Sentences with phrase «reform plans as»

This round required states to commit to their original reform plans as well as to new plans to advance science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education.

A similar kind of grassroots reform is taking root in Los Angeles Unified School District, where pioneering teachers started designing their own school reform plans as part of a program called Public School Choice.

It said free schools were potentially an important part of «open public services» and are highlighted in the government's schools reform plans as a key route to achieving fairer access.

Labour's shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has described the government's trade union reform plans as» the latest in a long line of attempts to stifle reasonable democratic scrutiny, protest and challenge».

Democrats, meanwhile, are gearing up to counter Trump's attempts to sell his tax reform plans as a populist panacea.

Howie Hawkins, the recent Green Party candidate for Governor, issued the following statement today in response to the announcement that Governor Cuomo would require state lawmakers to adopt a 5 point ethics reform plan as part of the state budget process.

which is, if the democrats push an ethics reform plan as part of their 2006 election strategy they will likely gain votes because of it.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Chris Collins and other Republican lawmakers portray their tax reform plan as a win - win for taxpayers and the economy, but the Clarence congressman Tuesday acknowledged another, swampier reason for him to back a rewrite of the tax code.

Candidate Antonio Delgado, 41, of Rhinebeck, pointed several times to the recent Republican tax reform plan as an example of how both Faso and Trump are helping large donors to the detriment of low - and middle - income earners, as well as the environment.

In his briefing presentation, Jonathan Kaplan, senior policy analyst at the California Budget Project, which for decades has advocated on behalf of policies that benefit low - income Californians, described the reform plan as a «major step forward.»

Not exact matches

WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Republican Study Committee, North Carolina Rep. Mark Walker, said Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen should step down as chairman of the House Appropriations Committee for voting against the final version of the GOP tax reform plan that passed Tuesday afternoon.

Any proposed legislation on tax reform will likely only use the plan as an opening bid where much more detail will be necessary.

Coalition to oppose telco reforms The coalition will oppose the federal government's telecommunications reforms, introduced as part of its plan to build the $ 43 billion national broadband network.

WESTERN Australia has been singled out as a «shining light» for reforms made to its planning assessment system, but the industry believes there's room for further improvement.

The Conservative government favoured PRPPs over more intrusive proposals for reform, such as expanding the Canada Pension Plan.

«When you look at the plan that's taking shape now, using comprehensive tax reform as a means to tax imports from countries that we have a trade deficit from, like Mexico,» he said.

For investors worried that the market is pinning too much on tax - reform prospects — especially as the GOP announced it had to delay by at least one day the release of its plan, which had been scheduled for Wednesday — sectors bets being placed by those with $ 1 million or more in brokerage accounts don't show an overreliance on any single factor.

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«When you look at the plan that's taking shape now, using comprehensive tax reform as a means to tax imports from countries that we have a trade deficit from, like Mexico,» said Spicer.

Howevere, the outlook for oil prices is being helped some «wildcard factors» such as the Trump tax reform plans.

But as Congress moves toward repealing the mandate as part of tax reform, voters, legislators and industry experts have flocked to its defense, pointing out that doing away with it would cause already high premiums for individual health plans to rise by 10 percent.

He is charged with implementing the administration's imminent plans to reform the nation's tax code, as well as revising financial regulations and renegotiating trade deals.

Thus, the path dependency that political scientist Paul Pierson, 1997 has observed in pension reforms is not just an observed fact, but a desired characteristic.21 Threats to sustainability are typically identified as expenditures rising above an acceptable level, and especially in prefunded DB plans, volatility of pension contributions or accounting expenses for pensions.

There are two major comprehensive tax reform plans being discussed currently: President Trump's plan and the plan put forth by the House Ways and Means Committee, commonly referred to as the «Blueprint.»

Which is why advocates, even as they weren't shocked by the GOP's latest tax reform plan, were staging a fight to make that credit refundable.

A response to the inability of the Reform party to elect candidates east of the prairies, the letter was first known as the «Harper plan,» although today it is usually referred to as the «firewall» letter.

