policies over the last four years.

The co-counsel in the case, Jenn Rolnick - Borchetta of Demos, a progressive policy organization, told POLITICO New York, the need to give information to people who have been stopped by the police «has been ordered, but what that is going to look like isn't yet figured out.»

Progressive policies were liberal when they were first proposed, but now that they've been established for almost a century they've become a part of the American tradition and so many conservatives will seek to conserve something like Social Security.

It has hobbled the ability of the Democratic Party, which technically won a majority in the state Senate in 2012 and 2016 (Republicans won the majority in 2014), to push for progressive policies in areas like health care, voting reform, reproductive rights, and immigration.

But all the same, she'd like a bit more consistency from May's policy positions, rather than the baffling mixture of progressive far - sightedness and authoritarianism which is currently on offer.

«This governor has fancied himself as a sort of fiscal hawk but willing to deal with other issues from a more moderate or liberal perspective,» said Blair Horner, the executive director of New York Public Interest Research Group, citing Mr. Cuomo's conservative - minded moves, like the property tax cap, and his more progressive policies, like same - sex marriage.

So why is the leadership so scared of progressive, equality based policies like funding parents not schools, patients not hospitals and welfare reforms which address people's needs, not their means?

With their new clout, progressives in the City Council will undoubtedly take on many of the legislative priorities they've been touting for months, including council rule reforms and passing a new living wage law that would benefit unions and pro-immigrant policies like noncitizen voting, which the mayor opposes.

The American Progressive Caucus Policy Foundation's brand - new experiment in applying Digg - like principles to health care reform is interesting because of where the organization fits into the Washington universe.

«They basically anointed one person without even speaking with me,» said Love, whose platform includes progressive policy priorities like Medicare For All, though his campaign bank account includes precious little money.

«I'd like to think that the progressives will be fired up for any Democratic district, because no progressive policy gets done unless we are in the majority,» he said.

With community groups still spurning Cuomo despite his attempt to strongarm Democratic unity and win WFP support, the New York political world entered something of a parallel universe in which the governor and his allies act like Cuomo has always been a champion of party unity and that the primary fight is about anything but progressive policy failures due to years of a sanctioned Democratic split.

In May he announced the launch of national campaign to further his «progressive agenda,» to push policy makers further to the left on issues like minimum wage, paid leave and universal pre-kindergarten.

Democratic hopefuls occupy a wide swatch of the political spectrum, from moderates like Tedra Cobb to more progressive candidates like Patrick Nelson, a Stillwater - based activist and former legislative aide who has largely adopted many of the campaign platforms highlighted by Funiciello, including sharply deriding the role of money in politics and calling for a less interventionist U.S. foreign policy.

Since then, other important pro-teacher groups, like the Progressive Policy Institute, Public Agenda, and the Teaching Commission, have taken even stronger positions.

I do like to see big companies pushing progressive policies.

It's become public policy when law - makers misuse their positions to remove and destroy innocent pets from their responsible families in places like Denver, rather than adopt progressive policies that work to create safe, humane communities.

Well, since I am not an academic, and live in the real world, the fact that the «whole policy issues» do exist, and are being implemented by deluded progressive governments as we speak based precisely on «science» like this, I find your argument irrelevant.

(And I am speaking of the actual policy makers, not the drone default progressives like those who comment here.)

If we keep electing so called Progressives (they've been blocking true progress for 50 years), we'll keep getting incompetents like the Obama Administration — and we'll keep implementing policies that retard progress.

Other major insurers, like Geico and Progressive, are beginning to roll out Uber - friendly policies.

Traditional auto insurers like GEICO, State Farm, Allstate, Progressive, et al. are all providing their drivers with insurance policies to fit their hybrid vehicle.

Auto insurance companies like Geico, Progressive, and Allstate spend millions of dollars each year advertising the savings that insurance policy holders could save by switching companies.

Like many other companies, Progressive's rideshare insurance is a personal policy with a ridesharing endorsement.

Unfortunately, no word on how much more it costs — like all Progressive policies, you'll need to get a quote directly from an agent.

Progressive and Mercury Insurance also offer MBI policies, although both plans are underwritten by other companies (they're more like «extended warranties» than true MBI policies).

Progressive, like many of the other big insurance companies, offer many policy options.

Many insurance companies like GEICO and Progressive let customers get quotes as well as purchase them online, however, the majority still rather their customers buy policies from agents.

Consumers may want to shop directly with a company like Geico or Progressive, then shop with a broker to get a full price comparison on their auto insurance policy.

In September, CoverHound added commercial insurance lines like workers compensation, business owners packages and commercial auto to the mix, making policies from Chubb, Liberty Mutual, Berkshire Hathaway Direct, Hiscox, Progressive and Employers available to businesses with 20 or fewer employees.

Now you've probably seen a bunch of commercials from companies like Geico, Progressive, and Allstate telling you to call them and save big when you switch your allegiance and get a policy through them.

The nonstandard market represents about one - fifth of all private auto insurance sold and draws both small, niche companies, and the big boys, like Progressive and Nationwide, which have divisions selling nonstandard policies.

While many insurance companies like GEICO and Progressive let customers get quotes as well as purchase them online, most companies still want customers to buy policies from agents.

Unlike auto insurance purchasing life insurance is different in that you can not just call up the life insurance company and purchase a policy directly in most cases, like you can with a Progressive or Geico.

Most large companies like State Farm, GEICO, Progressive, Allstate and Farmers offer solid discounts ranging from 3 % to 10 % for those who get a rental and auto insurance policy with them.

I called Progressive to call in the claim and Progressive said they had never seen a commercial policy written like this ever!