Sentences with phrase «whether changes to legislation»

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Perhaps most important will be whether the agreement will aid or hinder efforts to pass climate - change legislation in the United States.

But as these recent fiery debates within the drug industry underscore, pharma's price hike tactics, now under constant public scrutiny, may well lead to more far - reaching change — whether imposed by legislation or by biopharma companies upon themselves.

If legislation is passed and signed into law sometime next year, it is uncertain whether or not the changes will be made retroactive to January 1, 2017.

So where I disagree with Larison is his claim that «Conservatives actually know very well that they do not speak for a majority in this country, and they are also well aware that changes that would allow for more direct, plebiscitary democracy, whether in presidential elections or in passing legislation, would work to the detriment of their smaller states and their overall political interests.»

Obstetrician — gynecologists and other obstetric care providers should be in the forefront of policy efforts to enable women to breastfeed, whether through individual patient education, change in hospital practices, community efforts, or supportive legislation.

It is unclear whether any change in the law is needed to cover cases of abuse online, given the existing legislation already bans messages that are «grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character».

Off topic question topics included whether the mayor and his wife have smoked marijuana inside Gracie Mansion, a Daily News call for the mayor to «accept responsibility for inflaming the police», whether the mayor believes he should apologize for comments on the police, whether the Democratic National Committee has expressed concerns about current mayoral / police friction as it considers Brooklyn as a site for the 2016 Democratic Convention, whether the mayor supports the recent Cuomo / Christie veto of legislation on the Port Authority, a pending state legislative bill on police disability pensions, the expected special election in the 11th Congressional District, whether the mayor believes there is a police slowdown, the dismay of the recently shot and wounded police officers at Mayor de Blasio's hospital visit, the possible change in the Staten Island Chuck / Groundhog Day ceremony, the meeting today between Police Commissioner Bratton and union leaders and how Mayor de Blasio envisions the current mayoral / police friction ending.

Cuomo is proposing legislation to make a series of changes, including allowing judges to consider whether a defendant poses a risk to the community when they set bail.

Tomorrow's Commons debate on whether to increase the number of dogs allowed to flush out a fox — a relatively technical legal change which would win no press attention at all if it were a normal bit of legislation - is being accompanied by protests outside parliament, frenzied behind - closed - door talks and acres of press coverage.

Only once legislation is brought to the House of Commons for debate will it become clear whether the government and MPs of all parties are serious about changing the way politics is conducted in Britain.

I have some concerns about the overall direction of the bill before us today, and whether it will lead us closer to or further away from passing climate change legislation.

There are many reasons for the lower scores: the new standards being taught changed and are being implemented unevenly across school districts (Warren and Murphy 2014; McLaughlin, Glaab and Carrasco 2014, Harrington 2016); the definition of having met the standards changed; and the testing method changed (London and Warren 2015).1 While it is true that these assessments are in many ways not comparable (indeed, legislation passed in 2013 prohibits the CDE and local education agencies from doing so), 2 it is useful to understand which districts and schools are doing consistently well on both tests, and whether districts doing well on the SBAC English language arts (ELA) also do well on the SBAC math.

That has left many wondering whether the blows to the credit bureaus, and growing concern about consumer privacy in general, could lead to major changes, including new legislation.

Changes to the system, whether they come from tax bills or legislation like the PROSPER Act, can impact your educational and financial future.

Halfway through a busy day of blogging on Japanese whalers and reporting on prospects for climate legislation and whether the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change needs to adjust its goals and increase openness and transparency, I broke away from my computer screen to step into the freezing rain and woods for a few minutes with our dog, Sara, and puppy, Oscar.

Demonstrating that we can win a sizable victory with this coalition (see our blogs from our recent «Storms» of Senate and Representative offices), whether it is through strong comprehensive legislation, defending the Clean Air Act, or helping to generate the investment needed to create millions of good paying domestic clean energy jobs, will change the definition of what is possible in this movement and on this issue.

If Obama takes the position that legislation can be negotiated without regard to whether its supporters believe in the scientific evidence or not, if he brings to the bully pulpit no serious vocabulary on climate change, no gravitas on climate science, then how likely is it that he will lead government and society to deal with the problem in a «comprehensive» way?

Yet when US federal climate change legislation was under consideration between 2009 and 2010, there was almost no public discussion about whether proposed US climate change legislation would reduce US greenhouse gas emissions to levels that represent the US fair share of safe global emissions.

It remains to be seen, however, whether the changes in legislation will afford the same level of protection as the Regulations.

It is also possible that changes could be made to the legislation to allow employers and employees to put together flexible working schedules, whether by (hopefully) amending the averaging agreement provisions of the ESA to allow for more flexibility (and less red tape) or by expressly allowing for work - from - home or remote work arrangements.

The law relating to litigating in «Indian country» is far too complex to address here, and while some of the fundamental principles of jurisdiction and tribal sovereignty are deeply rooted in our system of jurisprudence, many aspects of it are still undergoing change, whether by legislation in Congress or the interpretation and enforcement of the rule of law by the Courts.

Comprised of more than 17,000 member companies, COSE has a long history of fighting for the rights of all small business owners, whether it's through group purchasing programs for health care, workers» compensation, or energy, advocating for specific changes in legislation or regulation to benefit small business, or providing a forum and resource for small businesses to connect with and learn from each other.

No one knows whether Saturday's march will generate permanent change, yielding legislation to limit ownership of assault rifles, high - capacity magazines and other equipment that makes it easier to kill many people quickly.

We're going to use this blog to write about how you might be affected by any tax changes that occur, whether that is due to new legislation, a new court ruling or the way the market has moved.

I also rely heavily on email as part of my marketing activities with other realtors, landlords, etc. so I've made it my business to be informed about technologies and legislation of consequence that could change the way I conduct my real estate business, whether by adoption of a new technology or forced change through compliance with the law.