Sentences with phrase «reform agenda at»

«They have no progressive reform agenda at all - only an unbearable sense of entitlement that it's just their time to govern.»

The idea is to try and build consensus and get input from reformers before the governor goes public with his reform agenda at the State of the State / budget address on Jan. 13th.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) President and CEO Pam Bailey today outlined the association's food safety reform agenda at a gathering of industry experts in Miami, Florida.

The only near - certainty is that until the election is over, France will not be a leader in pushing forward a growth and reform agenda at the European level.

Not exact matches

But now support for her has plunged to around 30 percent, a record low, and analysts say an ambitious agenda including a proposed constitutional reform and overhaul of the university education system are at risk.

Tax reform is on the agenda this week and strategists at Morgan Stanley laid out how they think the stock market will react to the unfolding drama through the end of the year and maybe into 2018.

December 2002 (769 kb PDF file): Research summaries on IMF conditionality and country ownership of reforms and on public policies and the Millennium Development Goals; country / area study: Hong Kong SAR; summaries of conferences on challenges to central banking from globalized financial systems and on globalization in historical perspective; agenda of Third Annual IMF Research Conference; summary of September 2002 World Economic Outlook; visiting scholars at the IMF; contents of latest issue of IMF Staff Papers, other IMF research publications.

The reform agenda in the European Union has been slow and at times painful, but progress has been made since the eurozone sovereign debt crisis.

«It doesn't spell out exactly how the United States will pursue these goals, but it is quite a clear and ambitious agenda for reform of the WTO,» said Edward Alden, a trade expert at the Council on Foreign Relations.

Tax reform is at the top of the agenda in Washington.

At the moment, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sees the rapid conclusion of the TPP as his absolute priority for at least three reasons: it counters the current crisis of the global economic order, buttresses his domestic legitimacy and represents the anchor for his structural reform agendAt the moment, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sees the rapid conclusion of the TPP as his absolute priority for at least three reasons: it counters the current crisis of the global economic order, buttresses his domestic legitimacy and represents the anchor for his structural reform agendat least three reasons: it counters the current crisis of the global economic order, buttresses his domestic legitimacy and represents the anchor for his structural reform agenda.

The not - so - hidden agenda was to make evangelical Christianity the spearhead for social reform — at least partly, one suspects, to gain credibility for it as a theological alternative.

As Levin says «They can't run on a liberal platform, so they have chosen to have no platform and no agenda at all in the hope of just running against Republican Medicare reforms next year.»

The reform agenda implicit in the rise - of - the - laity scenario differs, at least partially, from the program behind the crisis - in - the - priesthood / sexuality drama.

NHS Together campaign NHS Together is a campaign alliance of health staff formed to raise the alarm at what is happening to the NHS and to press the government for honest and open discussion about its reform agenda.

He urged the workers to continue to put in their very best and key into the state government's reform agenda aimed at enhancing productivity and ultimately the Internally Generated Revenue, IGI.

So it makes sense for Labour to spend parliament's time up on the bill it does support — Lords reform — at the expense of the coalition's own legislative agenda.

Her campaign message, directly taking aim at Macri's «neoliberal» economic agenda, triggered a wave a concern from international investors who overwhelmingly favor Macri's business - friendly reform plan.

Previewing his Albany agenda at NYPD headquarters, de Blasio said he hopes Albany passes legislation to make cops» disciplinary records more accessible to the public, and listed reforms to voter registration, public works development, and more money for city schools.

In accepting this responsibility on behalf of his colleagues, Speaker Heastie has stepped forward at an incredibly important time for New York as a whole, and I look forward to working with him to enact an aggressive agenda that ensures economic opportunity for all, improves and reforms our education system, ensures justice in perception and in reality, and restores trust in our government.»

They are not interested in any reform agenda, deficit reductions, the could care less about Cuomo's agenda, its about getting the Senate chamber, smirking at the defeated Democrats, who by the way will get it back in two years.

As such, Democratic Audit has consistently argued that measures to strengthen the influence of Parliament vis - à - vis the executive must be at the heart of any democratic reform agenda.

While the governor piled 13 ethics and voting reform initiatives into last year's State of the State Book, not one became a reality, at least as not as envisioned, and many subsequently re-appeared on this year's agenda in an updated list of 14.

Other initiatives discussed from the Dec. 14th agenda included Brad Hoylman speaking about the negotiations in the NYS Senate regarding the IDC; Laurie Hardjowirigo gave the Voter Reform Committee Report; Nat Johnson gave the Environmental Committee Report by stressing what was learned at the December 4 Future of Renewable Energy Forum; Erik Coler of Affordable Housing recapped the year's achievements by saying this year 42 units had been re-stabilized and he was hoping next year to add 90 more.

