Sentences with phrase «sponsored model bills»

Common Cause has requested that the IRS investigate ALEC's 501 (c)(3) status for participating in a significant amount of lobbying activity by promulgating corporate - sponsored model bills and providing resources to the legislators promoting those bills.

Not exact matches

In addition, in order for plan sponsors to appropriately manage $ 120 billion specialty drug spend, the poorly managed «Buy & Bill» model must be converted to an «Value - Based and Outcome - Driven» specialty management model.

Gary Greenberg, a child sex abuse victim and upstate investor who created a political action committee to fight for the issue, said the rally will feature former model and sexual abuse victim Nikki DuBose and Senate bill sponsor Brad Hoylman (D - Manhattan).

On immigration, Bloomberg said the city will «help lead the charge» for the New York State Dream Act, legislation modeled after a federal bill that would allow children who were brought to the country illegally to apply for state - sponsored college loans, grants and scholarships.

The bill passed Thursday by the Senate is modeled after the New York State Bicycle Helmet Law, according to its sponsors.

Model legislation is a template for a bill designed by education reformers, business leaders and lobbyists who work with state legislators to promote, sponsor and pass the bill.

The bill was based on an ALEC «model bill,» and the lead sponsor was ALEC member and former State Senator Debbie Lesko.

For example, Speaker Jones sponsored «parent trigger» legislation in both 2011 and 2012, bills that reflected the ALEC model «Parent Trigger Act.»

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate with broad housing industry support last month would require the Federal Housing Finance Agency to direct the government - sponsored enterprises to accept new credit scoring models, like the VantageScore model created by Equifax, Experian and TransUnion.

It's a «humane model,» said Judie Mancuso, founder and president of the Southern California nonprofit group Social Compassion in Legislation, which is sponsoring the bill currently in Sacramento.

It's a «humane model,» said Judie Mancuso, founder and president of the Southern California nonprofit group Social Compassion in Legislation, which is sponsoring the bill.

CMD reports that the model bill, called «Restrictions on Participation in Low - Carbon Fuel Standards Programs,» was sponsored at a November, 2012 ALEC conference in Washington by Steve Higley, a lobbyist from the U.S. - based industry group American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM).

Senators Niehaus and Balderson are members of ALEC's Energy, Environment and Agriculture task force, which approved the fracking «disclosure» bill internally sponsored by ExxonMobil, modeled after a Texas bill (see New York Times and ProPublica).

The wording in a Utah bill was changed from «certified medication assistant» to «medication assistant - certified» after this author informed the sponsor of the change in the NCSBN's model legislation.

Sponsors of the bill — S. 151 — advocate that we replace this 1950s model of determining custody with one that countless research suggests is best for children: shared parenting.