But if the last six years should have taught liberals anything, it's that a Democrat in the White House is no guarantee of being able to enact a liberal agenda – even a Democrat who was broadly labeled a Kenyan socialist dictator by Republicans in 2008.
The states that attempted to enact guarantee issue and community rating systems without instituting mandates saw their health care reforms fail.
Just as euro-zone members are required to have an independent central bank, they could be obliged to set up independent offices of statistics and budget sustainability and to enact constitutional guarantees of good behaviour.
Another difference: Once a Canadian election is over, the parliamentary system normally guarantees the winner a chance to enact his or her program — since the winner usually has a working majority in Parliament.
Ms. Bennett wants the major political parties to enact mandates to guarantee women no less than 30 percent of their candidacies.
Nathanael Greene, of the Natural Resources Defence Council, argues that the federal government's most important immediate step should be to enact a loan guarantee to create America's first cellulosic ethanol plant, which would probably be built in Idaho.If biofuels do take off, environmentalists and policymakers will still be unable to relax.
Last week, Philadelphia became the 20th location in the U.S. to enact a law guaranteeing that workers can earn paid sick days.
He vowed to enact a federal jobs guarantee as president, and to pursue a comprehensive immigration plan and criminal justice reform.
This is at once virtuous, foolhardy, guaranteed to save civilization, and extremely difficult to enact within the confines of a school playground.
It will also take state and federal legislators to enact sound policy and guaranteed funding to ensure that gun violence with families can be reduced.
These bills also wouldn't "replace" the Affordable Care Act in any meaningful way, because they don't even attempt to cover the uninsured or to enact consumer protections like a guarantee of coverage to people with pre-existing conditions.
