Sentences with phrase «along with budget cuts»

Along with budget cuts and layoffs, the Harper government has implemented a number of other measures which weaken environmental protection.

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The White House recommended cutting the EPA's budget $ 2.6 billion, or more than 30 percent, along with eliminating dozens of programs, particularly those enforcing Obama - era regulations and climate programs.

Their plan to balance the budget involved 18 billion dollars in spending cuts, along with $ 16 billion in additional revenue gained from economic growth.

Today, however, those taxes have been cut, along with dividend taxes and the massive federal deficit has begun to wreak havoc on the states» budgets.

Malloy's proposed budget this year would bring more deep state cuts, either in staffing or pay and benefits to public employees, along with a shift of hundreds of millions of dollars in costs to cities and towns.

Victoria — Changes to the federal environmental assessment process, along with deep budget cuts, will weaken environmental protection in British Columbia say the B.C. New Democrats.

This change — along with a proposal to end the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, cut federal work study in half and largely affect income - based student loan repayment plans — would need to be approved by Congress along with the rest of the proposed budget.

Traditionally, a slew of Earth Day events would be taking place at the Capitol today, but those have fallen victim to budget cuts — along with so many other things in Albany and around the state.

«Right now the budget process is like ships passing in the night,» he said, as pictures of white battleships popped up along with cut - out heads of «Commanders» Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and with Cuomo wearing a Captain's hat.

Along with tax cuts, the senate budget will further emphasize transportation infrastructure funding parity between upstate and downstate.

It follows another positive spot that featured Faso's wife, Mary Fran, along with others that have highlighted Faso's fiscal record of cutting taxes and closing budget deficits and outlining his key reform principles to help small businesses, notably simplifying the tax code, ending corporate welfare, investing in small businesses and ending Washington's regulatory madness.

The overhaul of the pension system — along with unpopular tax measures and an increase in VAT — form the central plank of a $ 5.4 bn package of budget cuts and reforms that Tsipras has agreed to enact in exchange for rescue funds from a third, $ 86bn bailout the country signed up to last summer.

That this House expresses deep concern at the impact of the UK Government's policies on Wales; notes the UK Government's real - terms reduction of the Welsh Budget by # 1.5 bn; notes that Wales currently suffers from the lowest average rates of pay in Britain and has the highest proportion of individuals affected by cuts to social security including the Bedroom Tax; further notes that Wales suffers the highest energy bills in the UK and that these, along with low pay, have compounded the cost of living crisis in Wales; and calls on the Government to immediately scrap the Bedroom Tax, freeze energy bills and undertake measures to increase pay rates in Wales.

Along with $ 2.5 billion in Medicaid and agency cuts, the tax would help fill a $ 3.5 billion projected deficit in the state budget, caused by falling income tax revenue.

During an interview this morning with Susan Arbetter on The Capitol Pressroom, Lippman was unapologetic about the judiciary's budget, which Cuomo had hoped would reflect a decrease in spending along the lines of the 10 percent cut he's proposed for executive agencies.

For example, the UK's Office of Budget Responsibility estimates that the MoD, after already implementing 40 % of necessary cuts, will see another 60 % needed (along with other non-ringfenced departments) over the course of the next ten years — a staggering amount.

Last year the Senate Republicans helped Cuomo persuade Assembly Majority Democrats to go along with a property tax cap and budget cuts.

The ability to avoid too much unpalatable cutting was the consequence of finding # 7bn extra cuts / effective tax rises from the Welfare budget and from Child Benefit, along with rises in public sector employee pension contributions, though it was disappointing (but not surprising) that misdirected programmes such as winter fuel payments survive intact.

Now a combination of Quomo's low ball budget proposal along with the poorly constructed tax cap in place school local school districts need to portray the extremely unpopular cuts they now face (loss of electives and AP options; cuts to music, art and athletics; increased class size) as being directly the result of decisions made by our legislators in Albany.

Nonetheless, he was still not willing to outline alterations to his own budget to compensate for the potential shortfalls — insisting that Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, along with elected officials and activists nationwide, would fight the cuts over the next several months.

The Government announces an 8 per cent cut to the Defence Budget with almost 50,000 jobs being axed along with naval destroyers, Harrier jets and the Nimrod aircraft project.

(CNN)-- Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont who caucuses with the Democrats, derided Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, along with other Wall Street leaders, for pushing for cuts to entitlement programs as a part of the nation's budget negotiations.

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Along with the cuts to NSF, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), based in her home state of Maryland, would see its budget drop by roughly 10 %, to $ 680 million.

Gov. Schwarzenegger is proposing about $ 4.5 billion in budget cuts — including $ 2.5 billion in education cuts — along with tax increases, to help plug a deficit that has ballooned to more than $ 11 billion.

Baltimore Teachers Union President Marietta English criticized the cuts to charters, along with other aspects of next school year's budget.

However, budget cuts and proposals such as vouchers and other programs that divert essential funding from schools, along with federal government overreach, denigrates the amazing work taking place in what is arguably our most valuable institution.

We had a better year than anticipated, but like most districts we are experiencing more budget cuts along with declining enrollment....

The school's budget targets have resulted in 23 administrative and support staff being cut already this year, and a further 23 teachers deciding to resign, along with four voluntary redundancies and one compulsory redundancy, and three temporary contracts which were not renewed, Martin Powell - Davies, London's NUT representative, told Schools Week.

We asked them about their memories of libaries and how they use their libraries today along with their views on censorship and budget cuts at libraries.

We had a better year than anticipated, but like most districts we are experiencing more budget cuts along with declining enrollment.

Savvy bloggers who focus on frugality let you in on their secrets for finding ways to cut the family budget, along with tips for saving big at the grocery store and your favorite retailers.

Texas representative Ralph Hall, the chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, along with 10 of his Republican colleagues, also called for budget cuts and program terminations that directly targeted climate - science research, efforts to curb emissions, and preparations for climate - change impact at the National Science Foundation, the EPA and the Department of Energy.

The decisions which underlie the conditions described in the book are the product of more than just budget - cutting; ideology and ignorance play their part, along with a cynical calculation about who votes for what.

Along with the Nokia 8, the budget Nokia 5 3 GB RAM variant has received a price cut of Rs. 1000 as well.

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