Boosting the mandates, advocates argue, will make the U.S. use less fuel, thus reducing our reliance on imported oil while improving the environment.
Boosting the mandates, advocates argue, will make us use less fuel, thus reducing our reliance on imported oil while improving the environment.
He said that boosting the mandated wage floor would force fast-food executives like himself to look into replacing workers with robots.
That long-range planning process already involves dealing with the possible repercussions of climate change, a mandate to boost the state's use of renewable sources to 33% of the energy supply by 2020 and another mandate to phase out a process known as once-through cooling that uses ocean water to cool coastal power plants, which will probably take some other plants out of service.
The government was elected with one clear mandate - to boost the country's economy and cut red tape.
The increases mandated by Congress will gradually boost the maximum Pell grant to $5,400 over the next five years, helping to preserve its purchasing power, Ms. Baum said.
Democratic bills to boost the state's minimum wage beyond the federally mandated $7.25 an hour died in House and Senate committees, in some cases without getting hearings.
Obamacare aimed to boost the number of Americans with health insurance through mandates on individuals and employers, and income-based subsidies.
Trump has pledged to boost the size of the military, but broadly speaking, it is not clear whether that mandate will apply to civilians.
But now the Bush Administration is considering boosting this mandate to 60 billion gallons by 2030.