And just as important, she will likely put forward a much needed and long - overdue campaign donation reform plan, to cut corporate and union donations out of the wild West that is the current campaign territory.

Tax experts say money managers can expect more tax planning than usual this season, as advisors and clients get familiar with tax reform.

Past achievements include building the case for deficit reduction in the 1980s and early 1990s, for consolidation of the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans in the late 1990s, a series of shadow federal budgets and fiscal accountability reports in that began in the 2000s, and work on marginal effective tax rates on personal incomes and business investment, which has laid the foundation for such key changes as sales tax reform, elimination of capital taxes, and corporate income tax rate reductions.

Obama's other measures include plans to work with Congress to pursue reforms of Section 215 of the anti-terrorism Patriot Act that governs the collection of so - called «metadata» such as phone records, and reform of the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which considers requests from law enforcement authorities on intelligence - gathering targets.

«I'm absolutely convinced he has plans on both to make this country great,» he said, such as plans to reform the tax code, reduce regulations for businesses, and make sure fair trade.

Recovery plans differ from living wills, also known as «resolution plans,» which are required under the 2010 Dodd - Frank financial reform law.

He showed us outlines of his plans for reform and for organization of the economic team, and he asked us for continuing help as advisers.

President Trump's tax reform plan still lacks important details but as it stands, the plan appears it would add significantly to the debt.

As a result, revenue estimates will vary based on reform plan — though they will always be substantially larger over the first decade than over the long - run.

Even with a $ 408 million financial hit due to tax reform, the company remains in good shape as it transitions to Series 6 production and raised its 2018 guidance as it plans to bring back some Series 4 capacity to meet its 2 + year backlog of demand.

With key tweaks to the tax reform plan on the deductions side, as many as 25.5 % of taxpayers could see their taxes increase from current levels under the currently tabled tax reform plan.

The group, which came together in recent months as a vocal opponent of the finance minister's tax - reform plan, is urging him to go further — beyond the adjustments he made to calm an uproar that dogged him for months.

If your company hasn't communicated with you about any planned largesse as a result of tax reform, now might be a good time to bring it up with whoever manages your company benefits (usually HR).

Since Mr. Xi came to power, China's leadership has recentralized power to focus on anti-corruption and abuse of power by officials, as well as developing big plans for market reform and opening the country to foreign investment.

A speech the following week by Fed Chair Janet Yellen giving a bullish assessment of the economy, as well as a later one by President Donald Trump outlining ambitious plans for tax reforms, continued to build expectations of further monetary tightening.

A final ironic and unintended economic consequence of the Trump immigration reform plan could be a «brain drain,» as educated and potentially wealthy liberals look to escape a controversial Trump presidency, namely by moving to Canada.

Making many hard choices, as this plan does, is praiseworthy, and the draft represents a starting point for a bipartisan tax reform deal.

So, Mr. Kenney, who just this week was appointed to the parliamentary committee studying electoral reform, could be abandoning plans to replace Rona Ambrose as leader of the Conservative Party of Canada and setting his sights on uniting - the - right and challenging Rachel Notley «s moderate New Democratic Party government in 2019.

Given that many plan participants will retire LONG before 2060 there simply isn't enough time to solve the issues, and; The next bear market, as shown, will devastate the plans abilities to meet future obligations without massive reforms immediately.

There has been a lot of worry about Abe's aggressive stance on foreign policy but I see it as part of the economic reform plan.

Contributions are mandatory under these reform plans, just as they are in the university workers» plan.

As we have seen during prior tax reform efforts throughout US history, there are likely to be some impacts of this tax plan that legislators could not predict.

Mark Taylor's Crisis on Campus: A Bold Plan for Reforming Our Colleges and Universities began life as a widely noticed and controversial New York Times op - ed in 2009, after which it grew into a book.

Alongside the best public school reform proposals outlined above, as a nation we should invest equal resources in testing a voucher plan.