Sentences with phrase «who claim the policy»

Even worse, opponents have undermined good efforts: Last November, Oregon voters dealt a potentially lethal blow to Portland's sprawl control when, in a state referendum, they ordered the city to begin to compensate developers who claim the policy costs them potential income.

Not exact matches

«We're working closely with ASIC to provide refunds to customers who may have been ineligible to claim some benefits due to their employment status at the time of taking out the policy» Mr Comyn said.

One of the three charged, former Trump foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, admitted to making a false statement to FBI investigators who asked about his contacts with foreigners claiming to have high - level Russian connections.

It's an important early test of Trudeau's economic policies: Resist the bailout request, and he'll go a long way to silencing critics who've claimed he can't be trusted with the nation's finances; cave to Bombardier's demands, and his new government will be born into the original sin of corporate welfare.

The financial conquest is capped by turning tax policy over to financial lobbyists who claim to serve as objective technocrats.

Is this a Lieutenant Governor in Council Policy or total incompetence at AHS??? Or is it Staff reluctant to do the extra paper work and not having access to billing code numbers such as the staff at the dentist office or other health services who can claim the benefit directly??

I don't know if the argument was as prescient as Wolfson and many other policy experts claim, but who am I to argue?

Among them are the rights to: bullet joint parenting; bullet joint adoption; bullet joint foster care, custody, and visitation (including non-biological parents); bullet status as next - of - kin for hospital visits and medical decisions where one partner is too ill to be competent; bullet joint insurance policies for home, auto and health; bullet dissolution and divorce protections such as community property and child support; bullet immigration and residency for partners from other countries; bullet inheritance automatically in the absence of a will; bullet joint leases with automatic renewal rights in the event one partner dies or leaves the house or apartment; bullet inheritance of jointly - owned real and personal property through the right of survivorship (which avoids the time and expense and taxes in probate); bullet benefits such as annuities, pension plans, Social Security, and Medicare; bullet spousal exemptions to property tax increases upon the death of one partner who is a co-owner of the home; bullet veterans» discounts on medical care, education, and home loans; joint filing of tax returns; bullet joint filing of customs claims when traveling; bullet wrongful death benefits for a surviving partner and children; bullet bereavement or sick leave to care for a partner or child; bullet decision - making power with respect to whether a deceased partner will be cremated or not and where to bury him or her; bullet crime victims» recovery benefits; bullet loss of consortium tort benefits; bullet domestic violence protection orders; bullet judicial protections and evidentiary immunity; bullet and more...

- how you can claim it's unfair to characterize evangelicals as anti-intellectual while following a man who believes conspiracy theories from the National Enquirer, thinks climate change is a hoax, says vaccines cause autism, and displays such breathtaking ignorance regarding the state of the world and foreign policy that no former presidents will endorse him and multiple generals, foreign policy experts, editorial boards, and heads of state have denounced him as dangerously uninformed,

But, pretty much no matter what you believe in terms of policy issues, you can find a cadre of feminists in your camp who claim the feminist label.

Current enthusiasm for civil society is usually traced to the arguments of Vaclav Havel, the Czech president, and others who posited the claims of civil society against the totalitarian claims of communism, and, earlier than that, to the To Empower People manifesto authored by Peter Berger and myself in order to lift up the crucial role of non-governmental «mediating institutions» in public policy.

While it's entirely possible for people to oppose the President on entirely objective policy disagreements, I'm willing to bet that many who claim to feel that way would admit what you say, at least under hypnosis.

If there is any group of people that should be opposed to war, torture, militarism, the warfare state, state worship, suppression of civil liberties, an imperial presidency, blind nationalism, government propaganda, and an aggressive foreign policy it is Christians, and especially conservative, evangelical, and fundamentalist Christians who claim to strictly follow the dictates of Scripture and worship the Prince of Peace.

Underwood pointed out that, in the modern world, to claim to be a believer who loves God and neighbor, and yet not to attempt to be an effective person in the formation of just social policies, is to talk nonsense.

And, again despite your claim, there is zero question that most of the people who died under the regimes of Lenin, Stalin and Pol Pot (though somewhat less under Mao) died as the result of SPECIFICALLY anti-theist policies.

To suggest, then, that religious believers (much less majorities who, qua majorities, also have a second claim on shaping public policy) are «wards» depending on the Constitution for their religious freedom and its scope is, to use Posner and Segall's words against them, «to turn the Constitution upside down when it comes to government and religion.»

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

Insurance companies can only turn a profit by having lots of people paying in who hardly ever go to the doctor or by turning down claims, which makes it worthless to the policy holder.

Former Premier League star Jamie Redknapp has made a rather laughable claim about Chelsea's transfer policy and the loss of Romelu Lukaku and Mohamed Salah, who are now star players for rivals Manchester United and Liverpool, respectively.

«Introducing expensive «new and improved» formulas with unsubstantiated claims is the best way for formula makers to increase their profits in the WIC program,» says Meredith McGehee, a public policy strategist in Washington, D.C. who lobbies for the California WIC Association on Capitol Hill.

[8] How can a policy claim to be emancipatory if it largely ignores the voices of those who are affected by it and who generally oppose the criminalization of their clients?

Many of those who claim to be baffled by some Labour members» unwillingness to compromise on welfare wouldn't give way on other policies that might prove electorally popular.

Those who support the government's policy agenda claim that cutting benefits, and reforms like the Work Programme, will achieve this.

