Sentences with phrase «increase budget support»

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Her letter states that «these efforts must include passing policies which decrease risks, providing support for social and emotional programs to address mental and behavioral health, and approving budgets that increase resources.»

The budget includes a one per cent increase for people on welfare and disability support, who will also be allowed to keep the first $ 200 of earnings each month before their benefits are reduced.

«Multiple politicians have told us that in order for them to support measures like increased foreign aid budgets, they need to see the constituency first.»

«Republicans always wanted to raise spending on defense, Democrats wanted to raise spending on the rest of the discretionary budget across the board, and Republicans supported increased spending on a lot of those line items as well.»

Republicans are demanding spending cuts to reduce the budget deficit as the price for supporting an increase in the debt ceiling.

It's not impossible to arrive at the conclusion that the federal government should use fiscal policy to increase aggregate demand: you can mount a strong case to support the stimulus package in the 2009 budget.

There's a lot to think about when developing an annual sales plan to support your organization's strategy and objectives: new customer acquisition, customer retention, increasing share of wallet, resource budgeting... just to name a few.

Since Living Goods» overall budget is increasing, it also aims to raise an additional $ 3 million in reserves (about $ 2 million in 2015 and about $ 1 million in 2016).148 It expects to raise some funds from partnership consulting fees and margins on goods sold to CHPs, leaving about $ 10 million per year that would need to be supported by donor funding.149 In 2012 Living Goods raised $ 2.8 million, and in 2013 it raised $ 3.3 million from donors.150 Living Goods told us that it believes there is a decent chance it will reach two - thirds of its funding target for the first year through agreements with funders who have supported its work in the past, but the money has not yet been secured and the funding need will grow each year.151 The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), one of Living Goods» major core funders historically, will be deciding in Q1 2015 whether to fund Living Goods» scale - up.

The government's own budget survey results showed 69 % of Albertans support a corporate tax increase, a point the NDP has stressed.

The Liberal Party announced they would introduce pay equity legislation, increase funding to Family and Community Support Services and reinstate the Charitable Donation Tax Credit, which was decreased in the recent budget.

The government continues to predict balanced budgets over the three - year term, though there is a significant change in the debt profile of B.C., notably our taxpayer - supported debt, which is scheduled to increase more than 17 % over the next three years.

In addition, spending plans over the next three years (before the February 2018 full budget modifies them further) sees B.C.'s taxpayer - supported debt increase by over 17 %, and our debt - to - revenue ratio increase from 82 % to 93 %.

Our «Faithful Budget» calls for supporting public transit, job training, affordable housing near work — the sorts of programs that increase productivity and engagement in the economy.

Increased Support for Veterans: With so many soldiers coming home from Iraq and Iran with serious physical and mental health problems, yet facing long waits for services, increased 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs budget by 16 percent and 2011 budget by 10Increased Support for Veterans: With so many soldiers coming home from Iraq and Iran with serious physical and mental health problems, yet facing long waits for services, increased 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs budget by 16 percent and 2011 budget by 10increased 2010 Department of Veterans Affairs budget by 16 percent and 2011 budget by 10 percent.

Munn said the increase in salaries mainly would accommodate new part - time workers needed to support a budgeted increase in district programming, where the growth is mostly seen in the area of performing arts and before - and after - school programs.

Speaking at a public meeting in which the Park District's $ 385 million budget was unveiled, Laurence Msall, president of the Civic Federation, said the tax watchdog group supported the district's restraint in not raising property taxes and increasing employee contributions to health care costs, but was troubled by the «pension holiday.»

The Executive Budget also provides a modest increase in cash operating support for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of $ 43 million, bringing total cash operating support to $ 3.8 billion, and for other transit systems of $ 2 million, bringing their combined total to $ 401 million.

His support could attract other Senate Republicans, potentially setting up a deal with Mr. Cuomo to include the tax increase as part of a three - way budget agreement later this year.

The Executive Budget recommends an increase of 70 in Department of Insurance staffing, including new examiner trainees and new staff to support enhanced oversight of the health care insurance industry.

In particular, we want to thank Senator Joe Robach, Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, Assemblyman David Gantt, Chair of the Assembly Transportation Committee and Assemblyman Jim Brennan, Chair of the Assembly Corporations Committee for their longstanding support of the transit industry and for the increased operating and capital funding in the 2016 - 17 state budget.

21 March 2011 — UGANDA Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will reduce budget support for Uganda in the light of the increase in government spending prior to the last general election.

26 April 2011 — UGANDA Question: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 21 March (WA 126 - 7), what assessment they have made of the allocation of the budget support for Uganda from the United Kingdom, in particular in relation to the increase in spending by the Government of Uganda prior to the last general election in that country.

The PSC's press release (not sent out by the Schneiderman campaign) quotes from the Times» endorsement senator and also highlighted his effort to combat the «corrupting influence of big corporations» and support of tax increases on the wealthy to help close the state's chronic budget gap.

