Sentences with phrase «push key reforms»

Mr. Cuomo has developed a thorough plan that will push key reforms I have long fought to enact.

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President Trump kicks off a big push for tax reform in Missouri on Wednesday, bringing renewed focus to one of the key political battles shaping up this fall.

«One of the keys to selling tax reform is the president making the point that tax reform will unrig this economy by stripping out the special - interest deductions and carve - outs that riddle this code,» said Tim Phillips, president of Americans for Prosperity, a group founded by the billionaire industrialist Koch brothers that is spending heavily to push changes to the tax code.

What I mean by this is that even if a given leader decides to respond to domestic and international pressure to reform by repressing the opposition, they may not be able to successfully pursue this course of action if the opposition is strong and united, key international partners are pushing for change, and the country is effectively bankrupt and can not afford to pay the security forces.

The bill would overhaul a key component of a contentious education reform bill that was pushed through by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2015, much to the consternation of the New York State United Teachers.

According to Ross, there are some 200 people in Albany from Housing Here and Now, a pro-tenants group that is pushing for reform of rent regulations and believes Espada, who chairs the Housing Committee, has been blocking key legislation and is too pro-landlord.

The government in Chisinau, which has proclaimed itself to be «pro-European» has shown no desire to push for necessary reforms in key areas, such as the justice sector.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has also pushed strongly for voting reform, making it a key platform in his State of the State agenda this year.

Key portions of the city budget are, of course, dependent upon the state budget, so much anticipation (and lobbying) surrounds negotiations in Albany, where Governor Andrew Cuomo is attempting to push through his spending plan, with major education and ethics reforms, despite significant disagreement from both Democrats (who control the State Assembly) and Republicans (who control the State Senate).

There's a push in the Assembly to change a key component of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's education reform.

Effecting change is difficult and if reform is to flow from the aftermath of the Ebola crisis, the WHO will need to move swiftly to embrace a few key recommendations that can be pushed through, suggested Dr. Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, a British charity that funds biomedical research.

Klein's support pushed allies into key posts, and his persuasiveness brought hundreds of millions of dollars from philanthropy to support education reform, not only in New York City but also across the country.

At the very time that Governor Malloy, Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor and other key Malloy Administration advisors were putting together the Governor's «education reform» plan, the Governor travels to New York City to honor the man who has helped mastermind Achievement First's push for the widespread development of charter schools.

No wonder that push wanted to emphasize Higher Order Thinking Skills (supplied Ideas that act at a representational level) as a key reform.