Claim: Last year the government defended IDS» benefit cap in a legal case brought by two carers who were affected by the policy.

KINDERHOOK, NY... October 14, 2016 — John Faso, who has been running a substantive grassroots campaign in his bid for the 19th Congressional District, picked apart his opponent's policies, platforms and phony claims during a live one - hour debate at WMHT's studio in Troy, N.Y.

They can't comment on the individual cases raised, but point out that a crucial question will be whether the councils concerned have the five year land supply to meet their housing need - which councils are require to have under the National Planning Policy Framework which together with its presumption in favour of sustainable development the National Trust, of which Jenkins is Chairman, apparently supported, along with the CPRE (claims my source, who also disputes Hastings's figures on the amount of land built on in any way).

Mr. Halloran is one of the most colorful characters on the City Council, and his bio includes the fact that he is the leader of a local Pagan group, had a videotaped confrontation with a ticket agent, and sparked a Department of Investigations inquiry after he claimed that he personally knew of sanitation workers who deliberately sloughed off snow removal during a blizzard to protest Bloomberg administration policies (the investigation found no truth to the claims).

This month, in the very week when claims of abuse in football dominated national news headlines, the Home Office published their key policy document which described how service commissioners should provide for men and boys who are victims of sexual violence, domestic abuse and other intimate crimes.

Downing Street sources said the Prime Minister wanted their political support in the Lords for the controversial policy, adding that the Prime Minister felt that anyone who gave their time, commitment and money to establish an academy — to help children in previously failing schools — «had a strong claim to be considered for an honour».

The Tory leader, who will give a speech this week on the family, also used the article to attack the government's policies on childcare, claiming they had caused «disappointment and failure».

The policy proposals have led to considerable consternation from the state's teachers unions, who have ratcheted up their rhetoric in recent weeks claiming the governor is pursuing anti-teacher policies.

Paul Cann, director of policy at Help the Aged, said: «Someone who claims pension credit over the phone will in future get council tax benefit and housing benefit as a matter of course, without the need to fill in any forms at all.

Policy Advisor to the NPP campaign, Boakye Agyarko who made the claim further chided the NDC for not demonstrating «any measure of control» in addressing power challenges in the country.

The comments came amid calls for her resignation from Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who claimed she inherited a «failing policy» and made it «worse».

Aside from frontbench dissent, Mr Cameron has been heavily criticised by the traditional 1922 Committee, who claim the new policy is «absurd» and «ridiculous».

He has previously suggested marijuana is a «gateway drug» — a claim disputed by those who have studied drug policy and addiction.

It is about the laws and policies of the two states that claim the territory of northern Cyprus and how they affect a person residing there who was born there and who has no intention of going to reside anywhere else.)

It was also claimed that Corbyn policy chief Andrew Fisher - who has played a key role in drawing up the manifesto - left a copy of the draft document lying on his desk in Labour's open plan office yesterday.

Mrs Beckett, who attended a G8 summit of foreign ministers yesterday, claims she would be able to offer the committee better evidence once she had drawn up policy options.

The Corbyn policy tacitly supports the most right - wing elements of the Conservative party and lends a helping hand to those who would dismantle the workers» rights they claim to care about so much.

A former adviser to President Bill ClintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson ClintonTrump, taxpayers want Title X funding protected from abortion clinics President Trump's historic rescissions package is a welcome step to cut wasteful spending America will be stronger with our immigration policy based on facts MORE predicts «a tough road» for Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE as she prepares to possibly announce a 2016 presidential campaign in coming months.

Jeremy claims credit for overturning some Tory policies since September, when the truth is that he had little to do with any of it and the credit should go to individual ministers like Owen Smith and their teams, as well as to Baroness Smith and the Labour Lords, who have worked tirelessly and effectively with apparently little involvement from Jeremy or his office.

A veteran NYPD detective who has been branded a «monster» and «terrorist» by critics is fighting back — claiming he is a victim of the de Blasio administration's anti-cop policies.

It is utterly remarkable for Jim Malatras, who served as chief policy adviser and state operations director for Gov. Andrew Cuomo, to claim that he repeatedly told lobbyist Todd Howe (who pleaded guilty to felony charges concerning bid - rigging) to send his emails to Malatras» official business account and not, as he did a dozen times in violation of state policy, to his private email («Public matters, private emails,» Dec. 31).

Jessica Post, executive director of the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, which works to win and defend state legislative majorities, added that «the fight for a Democratic state Senate majority is one that should be joined by anyone who claims to care about standing up to the backward policies coming from the Trump administration.»

Other senior Conservatives who made questionable claims included Alan Duncan, the shadow leader of the House of Commons, who oversees the party's expenses policy.

Their grudging offer of a brief extension — a complete reversal of what they once claimed to be their policy goal — reflects not a principle of good governance but rather their desire to reward the billionaire charter champions who have replaced Bloomberg as a cash cow for the Republican conference.

The authors of this destruction were «hacktivists» who claimed to be exposing what they said were shamefully shoddy corporate security policies, and for their actions they were variously reviled as villains and hailed as heroes.

Nutt, who was later sacked over his outspoken opposition to official policy on ecstasy, claims this ban is partly responsible for the rise of mephedrone in the UK.

For those few who have been involved in energy policy discussions for decades, the resurgence of such arguments is incredible, since similar claims made 50 years ago proved to be totally inaccurate.