Federal «Corporate Welfare» Database Now Online Study: Large Corporations Dominate
Federal Subsidy Awards; Banks, Foreign - Owned Energy Firms and Federal Contractors Among the Biggest Recipients
Not exact matches
Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Limitation — Vote Passed (218 - 210, 6 Not Voting) The House passed a bill that would limit to $ 250,000 the non-economic damages that can be
awarded in a medical malpractice lawsuit in which the plaintiff's health care was paid for in whole or in part via a
federal program,
subsidy or tax benefit, and would establish a statute of limitations for initiating such lawsuits of either three years following the plaintiff's injury, or one year after the plaintiff discovers such injury, whichever occurs first.
The military practically abolished Nigeria's
federal system in favour of a unitary, distributive economy in which we all shared proceeds of oil; they created more and more states eroding sub-national economic viability; they nationalized and indigenized banks and declared that government would hold the «commanding heights» of our economy, marginalizing investment and the private sector brought in «big government»; they implemented «Udoji
awards» and other elements of oil and FX
subsidies that Nigeria battles to overcome today; and the about - to - depart government of Murtala / Obasanjo took the first $ 1billion jumbo loan that set Nigeria on the path to debt peonage!
Federal funds provide additional
subsidies: DSU received an
award from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post Secondary Education program while JCPS and Region 1 used Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act funds to support their principal training initiatives.
Boeing receives some of the highest
federal, state and local
subsidies in the United States, having received approximately US$ 457 million in non-payable
federal grants between 2000 and 2014, US$ 64 billion in
federal loans and loan guarantees and US$ 18 - billion contract
awards in 2014.