"Countries around the world are moving fast to enact forward-looking, 21st-century copyright rules that encourage innovation, creativity and economic growth," said Simon Morrison, public policy manager at Google.
As prospects fade that Congress will pass a comprehensive climate bill this year, the EPA has been moving forward to enact regulations that would put costly limits on power plant pollution, making the agency the target of influential industry representatives and some members of Congress.
After considerable internal discussion, however, we decided that the best way forward was to enact legislation that would give the E.P.A. additional authority to do so.
The rush for competitive tendering was further stimulated by the European Commission's endeavour to enact a Regulation that put forward competitive tendering of exclusive contracts as the preferred way to organise local public transport markets.
One reason for the trend may be a pair of Supreme Court rulings in the late 1990s that prompted employers to enact policies that encourage workers to come forward when they believe they have suffered discrimination.
Despite the ferocity of the police aggression, demonstrators managed to enact Europe's first "City Strike" – putting forward an alternative to the corporate agenda of the G20.
Immediately after the Supreme Court gutted the preclearance formula in 2013, six states moved forward with their plans to enact laws that the Department of Justice had not yet precleared.
The only solution it has is to pay up, promising to enact proper policies in the future and move forward.
Congress has refused to enact such a program, so Mr. Obama has now stepped forward with measures he can pursue without Congressional consent.
Once the Soviet Union fulfills its promise to enact a new emigration bill, Mr. Bush said, "we go forward" on the trade agreement.
In Montana, new disclosure legislation is moving forward, and New York lawmakers are pushing to enact a comprehensive public financing system there.
