Sentences with phrase «reform of a broken system»
With this comprehensive announcement, the White House joins the already loud chorus demanding reform of a broken system.
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Western Australian Treasurer Christian Porter has welcomed an interim report on the carve - up of GST revenue, which has flagged changes to a system Mr Porter says is broken and in need of reform.
But on the behalf of entrepreneurs, who have so much to gain from intelligent reform of America's broken immigration system, you can understand how they feel.
Thus, reforms like stricter regulations on brokers, disclosure of 401 (k) fees, or requiring plan sponsors to offer more lower - cost index funds, would be band - aids; they wouldn't fix this fundamentally broken system.
What would it look like if we took the same approach to reform of our justice system for those who have broken the law?
The event has drawn the ire of campaign finance reform advocates, who have dubbed Grisanti an «enemy of reform» (props to the late Ed Koch are necessary here) for refusing to break with his fellow Republicans in their collective «no» vote on the hostile amendment offered by the Democrats that would have created a public campaign finance system.
One of New York's leading champions of reform, Kavanagh is an outspoken advocate for changing the culture in Albany, fixing New York's broken election and campaign finance systems, and standing up to special interests.
«Once again, the flyers and robo calls will point out the issues the Senators have failed to deliver on, including increasing the state's unemployment benefit, failing to stand up to the Governor when he shut down hundreds of construction jobs, and a failure to reform our broken economic development system,» the group said in a press release out this morning.
Issues mentioned in the flyer included the Senators failure to: Stand up to the Governor when he shut down hundreds of construction jobs; Stand up to the Governor when he violated public employees contracts; Reform our broken economic development system; Enact a farm workers bill of rights; Increase the state's unemployment benefit.
Legislative Democrats say hiring a procurement compliance director doesn't reform of a «flawed and broken» system.
«We have a real shot to flip the State Senate this fall so we can build a New York that works for all of us: reforming our broken criminal justice system, fighting climate change and creating good jobs, expanding opportunities for immigrant New Yorkers, fully funding all of our schools and public universities, and taking on big money in politics to expand and protect our democracy.
«The Constitutional Convention movement was always about fundamentally reforming our broken system and transforming the state's government from an embarrassment into a proud model for the rest of the nation.»
«What Albany needs are Senators like Cece Tkaczyk who'll stand up to big donors and fight for reforms of our broken campaign finance system.»
In countries that have inherited the Westminster system, loss of supply typically results in government being required to either reform as the majority that blocked supply; or dissolve parliament so the electorate can pass judgement and presumably break the deadlock.
To completely restore democracy and to assure voters that their vote truly counts, we need to couple this reform with Instant Runoff Voting to break the stranglehold of the increasingly polarized two - party system and open the field up to qualified alternative candidates.
Instead, Liu — who political pundits believe wants to run for elected office again — claims the litigation is all about «reforming a system» at the Board that «has been broken» by «out - of - control bureaucrats and unaccountable Board members.»
The video is a part of the group's grassroots and digital #ForOpportunity campaign to bring together parents advocating for fundamental reform to fix New York's broken education system.
Clarke, a Jericho resident and supporter of presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, described himself as an «outsider,» running to reform government ethics and «fix the broken campaign finance system.»
«For years, Senate Republicans have been one of the main obstacles to progress on some of the issues working families care most about, like fair elections, the DREAM Act, reforming our broken criminal justice system, and fighting climate change,» the email states.
«Today, the President called on Congress to take action and I am hopeful that as legislators, we can ake this opportunity to work in a bipartisan manner to enact a permanent solution on behalf of individuals brought to the U.S. illegally as children, while also enacting long - term reforms to both fix our broken immigration system and to secure our nation's borders,» Katko said.
Organized labor looks forward to working with Congressman - Elect Owens to bring more jobs upstate, reform our nation's broken health care system, and turn the page on the failed economic policies of the Bush Administration.»
WASHINGTON — Seven months ago, a respected former British spy named Christopher Steele won a contract to build a file on Donald J. Trump's Betsy DeVos is chairman of the American Federation for Children, she is a national leader in the fight to boldly reform America's broken education system.
TES Talks to... Paul Reville (Times Education Supplement) Paul Reville discusses his work as founder of Harvard's Education Redesign Lab, and then need for reforms in the current, broken education system to make education more equitable in our country.
Moving swiftly to name a leader to carry on the district's path - breaking school - reform program, the Rochester, N.Y., board of education announced last week that it would appoint one of the system's top administrators, Manuel J. Rivera, to succeed Peter McWalters as superintendent.
«This comprehensive report reflects the input of nearly 300 educators throughout Michigan, giving policymakers clear direction on how much it costs to educate a child and how best to reform Michigan's broken school funding system,» said Bob Moore, School Finance Research Project Director.
Campaign for the Reform of Primary Assessment in England The SATs effect: teachers» verdict — Summer Term 2017, a survey of 2,300 National Union of Teachers primary members, shows that the vast majority of teachers believe the primary assessment system is broken.
A coalition of concerned leaders in education, social services and local government condemned the state's broken school - finance system Tuesday and called for systemic reform.
They mouth a popular education reform sentiment, (recently saying that the «system of teacher recruitment, training and hiring is broken and needs an overhaul») but in reality put their money where their unions» best interests lie.
As Arizona's largest charter support organization, the Association is ready to tackle the challenge of fixing Arizona's broken school finance system, and working with state leaders and other organizations who will implement financial reforms and invest funds critical to ensuring student achievement.
«Certainly, our education system is broken, and that's where we propose a number of reforms that give parents more control over their child's education.»
Parents, business leaders, civil rights groups and many teachers have reached their breaking point in hearing the continued excuses of national and state teacher unions that use their power to fight for the status quo and block significant reforms to our broken system.
Ohio Auditor Dave Yost said earlier this month that Ohio had a «broken system» of charter sponsorship and that the state needed «real reform.»
It is a product of the education reform industry that is set on convincing policymakers and the public that our nation's public education system is broken, that our public school teachers are bad and that the answer is more standardized testing and diverting scarce public funds to charter schools and other privatization efforts.
The pattern of crisis management is familiar at this point; cries of concern over the state of access to justice are finally echoed by high - ranking officials like the Chief Justice and the Governor - General, the mainstream media takes note, and very smart lawyers eventually busy themselves with the task of reforming the same broken system that many of them helped to build and that, in turn, helped all of them to prosper.
The New York Civil Liberties Union and the law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP today announced a historic settlement that overhauls public defense in five counties and lays the foundation for statewide reform of New York's broken public defense system.
As the nation finally awakens to the reality of our broken criminal justice system, a long overdue conversation about how to reform it has emerged.
«This settlement marks what we hope and expect to be the beginning of sweeping reforms of New York's broken public defense system,» said NYCLU Associate Legal Director Christopher Dunn.