President Donald Trump signs an executive order to loosen restrictions on Obamacare.
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Or, to loosen restrictions on gun purchases, he can relax background checks.
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Earlier this year, Wisconsin took controversial steps to loosen restrictions on lakeside development.
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Last August, the Trump administration announced it would loosen restrictions on coal-fired plants.
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Meanwhile, measures to loosen restrictions on guns have actually moved forward in some cases.
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The bill would loosen restrictions on third-trimester abortions in the state if passed.
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And New York legislators have drafted a bill to loosen restrictions on medical marijuana.
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The White House is working to loosen restrictions on carmakers on a few levels.
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Shaken lawmakers softened their partisan tone and some pressed to loosen restrictions on gun access.
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Shaken lawmakers softened their partisan tone, and some pressed to loosen restrictions on gun access.
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On Tuesday, voters in nine states will have the chance to loosen restrictions on marijuana.
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The changes would exempt smaller banks from many postcrisis regulations, and loosen restrictions on larger banks.
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Vladimir V. Putin, the Russian president, could also loosen restrictions on the use of nuclear weapons.
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States could also loosen restrictions on the number of treatment programs or the services they offer.
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The oil surveys come as the Trump administration aims to loosen restrictions on potential Atlantic drilling operations.
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New rules under consideration would also loosen restrictions on "flaring," the burning of methane from drilling operations.
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Devos has been especially aggressive, pushing to loosen restrictions on for-profit colleges and enforcement of civil rights laws.
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Rights activists said Mr. Jacobson's case was disturbing and highlighted the need for Indonesia to loosen restrictions on journalists.
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He also expects the government to loosen restrictions on the property sector later this year to help stimulate purchases.
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The strategy is in line with Prince Mohammed's efforts to loosen restrictions on entertainment and expressions of popular culture.
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It's the latest example of the kingdom slowly starting to loosen restrictions on daily life in the last two years.
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Does it make more sense to loosen restrictions on gun ownership so that people can defend themselves amidst mass shootings?
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The new laws loosen restrictions on gun ownership and use in schools, foster homes, apartment buildings, and houses of worship.
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It opposes the NRA-backed concealed carry reciprocity measure and another proposal that would loosen restrictions on buying gun silencers.
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Mr. Trump's tweets that the problems were solved led Russia and China to loosen restrictions on trade with North Korea.
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Separately, the New York Police Department plans to loosen restrictions on smoking pot in public, according to WNYC reporter Beth Fertig.
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The shooting also blunted the prospects of a controversial bill to loosen restrictions on purchasing gun silencers, according to GOP sources.
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The photo surfaced after conservatives expressed outrage over Northam's comments on a proposed bill in Virginia that would loosen restrictions on abortion.
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States could also apply for a waiver to loosen restrictions on how much more older people can be charged than younger people.
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BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Agriculture Minister wants to loosen restrictions on shooting wolves to reduce a growing population that threatens sheep and goats.
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Officials could loosen restrictions on the country's red-hot real estate market to encourage developers to ramp up building activity, economists suggest.
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Beijing will significantly lower tariffs on imports of automobiles, and also loosen restrictions on foreign ownership in the auto sector, Xi said.
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India also planned to loosen restrictions on the export of agricultural commodities to realize a market potential as high as $2000 billion.
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The President was asked about a gun bill currently making its way through the House that would loosen restrictions on purchasing gun silencers.
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On social policy, Rouhani's scope to loosen restrictions on individual freedoms and rights would be crushed by hardliners if he loses political prestige.
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Automotive and technology industry executives are pushing U.S. lawmakers to pass legislation that would loosen restrictions on testing and deploying self-driving cars.
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Ralph Northam is facing backlash after he voiced his support for a state measure that would significantly loosen restrictions on late-term abortions.
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He has led demands that the RBI loosen restrictions on India's rickety state-run banks and hand more of its reserves to the government.
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" Also asked about a pending, controversial gun bill that would loosen restrictions on purchasing gun silencers, the president repeated, "We'll talk about that later.
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Both would loosen restrictions on late-term abortions, the kind that gives pro-lifers their most inflammatory, which is to say most grisly, publicity.
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A Democratic-backed bill proposed in Virginia's state legislature that would loosen restrictions on late-term abortions has sparked major conservative backlash this week.
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In outlining his security policies for Afghanistan and the rest of South Asia this summer, Mr. Trump vowed to loosen restrictions on hunting terrorists.
