Sentences with phrase «sweeping policy changes»

While Bernie Sanders called for sweeping policy changes for free college tuition, Hillary Clinton made several proposals and changes to her policies throughout her campaign.

The lawsuit, brought by Our Children's Trust in 2015, relies on a novel legal strategy that has yielded victories for climate activists seeking sweeping policy change in other countries.

The endangerment finding is both trigger and precedent for sweeping policy changes Congress never approved.

To truly bring more foreign talent into Canadian tech hubs — whether they're from the United States, one of the countries affected by the travel ban, or elsewhere — requires sweeping policy changes.

After sparring with New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, charter - school advocates found an ally in Governor Andrew Cuomo this year, and the current state budget included sweeping policy changes that boosted the sector, especially in New York City.

In other words, weather really isn't a reliable indicator of long - term climate trends — but that isn't going to stop Walsh and his ilk from making sweeping predictions and (which is much more important) insisting upon sweeping policy changes just in case they turn out to be right one of these millennia.

If they withstand the expected legal challenges, the regulations will set in motion sweeping policy changes that could shut down hundreds of coal - fired power plants, freeze construction of new coal plants and create a boom in the production of wind and solar power and other renewable energy sources.

«It is essential that the Commission gets a full and accurate picture of how changes to net neutrality will affect the everyday lives of Americans before they can act on such sweeping policy changes.»

A large concentration of exchange - traded volume typically occurs in China's «Big Three» bitcoin exchanges: BTCC, Huobi and OKCoin (at least, before they recently announced sweeping policy changes).

The Education Department also on Thursday released a report on the Obama administration's $ 4 billion Race to the Top competitive grant program, describing how it ushered in sweeping policy changes in many states, including some that proved controversial, such as new teacher evaluations tied to student test scores.

Effect means to accomplish something: «The board effected a sweeping policy change.»

Among the proposals not included by the Assembly: a sweeping policy change that would give the state wide latitude in determining value - based payments for health care providers, a plan to allow private equity investing in hospitals and a plan that would limit how much providers can charge for drugs in Medicaid - managed care plans.

We need permanent fixes and sweeping policy changes.

Without great school and classroom leaders to make sure reforms are implemented, even the most ambitious and sweeping policy changes can sputter out by the time they hit your children's classrooms.

While boasting of recent improvements in student performance in his state, Rhode Island Gov. Donald L. Carcieri used his fifth State of the State address to call for sweeping policy changes to make further progress.

US state of Massachusetts recommends large - scale energy storage installations, sweeping policy changes, and wide - ranging pilot programme, a month after it proposes storage procurement targets for local utilities.

In an effort to acknowledge the shifting tide, NAR directors have sanctioned what it admits are «sweeping policy changes ``

«Although we support and encourage household fiscal responsibility, we think a sweeping policy change like the one we saw earlier this week wasn't necessary,» Mauris said at the consultation.