Sentence examples for progressive provisions from inspiring English sources

But whatever happens at the presidential level, there are many progressive provisions in the Constitution that will have an immediate and long-term impact on the day-to-day lives of ordinary people.

* NOTE: Being specifically against a public-option-free individual insurance mandate is not the same thing as being against other (more progressive) provisions on the health care bill.

The bill, which is intended to define the rights of spouses in relation to matrimonial property, previously contained progressive provisions that echoed the constitution's protections of women's land rights.

Louis responded with the Charter of 1814, which included many progressive provisions: freedom of religion, a legislature composed of the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Peers, a press that would enjoy a degree of freedom, and a provision that the Biens nationaux would remain in the hands of their current owners.

Only 13 developing countries and territories have secondary school participation ratios of 90 per cent or more Secondary school net enrolment/attendance ratio (2000 2006) World Fit for Children goal: The progressive provision of secondary education Secondary education is essential for individual children to achieve their full potential, and for nations to advance social and economic development.

In an unexpected reversal of its previous position, the NCC decided to retain the Mung'omba Draft Constitution's progressive ESC rights provisions by recognizing the rights to education, health, social protection, food, water, sanitation, and housing (subject to a referendum).

While at the Treasury Department, I worked on President George W. Bush's 2007 proposal to expand coverage through a change to the tax treatment of health insurance more progressive than the provision that ended up in the Affordable Care Act.

But don't expect much support for any of Oxfam's suggested remedies for inequality: that corporations should stop using offshore boltholes to avoid tax; that business leaders should support progressive taxation, universal provision of health and education, and a living wage in all the companies they control.

Still, voters voiced resounding support for the new restrictions, which are currently the most progressive farm animal rights provisions in the world.

But it's a progressive act containing new provisions banning the barring of breast-feeding in public; protecting against "dual discrimination" by addressing the experience of discrimination connected to more than one characteristic (for example, the experience of being a black woman); and permitting positive action in wide circumstances.

There is an opportunity to improve monitoring and effectiveness reviews, to encourage progressive improvements of plan provisions over time.