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The Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act would loosen restrictions on silencers and armor-piercing ammunition, two proposals strongly opposed by gun-control advocates.
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Following China's decision to loosen restrictions on foreign carmakers, Tesla signed a memorandum of understanding with the authorities in Shanghai to build a factory there.
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The suspension is seen by analysts as a move to pressure Pretoria to loosen restrictions on U.S. farm exports, in particular on U.S. poultry products.
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Late last week, the Department of Defense took its own steps to loosen restrictions on private gun carry in new rules issued by the Pentagon.
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The Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule would loosen restrictions on oil and gas sites to monitor and repair methane leaks from pipelines and storage facilities.
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Nobody, even in the administration, seems to be making any pretense about the fact that they are designed to loosen restrictions on the fossil fuel industry.
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Mr. Trump also agreed to loosen restrictions on the sale of some American technology to Huawei, as long as it did not have national security implications.
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The bill attracted the attention of conservatives last year when the Virginia Legislature debated a bill to loosen restrictions on access to abortion late in pregnancy.
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Though President Donald Trump indicated on June 29th that he would loosen restrictions on sales of American technology to Huawei, the Chinese firm remains a legal pariah.
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All good reasons for law enforcement to be concerned about the FAA moving forward with creating rules that would loosen restrictions on drones flying in U.S. skies.
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Jair Bolsonaro's administration has promised widespread changes to loosen restrictions on clearing land, and it's taken a rhetorical hard line against NGOs working to conserve the rainforest.
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Last week, CNN reported the Trump administration will reverse an Obama-era coal emissions rule as part of its effort to loosen restrictions on the coal industry.
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Major US chipmaker Intel on Wednesday said it had begun selling products to Huawei again as the US begins to loosen restrictions on the Chinese telecommunications giant.
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But U.S. business groups have expressed disappointment that the talks have not yielded more progress in getting China to loosen restrictions on foreign investment in many sectors.
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The administration is expected to loosen restrictions on trade and travel even further and announce new commercial deals with Cuba before Mr. Obama's arrival on March 21.
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Texas will loosen restrictions on its voter identification requirements ahead of the November election, according to an agreement filed with a federal district court judge on Wednesday.
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Iraqi officials said that the Trump administration had appeared to loosen restrictions on the rules of engagement, making it easier for the Iraqis to call in airstrikes.
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But as many states continue to loosen restrictions on marijuana, a tangle of legal questions could still pose problems for users and governments alike, particularly on the road.
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Many activists got involved in lobbying their local, or state, governments to loosen restrictions on who could use them, in order to provide Epinephrine in places like schools.
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Mexican leaders announced during the meeting that their country intends to legalize medical marijuana and loosen restrictions on the amount of drugs people can possess for personal use.
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Bloomberg also reports the company may loosen restrictions on music apps, allowing third-party streaming services to play as the default through Siri or on its HomePod speaker.
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A shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs in 2017 killed 26 people and helped intensify a push by Republican lawmakers to loosen restrictions on guns in churches.
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This is the second time Hollande's government resorts to using Article 49 – Prime Minister Manuel Valls used it last year to loosen restrictions on stores staying closed on Sundays.
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In January, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said it would loosen restrictions on the second-hand car market and provide subsidies to boost purchases in rural areas.
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However, the bill also is expected to loosen restrictions on granting states so-called 1322 waivers, which would allow them to create their own sets of health-insurance rules.
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Last month, when he delivered a speech outlining his security policies for Afghanistan and the rest of South Asia, Mr. Trump vowed to loosen restrictions on hunting down terrorists.
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It says the agency should consider allowing gun dealers to sell across state lines, loosen restrictions on gun noise suppressors, and pull back on its scrutiny of gun shops.
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Negroponte pointed out that Trump has recently signaled he's ready to loosen restrictions on Huawei if the Chinese government provides trade concessions to the U.S. during the ongoing trade war.
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That plan changed abruptly Wednesday when Waters was forced to pull the measure from a markup under pressure from her Democratic colleagues to loosen restrictions on lending to Chinese firms.
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Trump, DeVos, and many Republicans want the government to "get out of the business of student lending" and loosen restrictions on private-sector companies that operate similarly to trade schools.
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They also question a recent decision by President Donald Trump to loosen restrictions on the use of commando raids and drones outside war zones and the authorities used to justify them.
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His statement came a day after President Donald Trump pledged to end a "crime spree" in Chicago and urged the city to loosen restrictions on stop-and-frisk tactics by police.
