Since taking office, Democratic majorities in both chambers of the legislature have sent Brown bills addressing such progressive measures as expanding voting rights, access to birth control and background checks for gun purchases, as well as enacting paid sick leave and making community college nearly free for thousands of students.
Public opinion polls show that the French still view the 35-hour workweek as a progressive measure that they do not want to part with.
They then supported a number of controversial government campaigns and policies, including the Education Bill, NHS reforms and the Poll Tax, which it described as a "progressive measure".
Activists hail the legislation as a progressive measure for reproductive rights, part of a general liberalizing trend in this largely Roman Catholic nation that has included recent rulings by the constitutional court removing penalties for performing abortions.
It took nine years to end the Vietnam war, and it took institutional change to ensure progressive measures such as Roe v Wade.
They suggest more progressive measures "such as better targeting of superannuation tax concessions" – which "would share the burden of tax reform more equally across the income distribution" might help "public faith in the fairness of the reforms".
The IFS points out that many of the budget's more progressive measures, such as the new 50% top rate of income tax, were left over from the last Labour budget.
He supported progressive measures such as opening a public park, providing public libraries, and addressing unsanitary conditions in parts of Ashton-under-Lyne.
The governor was regarded as a reformer and had introduced progressive measures at the jail.
Healing this wound involves a collective effort from all Americans, as well as progressive policy measures that value women, their work, and the realities of their lives.
If FDR needed to be harried into taking progressive measures, you can bet that Boris Johnson does.