Defence secretary Liam Fox «can not support» plans to increase the aid budget to 0.7 % of gross national income, he has said.

Opposed harmful CON legislation in committee; Supported language in Senate budget to repeal Medicaid rate freeze and provide nursing centers with Medicaid rate increase.

Supported amendment in committee which removed LTC from Transparency bill; Opposed harmful CON legislation in committee; Supported language in Senate budget to repeal Medicaid rate freeze and provide nursing centers with Medicaid rate increase.

In an email to supporters, WFP State Director Bill Lipton points out there's a number of things the party is behind in the new budget, including a renters tax credit, funding for pre-Kindergarten programs and increased support for child care.

But the Council's budget response also proposes funding for 1,000 more officers, a headcount increase the Staten Island delegation has long supported.

Key Democratic legislators, like current Minority Leader Thomas Loughran, would not support any proposed budget that would increase the county tax rate, he said.

The Legislature approved the funding at today's annual Budget Meeting to support WNY United's efforts to increase awareness, educate and mobilize a broad cross-section of individuals and groups to participate actively in proven strategies to prevent substance abuse.

This year Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed an increase of 3 %, or an additional $ 39 million, in the state's operating support for senior colleges, according to CUNY's analysis of the fiscal 2019 budget.

«Labour will argue against the proposed increase in EU spending and instead support a real - terms cut in the budget... When we speak of budget reform, some will want to focus only on cuts to «EU fat cats» in Brussels.

We also support the Senate's modifications to the executive budget proposal providing for the retroactive cancellation of fraudulent auto insurance policies, and increased felony level criminal penalties for fraudulent no fault insurance claims.

His support for a 2.5 percent budget increase for the judicial branch in exchange for judges certifying that their courtrooms are open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to reduce backlogs would force more accountability in a branch of government that has little.

The whips mounted a massive operation to minimise the rebellion and urged support for an amendment put down by Bill Cash which, more meekly, «call [ed] on the Government to reject European Parliament proposals to increase the budget».

But he will almost certainly be asked to support initiatives that raise spending and increase taxes, particularly as the county continues to plug away at budget shortfalls.

Cahill has never seen a budget he couldn't vote for, other than the few years he spent in the county legislature where Republicans made budgets and tax increases he couldn't support.

Cuomo's reluctance to support the tax increase in the face of yawning budget deficits has led some in the Occupy movement to call him «Gov. 1 Percent.»

The Legislature approved the funding at today's annual Budget Meeting to support the local firefighters and increase their safety during training exercises.

ALBANY — A tense standoff, a three - hour delay and backroom wrangling marked an internal Republican struggle before GOP senators decided to vote in a bloc to support a steep minimum wage hike in exchange for a budget that increased school spending and cut income tax rates for many.

The existing Foundation Aid Formula does not properly calculate the local contribution and has too many floors, ceilings, phase - ins, and add - ons that distort the final aid distribution, driving too much funding to wealthy districts.5 The Executive Budget imposes an additional calculation on top of the existing distributions and increases funding to all districts including those that are affluent and not in need of further State support.

Drumm noted that the state's budget increased this year, and proclaimed himself «baffled» as to why the administration doesn't feel compelled to support community colleges at a time when applications are up because the cost of four - year schools is out of reach for many students.

Cuomo, meanwhile, has worked over the last several years to shore up support from the left after a first term accomplishments that include caps on spending in the budget, limits to local property tax increases and other methods of fiscal restraint following the recession.

Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo today voiced support — albeit not happily — for the 898 layoffs Gov. David Paterson is pursuing prior to the end of the year, but avoided directly addressing whether he would seek to increase that number in his first executive budget.

And that explains why Silver, after saying quite clearly last week that he doubted there would be support for extending the temporary PIT increase on wealthy New Yorkers in either the Senate GOP or in the governor's office, revealed he planned to include a proposal to do just that in the Assembly's budget.

«This is a desperate attempt by the Venditto campaign to distract voters from the real issues of property taxes, fee increases and the budget deficits that he and the Republicans supported and created.

At 8:30 a.m., educators representing 11 state - supported schools serving deaf, blind and severely physically disabled students will kick off their lobby day, where they'll ask lawmakers to treat the students equally and increase state funding by 4.8 percent — the same percentage increase Cuomo has recommended for public school districts in his proposed 2015 - 16 executive budget, 3rd Floor Terrace, Legislative Office Building, Albany.

This also seems like a response to the Denenberg campaign's response to Venditto's first ad, which accused the Republicans of trying to district voters from the «real issues» of property taxes, fee increases and budget deficits that — according to the Democrats — Venditto and his fellow Republicans both «supported and created.»

The funding increase comes as the Treasury continues to support additional costs of military operations over and above the defence budget.

He noted that Lippman put $ 55 million in this year's judiciary budget to help support legal services while judicial officials have taken steps to increase pro bono work by lawyers.