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The world's fifth-largest oil importer in April approved legislation to loosen restrictions on companies blending refined fuels at oil terminals, but the exact start date was not released at that point.
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Bolsonaro also sent a new bill to Congress on Tuesday that aims to loosen restrictions on the possession of arms in rural areas, Senate President Davi Alcolumbre wrote on his Twitter account.
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The money will go to increasing Ukraine's foreign exchange reserves, which in turn should help stabilize the hryvnia currency and give the central bank space to further loosen restrictions on forex trade.
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The House of Representatives is expected to pass a bill Tuesday evening to loosen restrictions on private flood insurance, which is geared to ease the burden on a debt-ridden federal program.
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One indication of that came on Monday as Duterte told reporters he planned to loosen restrictions on foreign ownership of companies across all industries, which could meet with resistance from protectionist forces.
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The ICBA praised Hatch earlier this month when the chairman in a letter pressed National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Chairman Mark McWatters on his efforts to loosen restrictions on credit union activities.
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In 1993, she worked to pass the first charter school bill in Michigan, and has since advocated to loosen restrictions on these schools in her home state, only to see students' performance plummet.
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Other changes were better received, with credit ratings agency Fitch saying a bill introduced by Lopez Obrador to loosen restrictions on pension fund managers could lead to better returns and payouts for beneficiaries.
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The Protecting Americans with Preexisting Conditions Act, slated for a vote later this week, would block the Trump administration's October guidance to loosen restrictions on states' abilities to waive certain ObamaCare requirements. Rep.
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Congress set to ignore Trump's wall request in stopgap measure: Lawmakers are preparing to ignore President Trump's request to loosen restrictions on border wall funding as part of a short-term spending deal.
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Self-driving cars, trucks and drones, for example, can't just take to the roads and skies without permission from local and federal regulators, which are only just beginning to loosen restrictions on those industries.
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Chiefly, the U.S. was looking for written commitments from the Chinese government that it would provide less direct support to its state-owned enterprises and loosen restrictions on U.S. companies operating in the country.
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He cited as an example a past offer by China to loosen restrictions on U.S. ownership of Chinese companies, and said that China had subsequently failed to follow through with licenses for U.S. companies.
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Republicans postponed a planned hearing on the "Sportsmen's Heritage and Recreational Enhancement Act," a bill that would loosen restrictions on the purchase of silencers and make it easier to move guns across state lines.
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Conservatives have long controlled the levers of power in Iran, but a more reform-minded parliament could help Rouhani loosen restrictions on society and the press, according to Kishi, the U.S. Institute of Peace researcher.
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The plan to loosen restrictions on emissions from coal-fired power plants would lead to as many as 1,400 premature deaths per year, according to an analysis of the proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency.
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The government announced the revision to rules on foreign ownership — its so-called negative investment list — in February, saying it has decided to loosen restrictions on everything from restaurant to agriculture, transportation and movie theatres.
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Just this week, the House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on a measure that would loosen restrictions on gun silencers and armor-piercing bullets (the vote was indefinitely postponed after the Las Vegas massacre).
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The announcement seemed to indicate a positive change from years of inaction and delay, but advocates and industry experts are skeptical that the administration is really moving to loosen restrictions on marijuana research (The Hill).
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If he is chosen, it may mean that the Trump administration believes it can loosen restrictions on Wall Street even without the enthusiastic support of a Fed chairman, according to Binyamin Appelbaum of The NYT.
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Wang Yi, China's minister of foreign affairs, wrote in an editorial in the state-run China Daily newspaper that the country would loosen restrictions on trade and investment, and integrate more closely with global standards.
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It has become a centerpiece of a broader strategy to build up the kingdom's travel and cultural industries, and aligns with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's efforts to loosen restrictions on entertainment and pop culture.
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Saudi Arabia published new laws early Friday that loosen restrictions on women by allowing any citizen to apply for a passport and travel freely, ending a long-standing guardianship policy that gave men control over women.
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Social conservative leaders have met with White House officials to discuss calling attention to Democratic-sponsored legislation to loosen restrictions on abortion in the second and third trimesters, like one that passed recently in New York.
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" IN CONGRESS Sorry, we all can't hear you: Via The Hill's Jordain Carney, "Lawmakers are preparing to ignore President Trump's request to loosen restrictions on border wall funding as part of a short-term spending deal.
