Sentences with phrase «significant changes to the bill»

Pope and Rep. Christine Sinicki, D - Milwaukee, blasted Thiesfeldt during the hearing for springing significant changes to the bill before the hearing, but Thiesfeldt said he would not commit to a second hearing on the bill.

On November 16, 2017, shortly before passing the Bill, the legislature made a number of significant changes to Bill 148, including adding an amendment to the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the «OHSA»).

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One significant change from the Senate bill is that the rate reduction — to 21 percent from the current 35 percent — will begin next year, instead of being delayed until 2019.

The bad news is that the SBA, acting outside of the stimulus bill, has enacted a significant change to business acquisition loans by placing caps on goodwill financing.

Just last week, House Speaker Paul Ryan said lawmakers were putting the «finishing touches» on a new health care bill — one that reportedly might scrap protections for people with preexisting conditions — while Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin reassured Americans they can soon expect to see proposals for «the most significant change to the tax code since Reagan.»

Finance Minister Bill Morneau introduced some significant changes to the budgetary process in 2016 which went largely unnoticed by the media and financial commentators.

Florida Governor Rick Scott announced Friday that he had signed the school safety bill that makes significant changes to gun laws, school security, and funding for mental health treatment.

The biggest change to SNAP within the 2018 Farm Bill is a significant tightening of work requirements for «Able Bodied Adult Without Dependents» between the ages of 18 and 59.

Evolution would be a little more believable Bill if the «theories» didn't constantly change because you eggheads and science keep proofing significant parts of your own theory to be completely wrong.

But over our time together, Bill came to know Christ as his Lord and Savior, and significant change happened.

New Zealand are set to make some significant changes, with Sonny Bill Williams retaining his place in the side and Dan Carter unable to displace Aaron Cruden at fly half.

The proposed change was included in the Welfare Reform Bill — the most significant policy change proposed by the last Government in relation to fatherhood because it touched on the legal foundations.

«The most significant measures in the Bill are probably changes to corporation tax and to the regime for non-UK domiciles.

In that instance, the Legislature went to court over Pataki's initial executive budget submission, saying it inappropriately contained significant changes to education and health care policy in appropriations bills.

Despite the welcome and significant changes to the Health & Social Care Bill that Lib Dem parliamentarians have secured, there remain serious concerns both within the party, Parliament and the medical profession about the impact and timing of the reforms.

And there has been a significant change in recent years that limits even the Legislature's capability of delay — Paterson's «nuclear option,» in which unpalatable policy proposals are placed into extender bills, forcing the Legislature to choose between accepting the governor's ideas and shutting down the government.

Bill de Blasio's homeless commissioner, Gilbert Taylor, told the City Council this afternoon that he plans to travel to Albany tomorrow to lobby for permission to use state funds for rental subsidies, even as the Cuomo administration suggested it's too late for significant changes this year.

Moreover, this strict amendment process has not excessively impeded constitutional change, as it has allowed for many significant constitutional amendments over the nation's history, including the Bill of Rights and Amendments concerning the income tax, the direct election of senators, the two term presidency, and the right to vote of women and 18 year olds.

We won significant concessions on the spiteful Trade Union Bill; we defeated their attempt to sneak through changes to Sunday Trading; we fought to save maintenance grants for poorer students; and we have strained every sinew to save our vital steel industry.

WASHINGTON — The Senate Republican tax bill, which had appeared to be cruising to victory, suffered a setback late on Thursday as lawmakers were forced to contemplate significant changes, including future tax increases, to help pay for the legislation.

It was a significant defeat for Democrats and a win for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R - Kentucky, who persuaded several Republicans who had previously voted to support the higher spending level to change their positions and vote to block the bill.

A number of significant changes have been introduced to the Government's Gambling Bill as it reached the House of Lords.

«This Bill from Labour is a disaster waiting to happen, and we will vote it down unless there are significant changes.

Hanna said he has «significant concerns» about how the EPA expanded its authority with the rule, but he believed the GOP bill would have gone too far to prevent future rules aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.

A 3 - million - year section would fit the bill, because it encompassed enough time for significant change, including evolution, to take place, yet would still be manageable from a research standpoint.

While the downhill running resulted in the largest peak force on the runners, Neves and fellow researchers Bill Myrer, Wayne Johnson, and Iain Hunter, were surprised to find no significant differences in Achilles tendon thickness changes between running grades.

