Examples of access in the following topics:
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- Access is important and often means a one-on-one meeting with a legislator.
- Access is important and often means a one-on-one meeting with a legislator .
- One lobbyist described his style of getting access as "not to have big formal meetings, but to catch members on the fly as they're walking between the House and the office buildings. "
- When getting access is difficult, there are ways to wear down the walls surrounding a legislator.
- Access is vital in lobbying.
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- Disabled Americans face limited access to public places and institutions that civil rights legislation seeks to address.
- Outfitting trains and buses with ramps in order to improve access to transportation for disabled persons is an example of a measure designed to meet the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
- It mandated that local, state, and federal governments and programs be accessible to people with disabilities, that employers with more than 15 employees make "reasonable accommodations" for workers with disabilities and not discriminate against otherwise qualified workers on the basis of disability, and that public spaces such as restaurants and stores make "reasonable modifications" to ensure accessibility.
- The act also mandated the accessibility of public transportation, communication, and other publicly provided services.
- Public transportation vehicles, such as train and bus systems, are required to be outfitted with ramps accessible to disabled persons.
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- Apart from ideology, less explicit factors such as likeability and access to resources impact candidates' campaigns.
- Likeability is thought to play a significant role in electoral politics but is difficult to access in campaigns.
- Therefore, access to monetary resources is an important trait for candidates to possess.
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- A number of interest groups have sought out electoral politics as a means of gaining access and influence on broader American policies.
- Over the course of American history, a number of interest groups have sought out electoral politics as a means of gaining access and influence on broader American policies.
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- The debate over access to health care in the United States concerns whether or not the government should provide universal health care.
- In many countries individuals must pay for health care directly out-of-pocket in order to gain access to health care goods and services.
- The current active debate about health care reform in the United States concerns questions of a right to health care, access, fairness, efficiency, cost, choice, value, and quality.
- Additionally, the federal law ensures public access to emergency services regardless of the ability to pay.
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- Freedom of information laws by country detail legislation that gives access by the general public to data held by national governments.
- In many countries there are constitutional guarantees for the right of access to information, but usually these are unused if specific support legislation does not exist.
- Along with making public and accessible all bureaucratic and technical procedures for applying for documents from that agency, agencies are also subject to penalties for hindering the process of a petition for information.
- Agencies must also provide electronic reading rooms for citizens to use to have access to records.
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- The media then uses gatekeeping and agenda-setting to "control our access to news, information, and entertainment".
- Agenda-setting occurs through a cognitive process known as "accessibility. " Accessibility implies that the more frequently and prominently the news media cover an issue, the more instances that issue becomes accessible in the audience's memories.
- When respondents are asked about the most important problem facing the country, they answer with the most accessible news issue in memory, which is typically the issue the news media focus on the most.
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- The Department's mission is: to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering educational excellence and ensuring equal access.
- Aligned with this mission of ensuring equal access to education, the Department of Education is a member of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness, and works with federal partners to ensure proper education for homeless and runaway youth in the United States.
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- It is organized to provide a specified package of benefits to all members of a society with the end goal of providing financial risk protection, improved access to health services, and improved health outcomes.
- In these countries, access is based on residence rights, and not on the purchase of insurance.
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- In 2008, Independent Presidential candidate, Ralph Nader formed Independent parties in New Mexico, Delaware, and elsewhere to gain ballot access in several states.
- This strategy has been pursued by several Independent candidates for Federal races, including Joe Lieberman (Connecticut for Lieberman), since in some states it is easier to gain ballot access by creating a new political party than to gather signatures for a nominating petition.