The City Council has consistently advocated for voting and election reform in its annual state legislative agenda, including early voting, instant runoff voting for citywide primaries, and public campaign financing at the state level.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today outlined his ethics reform agenda for the 2015 legislative session at the NYU School of Law in New York City.

Government reform groups are angry at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, saying he is giving up too soon on an anti-corruption agenda that includes public financing of campaigns and greater prosecution powers for the state's district attorneys.

Paul Bray at the Bray Papers has vision and the Albany Civic Agenda seeks city charter reform.

The commission, which is holding hearings across the five boroughs to solicit public input as to what its agenda should be, can consider any proposal presented to it, though de Blasio charged its members with particularly looking at voting access and campaign finance reform.

Instead, he set reform of the public services at the heart of his agenda.»

MANHATTAN, N.Y. — Criminal justice reforms were at the center of a sweeping agenda presented by City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito on Wednesday that divided Staten Island's own members.

Labour will now ensure that our reform agenda is at the heart of the negotiations that lie ahead.

The governor, who spoke at an unrelated event at JFK airport to announce renovation plans, did not mention any ethics reforms as part of a session agenda.

In the Jan. 4, article, «Energy costs a top issue,» Capital Region Chamber CEO Mark Eagan also noted that reforming the Scaffold Law was at the top of the Capital Region Chamber of Commerce's legislative agenda.

And de Blasio is doing so as Cuomo finds himself prodded by other liberal Democrats, too: Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who once responded with timidity to Cuomo's efforts to undercut him, recently ridiculed Cuomo's attempts at ethics reform as «tinkering around the edges» and proposed his own ethics agenda.

The resounding «No» to the referendum on introducing the Alternative Vote system arguably killed the electoral reform agenda in Britain for at least a generation.

The thinking is that passage of GENDA could give a much needed progressive win to IDC Leader Jeff Klein & Co. at a time when the breakaway Democratic conference is under intense pressure from the left for (so far) failing to force a vote on some of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top agenda items, including the all - inclusive 10 - point Women's Equality Act and the campaign finance reform bill.

«Brown did not suffer defeat because he wasn't good enough at selling himself or his vision for the country — insufficiently «touchy, feely», as he suggests in the book — but because he never seemed able to reconcile a robust and renewed modernisation agenda, which combined reform as well as investment, with his commitment to social justice.»

At noon, Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner and leading anti-corruption activist Zephyr Teachout will join Common Cause / NY to lay out a reform agenda for the 2017 legislative session, LCA Press Room, 130, LOB, Albany.

Mumuni spoke in Lagos on Wednesday at the launch of SERAP's latest report titled, «Combating Grand Corruption: An Agenda for Institutional Reforms in Anti-corruption Strategies».

The Sunday Telegraph revealed in May how Mr Cameron had appointed Mr Field, who was welfare reform minister in the early years of Tony Blair's government, as his «poverty tsar» as he put the fight against deprivation at the heart of his agenda.

During her press conference outside PS 13, Ms. Malliotakis unveiled her Albany reform agenda, including: Requiring a two - thirds legislative majority to pass new taxes and fees; capping the rise in spending at the rate of inflation or 2 percent, whichever is less; requiring legislators to disclose outside sources of income; requiring public authorities like the MTA to undergo an independent financial audit, and calling for a constitutional convention to address items that have bedeviled the state recently, such as appointing a lieutenant governor and breaking a Senate tie.

«With reform at the top of the next AG's agenda, I believe that we have a right to hear where the candidates and potential candidates are on this crucial issue.»

At the top of the WFP's immediate agenda, look for fat raises (and an end to all talk of pension reform) for rank - and - file city employees (DC Council 37 and others); for Albany to finesse a moratorium on hospital economies (SEIU 1199) and de Blasio's signature millionaire - tax - funded baby - sitting, that is, «early childhood education» scheme (UFT Local 2).

The reform agenda touted by Mr. Cuomo has put the governor at odds, not for the first time, with teachers unions — who have often been allies of Mr. de Blasio and other New York City politicians.

Hon. Justice Agwadza William Atedze made the remark on behalf of Chairman of CCT, Hon. Danladi Umar at the launch of SERAP's latest report titled Combating Grand Corruption and Impunity in Nigeria: An Agenda for Institutional Reforms in Anti-Corruption Strategies.

Lawmakers also adjourned without voting on Governor Cuomo's campaign finance reform and anti-corruption agenda, aimed at answering a wave of scandals to hit the legislature this year.

Cuomo, who launched his run for governor Saturday, is asking citizens and candidates to sign a pledge backing his reform agenda - which includes several items that puts him at odds with Silver (D - Manhattan).

Cuomo says reform, including an overhaul of teacher performance reviews and fixing bad schools are at the top of his agenda.

Here's hoping that the apparent rhetorical reluctance to put ethics reform at the top of the governor's legislative agenda does not reflect a lack of interest on his part to advance meaningful measures to reform Albany.