Sentences with phrase «proposed change to the bill»

Johnson said Smith rejected a small proposed change to the bill that would have made it palatable to her members.

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When Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced the latest changes to CMHC mortgage insurance last December, he also proposed forcing banks to hold more capital against mortgages in cities where property prices are high relative to borrowers» incomes — like Toronto and Vancouver.

That question has been the subject of a fiery debate across Canada ever since federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau proposed changes to small business tax rules.

Sen. Bob Corker was the only Republican to vote against the bill, which, among other things, proposes to cut the corporate rate to 20 % while changing individual tax brackets and significantly undercutting portions of the Affordable Care Act.

However, on Wednesday the Senate Public Utilities Committee canceled plans to send Senate Bill 58 to the floor for a full chamber vote at least until next year over concerns about the effects of the bill's proposed chanBill 58 to the floor for a full chamber vote at least until next year over concerns about the effects of the bill's proposed chanbill's proposed changes.

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Budget Omnibus Bills should be restricted to proposed tax changes only and all proposed spending initiatives should be presented either through the Main Estimates or through separate legislation, submitted to the applicable Parliamentary Committee for review.

Further catalysts for capital spending could come from the push in Washington DC to reduce regulations and the proposed US corporate tax changes laid out in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act bill, particularly a permanent reduction in the corporate tax rate and a one - time tax break for repatriated overseas corporate earnings.

The bill proposes so many changes to the tax code, it's hard to say exactly how it will affect families in Blue Island or Orland Park.

Municipal Affairs Minister Danielle Larivee, a rising - star in the NDP, will travel across the province this summer to consult with municipal leaders about the changes proposed in this bill, which only passed first reading during this session.

In response to the rule change, Rep. Bill Dunn confronted the decision in an amendment he proposed to the Tennessee House of Representatives Education Committee.

The ACCC has responded to the draft bill by releasing guidelines proposing how it intends to approach the legislation changes.

It is interesting to hear Wenger state in the last few days that he hoped Cesc will be with us for a good 2 or 3 seasons, just when it coincided with Barcelona declaring that they are making drastic cuts to their wage bill on and off the field.They literally have no cash to spend and though asset rich, the effects of the Spanish economy are taking affect.I think Cesc has accepted that and will show full commitment to Arsenal.He is pivotal to any success we may achieve.His whole body language has changed, he looks generally much more content, and he can put to the back of his mind, at least for the time being any proposed move, and that for us is a good thing.Barca are disguising their troubles by saying yet again they have made no official approach to our club, purely to save face.

The proposed change was included in the Welfare Reform Bill — the most significant policy change proposed by the last Government in relation to fatherhood because it touched on the legal foundations.

The food companies that produce frozen pizzas, salt and potatoes have lobbied Congress for changes and now the final version of the bill released last Monday would block or delay school lunch standards the Agriculture Department proposed earlier this year, according to the Associated Press.

Good - government organizations are pushing the bill, too, after lawmakers and Cuomo did not agree to any ethics law changes in the state budget as initially proposed by the governor.

Labour's amendment, proposing that the boundary changes were better put off until 2018, has been ruled to be out of order, as it does not relate sufficiently directly to the bill before the Lords.

Disability Alliance (now Disability Rights UK) stated that it was «very concerned» the timetable allowed for the passage of the Bill could «prevent adequate analysis of the potential impact of plans to be undertaken» and warned that it may take legal action against the DWP over some of the proposed changes.

Cuomo said the Legislature didn't have an appetite for the proposed changes, which included constitutional amendments for term limits, limiting private - sector income and bills aimed at making it easier to vote in New York.

Coalition ministers are expected to propose the move in the lobbying bill, which will be published today, but Labour is promising to table amendments pushing the changes through if they do not appear in the government package.

Laura Haight is one who testified Monday at a budget hearing in Albany about the proposed changes to the Bottle Bill.

«If the government's proposed planning and housing bill follows the pre-election Conservative proposals, we are in for massive and far - reaching changes to how development is carried out.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he would sue the federal government over the just - passed tax bill, proposed major changes to the state's criminal justice system and introduced a suite of policies to combat sexual harassment in his annual State of the State address on Wednesday.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today continued to rip into Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed changes to the state's 421a tax break for developers — even as he claimed to be undecided on how the program should be reformed, or if it should be reformed at all.

