Sentences with phrase «federal action given»

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«Given the economic outlook, and recognizing the time it takes for policy actions to affect future economic conditions, the committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 0.25 to 0.50 percent,» the FOMC's post-meeting statement said.

The prospect of a federal policy fix seems dim given the recent repeal of Obama - era Internet privacy rules, but state and local governments may still be able to take action.

A Department of Labor rule putting the order into action entered the Federal Register in August 2016, but it was halted by a judge in October before it went into effect, who ruled it went beyond the authority Congress had given the president.

During his confirmation hearing, Sessions did say that taking such action is «absolutely a problem of resources» given limited federal funds.

Apple doesn't have a corporate political action committee that gives to federal candidates, so Cook has acted as the company's ambassador to leading politicians.

One of those workers filed a class action lawsuit against the company in the bankruptcy court for violating the federal WARN Act, which requires larger companies to give 60 days advance notice of layoffs.

It is not clear in what time frame any of those steps are likely, particularly given the provincial Environment Minister's subsequent letter to her federal counterpart suspending certain actions that would have helped protect caribou (about which Shaun Fluker wrote in an earlier ABlawg post).

Kinder Morgan has given the federal government until May 31 for concrete assurance the line will get built, and Notley has called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take action.

This is consistent with prior messaging given that Chairman Clayton requested on December 11 that the SEC's Enforcement Division «vigorously» enforce and recommend action against ICOs that may be in violation of the federal securities laws.

In a related statement, Fed officials said: «Given the economic outlook, and recognizing the time it takes for policy actions to affect future economic outcomes, the Committee decided to raise the target range for the federal funds rate to 1/4 to 1/2 percent.»

Federal Reserve policymakers are putting markets on notice that the central bank's $ 4.5 trillion balance sheet is back on the agenda in an apparent effort to give investors time to prepare for changes rather than to signal any action is imminent.

If a given insurance provider allows for cafeteria - style health care coverage, in violation of current federal law, then they too will have to suffer whatever consequences these actions incur.

The Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA), which amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) to give the FDA authority to require nutrition labeling on virtually all food products, provides no private right of action for individuals to enforce the provisions of the NLEA.

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«This latest action by EFCC has confirmed rumours making the rounds that the federal government wants to give the former Minister of Aviation the Dasuki / Naamdi Kanu treatment, a treatment alien to our laws but is fast becoming the norm under the current administration.

Given the number of legal challenges to President Trump's actions, it's not unforeseeable that a Congressman will bring this issue to the federal courts.

The federal political action committee of former Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin has had sudden surge in giving to U.S. Senate candidates around the country.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in an interview on Sunday called his effort to gain more «flexibility» over the budget after its approval a «major sticking point» with lawmakers, but a necessary move given the potential for federal actions that could negatively impact the state.

A federal magistrate judge in Brooklyn gave preliminary approval to a class - action settlement in which the city agreed to pay a total of $ 5 million to 470 people who were put in solitary confinement on Rikers Island under a now - scuttled policy between Nov. 23, 2012, and Sept. 16, 2015.

But it seems unclear if the succession of corruption trials will spur sweeping legislative action on ethics, given that the federal

The court's conservative majority gave a skeptical reception to one of the least known features of campaign - finance law: caps the federal government imposes on the total amount of money any individual donor can give to federal candidates, national political party committees and federal political action committees.

He gave the federal government only even days to return the fund to the state or face legal action.

Towards this end, states governments have been given a 21 days ultimatum to disarm vigilantees and neighbourhood watch group, hunters and watch - night men or any group or association under any capacity or guise other than statutory security agencies recognized and gazetted by the Federal Government of Nigeria to bear firearms of specified category; who are currently possessing and using prohibited / illegal firearms such as Pump action gun and the likes for whatsoever purpose.

«If you have not already done so, please inform the Commission of your corrective action immediately in writing and provide photocopies of any refund checks and / or letters reattributing or redesignating the contributions in question,» Federal Election Commission analyst Jill Sugarman wrote in a letter to the campaign earlier this week, giving Mr. Linares 60 days to comply.

«It will be recalled that in obedience to an interlocutory order of the Federal High Court, Abuja, given on July 6, lNEC stayed all actions relating to the petition to recall Melaye.

For instance, DFER's federal political action committee took a donation in 2015 from hedge fund magnate Daniel Loeb, who also gave $ 100,000 in June to the StudentsFirstNY campaign group.

He said, «It will be recalled that in obedience to an interlocutory order of the Federal High Court, Abuja given on 6th July, 2017 the Independent National Electoral Commission stayed all actions relating to the petition to recall Senator Dino Melaye as the senator representing Kogi West Senatorial District.

The League of Conservation Voters gives McMorris Rodgers a 4 percent lifetime score out of a possible 100 in their environmental scorecard because she has voted against bills that would have required the federal government to account for the social cost of carbon in administrative actions and required federally funded projects to be resilient to the impacts of climate change.