The bill passed out of his committee, but the full Senate wanted the Sex Offender language (a change so significant, it had to go back to Committee before full Senate consideration).

As House and Senate conferees prepared to begin hammering out a compromise between their differing higher - education bills, Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander said last week that President Bush is likely to veto the resulting legislation if significant changes are not made.

This bill makes significant changes to the pension system in a way that seeks to do three very important things.

Weingarten noted that she would still like to see changes to the bill's turnaround plans for underperforming schools, but continued, «We are pleased to see that significant changes already have been made in a substantial proposal concerning teacher evaluations.»

The bill has already gone through significant changes, too, with more to surely come.

Democratic Senators Offer Alternative to Brown's Funding Formula Democratic leaders of the state Senate want to delay Gov. Brown's sweeping plan for changing how schools are funded by a year and will recommend significant changes to it in a bill that they will reveal on Thursday.

A significant number of amendments focused on the bill's highly qualified teacher provisions, which have flown under the radar in light of more dramatic changes to the legislation's accountability components.

Hopefully, we can work with the Texas Education Agency in the implementation of this bill so as to mitigate its more damaging provisions, for this is a significant change for the entire K - 16 pipeline, with implications for higher education policy as well.

While it is true that the bill includes significant changes to Connecticut's teacher tenure and evaluation laws, there are still many people — including many legislators — who apparently don't know or don't understand the ramifications of some of the other incredible policy changes that have been packed deep into Malloy's bill.

In addition, Excel Bridgeport actively lobbied on behalf of Governor Malloy's «education reform» bill and the organization has also spent significant resources in support for Mayor Bill Finch's efforts to change Bridgeport's Charter, by eliminating the elected board of education and replacing it was an appointed board that would allow stronger mayoral control over the education budget and school issbill and the organization has also spent significant resources in support for Mayor Bill Finch's efforts to change Bridgeport's Charter, by eliminating the elected board of education and replacing it was an appointed board that would allow stronger mayoral control over the education budget and school issBill Finch's efforts to change Bridgeport's Charter, by eliminating the elected board of education and replacing it was an appointed board that would allow stronger mayoral control over the education budget and school issues.

As per a recent article in the Tennessee Education Report (see also an article in The Tennessean here) Governor Bill Haslam announced this week that «he will be proposing changes to the state's teacher evaluation process in the 2015 legislative session,» the most significant change being «to reduce the weight of value - added data on teacher evaluations during the transition [emphasis added] to a new test for Tennessee students.»

In the bill that allowed towns to «phase - in» the state's new teacher evaluation system over the next two years, rather than forcing all of the changes this year, the legislature added two significant restrictions to a town's right to develop their own system.

One significant change is that the bill expands the available use of funds saved in a 529 college savings plan to include levels of education other than college.

However, the bill also made numerous significant changes to business tax laws.

This issue also gives close attention to the renewal of the US Farm Bill: articles by regular Grist contributor Tom Philpott and Farm Aid president Willie Nelson both argue for significant changes in American agricultural policy.

Bill C - 31 introduces significant changes to the requirements for filing trademarks in Canada, including with classifications and «use» required in Canada.

You may have significant medical bills, be unable to continue working, and feel distressed with all the life - changes.

If passed, Bill 146 would make significant changes to a number of employment - related statutes, including the Employment Standards Act, 2000 («ESA»), the Occupational Health and Safety Act («OHSA») and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 («WSIA»).

Making the changes necessary to successfully implement an alternative billing system as a replacement for an hourly rate billing system will involve and likely will require significant changes in other systems including your evaluation, compensation, training and the practice / work management systems.

These Omnibus Bills made some significant changes to Canada's environmental laws.

Part Four of the Bill contains proposals to make significant changes to judicial review by restricting the powers of the court to provide a remedy in certain types of challenges, and by imposing higher financial risks on claimants and interveners.

On December 14, 2017, Bill 177 received Royal Assent and made significant changes to key provisions of the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act.

The Bill also makes some piecemeal, but significant changes to the legislation governing the provision of community care services.

The scale tipped in their favor and they used their influence to drive the behavior of their outside counsel, resulting in significant changes — e.g., the law firm willingness to adopt other billing practices in addition to the billable hour.