Mayor Bill de Blasio asserted yesterday that he «does not see» Rikers Island being closed ahead of the 10 - year time frame he proposed in his recently unveiled plan to shut down the sprawling detention complex — though he said he'd be «surprised pleasantly that changes are happening quicker.»

Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos has said he doesn't want to negotiate any changes to the 2 percent cap Cuomo proposed, saying anything less than the gubernatorial program bill passed by the Senate early on in the session would be too watered down to be effective.

The only factor that could change the start date in Suffolk is a bill proposed by Legislator Leslie Kennedy (R - Nesconset) that aims to close a loophole critics say would allow level 1 sex offenders to drive for ride - sharing services.

CITY HALL — Mayor Bill de Blasio defended a proposed Stapleton ferry landing on Friday but said the city was open to changing the five - borough system.

«The health care bill proposes deep cuts and changes that may leave more New Yorkers without health insurance and will shift more costs to the state,» DiNapoli said Wednesday.

The mayor unveiled a $ 47 million proposed bill that would call for Albany to increase disability benefits of «uniformed» public employees hired after 2009 by changing the payment formula, boosting cost - of - living adjustments and ending the policy of subtracting the workers» Social Security earnings from their pension checks.

Cuomo added that he had proposed specific changes to the bill that would have permitted tradespeople to possess and carry the implements but said lawmakers had chosen not to consider them.

The changes to voting procedure seen in the bill, which was proposed recently by New York state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, all seem like common sense changes.

If the government goes ahead and changes the law as proposed in the equality bill, an employer will be able to do precisely the opposite - choose the woman (as a form of positive discrimination) and this would not be discriminatory!

Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed changes to a controversial tax abatement program would strengthen a requirement that service workers such as lobby attendants and maintenance staff be paid a prevailing wage, according to a legislative memorandum obtained by Capital.

Silver also let slip that he, like the public, hasn't seen any of the proposed alterations to the marriage - equality bill that are being hashed out in the Senate, which means that the changes still may not be final.

Mayor Bill de Blasio's administration proposed changes to abolish the license and permit dancing in bars across the city.

BARBARAELLEN KOCH FILE PHOTO County Executive Steve Bellone has proposed changes to the county's farmland preservation bill that would include more agritourism uses on preserved parcels.

Discussions of the Education Bill in the House of Lords became heated last night as prominent children's rights advocates slammed the Christian Institute for spreading «misinformation» and «wicked insinuations» about amendments relating to inspecting well - being in schools insinuating that proposed changes «would force schools to teach five year - olds about sex».

Yesterday, the Conservatives criticised the government's plans to deal with global warming, arguing that cutting carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2050, as is proposed in the new climate change bill, was not enough.

However, we do not believe that many of the proposed changes outlined in this bill will help to achieve this,» he said.

«Is her failure to propose a Brexit bill on the greatest challenge that we face because she simply doesn't care about the environment and climate change?

Election Attorney Jerry Goldfeder discusses the state's byzantine election laws, and talks about Governor Cuomo's proposed bill to change the state's special elections.

She wondered aloud how long it would take until her legislative colleagues started proposing bills to change the parameters of the program — like they did with Empire Zones — or try to expand its benefits to existing companies.

The announcement came in the form of a series of changes Fariña proposed to the Department of Education's 2015 - 2019 Capital Plan, which also includes adding 7,000 seats to the city's schools to make room for Mayor Bill de Blasio's proposed universal pre-K program and to help reduce class size, which rose consistently during the last six years of the Bloomberg administration.

We write today to urge you to use your one house budget bills to either substantially improve or reject two proposed changes to the Freedom of Information Law contained in Governor Cuomo's Article VII budget bills.

The New York State Law Revision Commission is tasked by Section 72 of the Legislative Law with examining and considering proposed changes in the law, recommending such changes in the law as it deems necessary, and reporting its proceedings annually to the Legislature with proposed bills to carry out any of its recommendations.

He has been regularly involved with the battle to secure the future development of both Bart's hospital and St Mary's Paddington (the two local hospitals) and is a champion for leaseholder rights over the proposed changes in the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Bill.

«If the government had proposed a treaty change to include the charter of fundamental rights into British law, that would have triggered a referendum under the EU bill.

While all of the Democratic candidates have proposed reforms to the policy, frontrunners Christine Quinn, the City Council speaker: and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio sparred over the substance of how the controversial policy would change under their watch.

The proposed bill would change this rent threshold to $ 500,000.