Sentences with phrase «recent passage of a bill»

Garodnick felt recent passage of a bill requiring restaurants to post letter grades would add to the likelihood of the bill's success, OurTown reported.

Many are rightly celebrating the recent passage of a bill that aims to move Virginia's power grid into the 21st century.

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And, of course, there's the more recent passage of the tax bill, which will have an effect on what you pay and hopefully get back from Uncle Sam.

The U.S. was claiming it was willing to make big reductions to its agricultural subsidies, but the recent passage of a $ 300 billion farm bill by the U.S. Congress make it unlikely that the U.S. is serious about real reductions.

Many of the articles discussing the Senate passage of the bill mention the recent salmonella / egg recall, yet my understanding is that eggs (and meat) remain under the USDA's exclusive jurisdiction.

Supporters of the Child Victims Act had hoped the revelations about sexual harassment would also spur passage of their bill, which has languished in recent years.

Rep. Faso Recent Votes Tracking Rep. Faso in the Age of Trump fivethirtyeight.com Megavote December 5, 2017 National Forest Mining — Vote Passed (216 - 204, 13 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would prohibit the designation of national monuments and the withdrawal of lands in the National Forest System in the state of Minnesota from mineral -LSB-...]

The governor's rising star in the Democratic Party has been tied in part to passage of the bill, especially because in recent months it appeared that Maryland might be unable to keep pace with New York, where Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (D) was able to secure passage of a gay marriage bill in a divided state legislature.

County lawmakers also urged passage of any of several bills, including a Senate bill, S. 1814, from Sen. Michael Ranzenhofer, R - Amherst, that would impose a Medicaid residency requirement, as the county has, in recent years, seen a significant number of eligible applicants for taxpayer - funded medical care from outside the county — and even outside the state.

«Today's passage of S. 1177 and the House's recent passage of H.R. 5, the Student Success Act — both of which include local governance provisions — are promising signs that the final bill will incorporate provisions to support community ownership of all public schools.»

With the recent passage of Senate Bill 1, drafted by State Education Committee Chair and CL4E Member Mike Wilson, Kentucky became one of the first states to legislatively respond to ESSA with comprehensive standards and a strong accountability plan.

The opening speeches highlighted the recent passage of Colorado Senate Bill 10 - 191 — a dramatic law which required that 50 percent of a teacher evaluation be based upon student academic growth.

Further they undergird the recent passage of Financial Reform Bill or whatever it's called; how about Chris Dodd's swansong.

When you put this bill together with the Health Department's recent announcement to invest millions of dollars to optimize Animal Care & Control, as well as the Council's passage in January of a law to stop the country's worst puppy mills from supplying city pet stores, you can clearly see a city striving to rise above — and lead — when it comes to animal compassion and welfare.

It's kind of amazing to me the bad rap that the stimulus bill has gotten since its passage a year and a half ago — a recent poll found that something like only 13 % of Americans felt it helped them.

That said, 2007 is likely to prove to be one of the most important years in recent history for our profession and for the Law Society — primarily because the Legal Services Bill will complete its passage through Parliament.

Recent bills passed by the Florida Legislature reforming alimony and changing child time - sharing laws have received a lot of attention, but something that has flown under the radar is the passage of the Collaborative Law Process Act (CLPA).

Even since the passage of the most recent amendments to the Ontario Heritage Act, under Bill 60, heritage provisions are still far less restrictive than zoning bylaws, building codes and the like.

LPS looked more specifically at that situation in California, where the recent passage of the Homeowner Bill of Rights (HBoR) appears to have slowed down the foreclosure sale process considerably.