Sentences with phrase «sweeping authority»

«While I appreciate some of the policies outlined in the secretary's waivers plan, I simply can not support a process that grants the secretary of education sweeping authority to handpick winners and losers,» said Representative John Kline, Republican of Minnesota, who is chairman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.
Left intact, DACA sets a dangerous precedent by giving the executive branch sweeping authority to ignore the laws enacted by Congress and change our nation's immigration laws to suit a president's own policy preferences.»
Trump plans to unveil a new White House office on Monday with sweeping authority to overhaul the federal bureaucracy and fulfill key campaign promises — such as reforming care for veterans and fighting opioid addiction — by harvesting ideas from the business world and, potentially, privatizing some government functions.
, who chairs the House education committee, said in a statement that he «simply can not support a process that grants the Secretary of Education sweeping authority to handpick winners and losers.»
The recommendations, which were unanimously adopted by the board on Sunday, call for reducing Kalanick's sweeping authority and instituting more controls over spending, human resources and the behavior of managers.
Legislators have neither the sweeping authority, nor strong political incentive, to change a political patronage machine that rewards party donors with high - paying posts and lucrative contracts.
The Illinois State Board of Education took on sweeping authority to supervise special education at Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday, voting to appoint an outside monitor who for at least three years will have to approve any changes to the district's special ed policies and procedures.
The Illinois State Board of Education took on sweeping authority to supervise special education at Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday, voting to appoint an outside monitor who for at least three years will have to approve any changes to the district's...
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