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A second order, also signed Wednesday, began to loosen restrictions on whom immigration agents can apprehend and deport within the United States — allowing immigration agents to adopt a broader definition of "criminal" to deport more people faster.
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SEOUL, March 18 (Reuters) - South Korea on Wednesday said it will loosen restrictions on currency forward positions for banks to encourage financial institutions to supply more dollars as the coronavirus pandemic sends shock waves through global markets.
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The filing comes as lawmakers are preparing to ignore Trump's request to loosen restrictions on border wall funding as part of a short-term spending deal and amid renewed tensions over the border ahead of a Sept.
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HOUSE PASSES FLOOD INSURANCE REFORM: After a two-day delay, the House passed a bill Thursday evening to loosen restrictions on private flood insurance, which is geared to ease the burden on a debt-ridden federal program.
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However, it remains unclear just how efficient cross-city and cross-state climate pacts will ultimately be in the face of a federal government determined to loosen restrictions on emissions and ramp up coal and natural gas production.
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BEIJING, Jan 29 (Reuters) - China's state planning agency said on Tuesday it will loosen restrictions on the second-hand auto market, and provide subsidies to help boost rural sales of some vehicles and sales of new energy vehicles.
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Huawei has been a focus of the trade war that has hung over financial markets, with President Donald Trump recently agreeing to loosen restrictions on the company after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the G20 summit.
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Ralph Northam said that he supported a late-term abortion bill that would loosen restrictions on the procedure, and allow women to consult with a doctor on an abortion up to, but not including, the time of birth.
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China has previously offered to do more to loosen restrictions on the percentage of Chinese companies that U.S. firms are permitted to own, for example, but then had not followed up that pledge by providing licenses for U.S. companies.
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Randal Quarles, the Federal Reserve's vice chairman for bank supervision, said Thursday that the proposal to loosen restrictions on bank trading activities is just the beginning of efforts to roll back the crisis-era regulation that overhauled Wall Street.
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After Congress enacted the USA Patriot Act to loosen restrictions on government surveillance that grew out of the 1970s oversight investigations, he testified that the new statute had been a good first step but did not go far enough.
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President Trump has long complained about corruption in Puerto Rico's government and has offered to loosen restrictions on disbursing the aid in exchange for lowering wages paid to workers hired by disaster-relief contractors to below $15 an hour.
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As insurance expert Robert Laszewski has observed, the mandate's repeal will interact in vicious ways with the Trump administration's plan to loosen restrictions on the sale of skimpy "short-term" plans — plans that don't have to comply with ACA rules.
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The move is part of the Trump administration's effort to loosen restrictions on the coal industry, and it flies in the face of a recent congressional report that warns of climate change's dire consequences (and that the President flatly dismissed).
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Now that the DEA will review marijuana's status as a Schedule I drug this year, and potentially loosen restrictions on research as well, MAPS plans to resubmit the UMass marijuana farm application and hopefully start a marijuana farm of its own.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba, March 17 (Reuters) - Canada's move to loosen restrictions on hiring foreign workers for east coast seafood plants was a one-time decision, and the government is not convinced other sectors need similar measures, the country's employment minister said on Thursday.
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" Derek Johnson, the executive director of anti-nuclear group Ground Zero said: "Trump's plan to develop so-called 'low-yield' nuclear weapons and loosen restrictions on their use is a dramatic departure from long-standing U.S. policy that makes nuclear war more likely.
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China's property market has seen a recent resurgence as some local governments loosen restrictions on home purchases in a bid to boost economic activity, while Beijing's call for banks to ramp up lending and lower interest rates has also helped boost investor confidence.
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A 63-year-old former Army officer whose victory symbolized the frustration of Brazilians with their corrupt governing elite, he has acted swiftly since taking power to loosen restrictions on guns, curb lesbian and gay rights, and put civil-society groups under tighter control.
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In the wake of the election of President Trump, calls for reform of virtually the entire electoral process have arisen from all points on the compass: use redistricting commissions, amend the constitution to get rid of the Electoral College, loosen restrictions on voter registration, etc.
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"There could be no greater contrast to the beautiful image of a mother holding her infant child than the chilling displays our nation saw in recent days," he said, referring to efforts by Democrats in New York and Virginia to loosen restrictions on abortion rights.
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The company has been a component of the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China that has hung over financial markets, with President Donald Trump recently agreeing to loosen restrictions on Huawei after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Group of 20 summit.
