When Mr Clinton backed a welfare reform devised by Republicans in 1996, 30 House Democrats, most of them from somewhat conservative places, initially supported him.
Instead of attacking President Obama, whom conservatives have reviled for the socialist depravity of passing health care reform devised by the Heritage Foundation, perhaps they should rebuke the ignoramuses in their own base for their anti-vaccine paranoia.
The town hall meetings, which each cost 11m yen of taxpayers' money to organise, covered a range of subjects, including education, now the target of far-reaching reforms devised by Mr Koizumi's successor, Shinzo Abe.
Page A4 REFORM WATCHDOGS IN ITALY Acceding to pressure from European leaders, Italy invited the International Monetary Fund to look over its shoulder to ensure that Rome is carrying out reforms devised to keep the country from succumbing to Europe's sovereign debt crisis.
Mr. Osborne spoke as the country confronted severe and wide-ranging welfare reforms, devised by him, that will impose new limits on benefits available to any family, forcing many more — including the disabled — to pay residency taxes from which they were once exempt and freezing tax breaks for retirees.
The Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act – a financial reform package devised in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis and popularly known as Dodd-Frank, after its sponsors – turns five early this week.
I'm not bashing Obama, by the way; I wish he took stronger stands, but I think he's moving in that direction; also, even if his health reform was devised by Heritage and implemented by Mitt Romney, it's a lot better than nothing.
The constitution's reforms were devised to resolve issues arising from the disputed 2007 election.
It could mean supporting politicians who actually are relatively nonideological, who are willing, for example, to seek Democratic support for health reforms originally devised by Republicans, to support deficit-reduction plans that rely on both spending cuts and revenue increases.
Many different reforms are devised to deal with a particular stumbling block, which may be implemented sequentially, simultaneously or whenever policy fashion or funding dictates.
Its agenda is to implement workforce reform and devise solutions that integrate workforce planning, policy and reform with the necessary reforms to education and training.