Recent advances in data analysis technology have given federal controllers, such as the Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Action Team, new and effective weapons in the fight against fraud, Czarnecki says.

According to the organizations's latest numbers, 70 percent of incoming teachers in the metro LA area, which includes LA Unified and other surrounding districts, identify as non-white; nearly half received federal Pell Grants, which are given to low income students; half are the first in their families to graduate from college, and 10 of the new teachers are recent immigrants who earned federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals status, which means they are eligible for employment.

The action comes despite a 2010 ruling from the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court that invalidated federal regulations allowing the practice after civil rights groups complained that teachers in the alternative programs - or internships - were disproportionately given classroom assignments at schools in low - income neighborhoods and those serving at - risk students.

More than twenty class action lawsuits charging the Educational Testing Service (ETS) with damaging 4,100 prospective teachers by erroneously giving them failing grades on its Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) licensing exam (see Examiner, Fall 2004 and Spring - Summer 2004) have been consolidated in Federal District Court in Louisiana.

The $ 300,000 NEA and AFT gave to Al Sharpton's National Action Network in 2014 - 2015, for example, hasn't stopped the controversial civil rights activist from being a strong supporter for expanding public charter schools, while outfits such as the Leadership Conference for Civil and Human Rights have sparred with the Big Two over federal accountability rules contained over the now - abolished No Child Left Behind Act.

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Given the lack of Congressional action and recognizing the promising policies states were pursuing on their own, in 2011, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan began granting waivers to provide states relief from some of the federal requirements that were most at odds with current knowledge and practice.47

Voting against the action were Richard W. Fisher, who believed that, while the Committee should be patient in beginning to normalize monetary policy, improvement in the U.S. economic performance since October has moved forward, further than the majority of the Committee envisions, the date when it will likely be appropriate to increase the federal funds rate; Narayana Kocherlakota, who believed that the Committee's decision, in the context of ongoing low inflation and falling market - based measures of longer - term inflation expectations, created undue downside risk to the credibility of the 2 percent inflation target; and Charles I. Plosser, who believed that the statement should not stress the importance of the passage of time as a key element of its forward guidance and, given the improvement in economic conditions, should not emphasize the consistency of the current forward guidance with previous statements.

Given the federal government's regulatory actions to slow the housing market, higher mortgage rates driven by US rate hikes is likely to be a welcome development in Ottawa, even though it certainly does not make housing more affordable.

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«Im somewhat skeptical, given the history of some of the companies involved in this, that it represents a dramatic change in their resistance to aggressive federal and state policy action on the issue,» said Alden M. Meyer, director of government relations for the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Key uncertainties looking forward include: 1) the extent to which proposed adaptation strategies will be implemented given a range of factors including competing demands and limited funding; 2) the role of the private sector and individual action in adaptation, roles which can be difficult to document; 3) the extent of the federal role in adaptation planning and implementation; and 4) how changes in technology and the world economy may change the feasibility of specific adaptation strategies.11

The group has also been hosting a climate action pavilion after the federal government decided not to, which has given voice to a diverse array of people concerned about climate change, from Arnold Schwarzenegger to indigenous youth.

But given the scope of the challenge presented by threats like climate change, we're going to need a lot more DeChristophers and plenty more protests at the White House — and many other, entirely novel modes of action that capture the imagination of an apathetic, wired - in generation — before the increasingly concentrated federal power structure will begin to respond.

On June 23, 2015, Royal Assent was given to Parliament's Bill C - 59, otherwise known as the Economic Action Plan 2015 Act, No. 1, otherwise known as the federal government's 2015 budget.

A U.S. state or federal court must give full faith and credit to the judgment of any other U.S. state or federal court entered in an action brought under the Convention.

A federal judge gave the green light Tuesday for California Uber drivers to proceed with their class action lawsuit suing the company for employee benefits.

Given the action of the federal government to date, there is little reason to doubt that the single desk will be relegated to history at some point in the future but the precise timing of its demise may now be very much in question.

The federal government had alleged violations of laws protecting civil rights and giving the federal government the power to review actions of law enforcement agencies with a pattern and practice of violating federal rights.

And don't expect the tight U.S. focus embraced by most of the mainstream media: A given post is just as likely to cover a prosecution or the actions of a legislature from a nation halfway across the world as a stateside federal court ruling.

«[T] he weight of authority suggests that accurate news reporting — even when it is likely to have an adverse impact on the subjects of the report — usually does not give rise to an action for intentional infliction of emotional distress»: Yesterday, a unanimous three - judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a decision affirming a federal district court's dismissal of claims for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress asserted by two former undercover police officers against a television station in Albuquerque that had revealed their identities and their undercover status in the context of a televised report about their suspected involvement in an alleged incident of sexual assault.