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Washington (CNN)The Trump administration is expected to loosen restrictions on the US military's ability to use landmines in the coming days, weapons that have been banned by more than 22019 countries due to their history of killing and wounding civilians, multiple Defense Department officials tell CNN.
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Both countries have levied tariffs on the other, but Trump made two major concessions at the meeting with Xi to get talks started again: he agreed not to put tariffs on some $300 billion in additional Chinese imports and to loosen restrictions on Chinese technology company Huawei.
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While the administration has rushed over the past year to loosen restrictions on travel and commerce and remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House conceded on Thursday that Cuba had done comparatively little to change its behavior despite the new spirit of openness.
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If there's demand for it, the company will probably offer a version of the Surface laptop running a full version of Windows by default (which may or may not have that $49 fee baked into the price) and could eventually loosen restrictions on the 10 S app ecosystem.
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Washington (CNN)The Trump administration will reverse an Obama-era coal emissions rule as part of its effort to loosen restrictions on the coal industry, just days after a US government report warned that aggressive action is needed to curb greenhouse gases and ease the impact of global warming.
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Domestically, Mr. Trump has made energy a centerpiece of his efforts to strengthen our economy and create jobs, but he needs to do more than loosen restrictions on oil and gas production: Many non-energy policies of the Trump administration undermine the energy boom and all its potential advantages.
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Hire more police; increase investment in law and order - Increased prison terms for numerous offences, including corruption in public administration, sex crimes and theft - Loosen restrictions on "legitimate self-defense" Create a new ministry to focus on the needs of disabled people and a new ministry of tourism - Overhaul parliament.
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Here are five major environmental rollback stories of 2019 that highlight the administration's efforts to loosen restrictions on methane emissions, power plants and automobile tailpipes, as well protections for endangered animals and clean water in the U.S. The Trump administration in August announced plans to significantly weaken regulation on climate-changing methane emissions.
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While the Commerce and Treasury Departments have moved several times to loosen restrictions on travel and trade, Rodrigo Malmierca, the foreign trade and investment minister of Cuba, said the onus was on the United States to remove the embargo, and on Mr. Obama to essentially defang the laws that compose it in the meantime.
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Lawmakers are preparing to ignore President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump conversation with foreign leader part of complaint that led to standoff between intel chief, Congress: report Pelosi: Lewandowski should have been held in contempt 'right then and there' Trump to withdraw FEMA chief nominee: report MORE's request to loosen restrictions on border wall funding as part of a short-term spending deal.
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Orrin HatchOrrin Grant HatchTrump to award racing legend Roger Penske with Presidential Medal of Freedom Trump awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to economist, former Reagan adviser Arthur Laffer Second ex-Senate staffer charged in aiding doxxing of GOP senators MORE (R-Utah) pressed National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) Chairman Mark McWatters on his efforts to loosen restrictions on credit union activities.
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While a Virginia bill to loosen restrictions on third-trimester abortions was tabled after it became embroiled in controversy, New York in January passed the Reproductive Health Act, which allows abortions after 24 weeks if the fetus is not viable or there is a risk to the pregnant patient's health, among other provisions (previously, most abortions after 24 weeks were banned in the state).
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE said Tuesday that he's looking to loosen restrictions on consumer lending as he and Republican colleagues push to roll back the Dodd-Frank Act.
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In yet another carefully orchestrated move to sabotage the Affordable Care Act, President TrumpDonald John TrumpTrump pushes back on recent polling data, says internal numbers are 'strongest we've had so far' Illinois state lawmaker apologizes for photos depicting mock assassination of Trump Scaramucci assembling team of former Cabinet members to speak out against Trump MORE last Tuesday unveiled a proposal that would significantly loosen restrictions on short-term health insurance plans.
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President: Jimmy Carter Senate: Democrats (59-41), Majority Leader Robert Byrd House: Democrats (292-143), Speaker Tip O'Neill Why: The Senate wanted to loosen restrictions on the use of Medicaid dollars to cover abortions (restrictions known informally as "the Hyde Amendment"), by allowing funding in cases of rape, incest, and when the health of the mother is in danger; at the time, only abortions necessary to save the life of the mother were funded.
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The "whole government" plan would attempt to loosen restrictions on the export of U.S. military equipment to foreign countries, according to Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, and in turn fulfill one of Trump's campaign promises to create more jobs in the U.S. Such a plan would directly benefit U.S. military contractors, including Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman, and ideally boost American military equipment such as drones, fighter jets, and artillery against Chinese, Russian, and Israeli competition, officials said.
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