Sentences with phrase «recent federal cuts»

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They also follow a recent pledge by the bank to build more branches and expand hiring in underserved neighborhoods and expand its philanthropic work, in response to an expected windfall from the passage of federal corporate tax cuts last year.

The Federal government is expected to boost the amount it intends to borrow in the coming months, as the Treasury contends with declining tax receipts as a result of the recent corporate and personal tax cuts, as well as widening budget deficits and a Federal Reserve that is slowly reducing its own holdings of government bonds.

Between now and the 2019 campaign, it seems Canada's leader of the official Opposition will have his work cut out for him trying to come across as something more than the puppet of the two strong men of the still - recent Conservative federal era.

They point to two inflation risk factors: years of setting low rates by the Federal Reserve, and the possibility that recent tax cuts will cause the economy to overheat.

... recent subprime mortgage woes will spread, and prompt the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates.

Thousands of upstate retired Teamsters have dodged a potential pension cut — at least for now — thanks to a recent decision by the federal government.

Surrounded by union workers, U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called Trump's infrastructure plan a sham, and urged that recent federal tax cuts for corporations and the richest Americans be rolled back to help pay for long - overdue repairs.

Now, Kenneth Raske of the Greater New York Hospital Association is pulling hard the other way: «New York's financially struggling hospitals were living austerely within the state's Medicaid spending cap well before the recent avalanche of federal health care cuts,» Raske told the Daily News» Kenneth Lovett, «while other sectors, such as education, have not been held to theirs.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo hinted in his State of the State speech on January 3 that he might back tax hikes on people he says will benefit the most from the recent federal tax overhaul, which includes cuts to corporations and some wealthy taxpayers.

Concerns about possible cuts in federal aid to Planned Parenthood have spurred some high - profile outreach efforts in recent days.

Cuomo in recent months has been outspoken about the federal tax cut plan hurting high - tax blue states like New York and California by severely restricting the federal deductibility of state and local income and property taxes.

The Democratic governor repeated that recent actions by the Republican - controlled federal government have unsettled him, and that a fear of future cuts to federal aid — the federal budget, if it is adopted on time, takes effect on Oct. 1 — would have an «immediate» effect on New York, which relies on federal funds for roughly a third of its $ 150 - plus billion budget and could get «walloped.»

Gov. Cuomo hinted in his State of the State speech on January 3 that he might back tax hikes on people he says will benefit the most from the recent federal tax overhaul, which includes cuts to corporations and some wealthy taxpayers.

According to a recent analysis, community health centers and residents of medically underserved areas will be hard hit by federal budget cuts through sequestration.

Using a current - law baseline measure, the state budget gap for fiscal 2018 - 19 alone was last projected by DOB at $ 4 billion, a figure the governor himself began citing recently (without further explanation) in his recent warnings about the implications of federal health care spending cuts.

New York faces a $ 4 billion deficit and must also absorb $ 2 billion in recent federal health care cuts.

Governor Cuomo hinted in his State of the State speech that he might back tax hikes on people he says will benefit the most from the recent federal tax overhaul, which includes cuts to corporations and some wealthy taxpayers.

«New York's financially struggling hospitals were living austerely within the State's Medicaid spending cap well before the recent avalanche of Federal health care cuts, while other sectors, such as education, have not been held to theirs,» said Kenneth Raske, president of the Greater New York Hospital Association.

The measure would then have to be voted on in the House - where Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R - Virginia, has insisted any federal funding to deal with the recent spate of natural disasters be offset with cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.

One misconception, Hourihan said, is the erroneous belief that sequestration — across - the - board cuts to federal agencies first enacted in 2013 — started the recent slowdown in science funding.

In recent years we've seen states cut funding for public universities at the same time those schools are taking on additional students, which has furthered the need for federal financial assistance to offset this shift in costs.

It's true that, if history is any guide, and if President Obama has his way, we're unlikely to see any cuts to the ongoing federal education investment — which has itself increased considerably in recent years.

These federal programs are essential to support long ‐ standing federal commitments and help offset the recent budget cuts, which have forced school districts to cut academic programs and have disproportionately hurt our neediest students and schools.

Trump's recent proposal to eliminate Title II, which was advanced last month by a House Committee on Appropriations, 16 entirely puts at risk these evidence - based reform efforts, which are up to states to implement.17 Advocates must work to minimize cuts to Title II and other federal programs to ensure that states and districts have operating funds and the ability to implement innovative policies and programs with fidelity.

This lack of federal investment, in combination with the recent education budget cuts at the state and local level has made it increasingly difficult for schools and early education programs to continue to provide the services that young children and youth with disabilities need and to which they are legally entitled.

During his recent testimony before the House Education Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan blasted House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R - WI) FY13 budget proposal to slash federal spending, which the White House estimates would result in a more than 5 percent cut -LRB-- $ 784 million) to Title I grants (currently $ 14.5 billion) in FY13 and a 19 percent cut -LRB-- $ 2.7 billion) in FY14.

Recent issues of Capitol Connection have reported on the potentially devastating effects of sequestration, the across - the - board cuts to education and other federal programs set in motion by the congressional budget impasse last fall.

The education secretary is aiming to spread his gospel of teacher accountability, pushing education reform in the face of massive state budget cuts and his own recent decision to unilaterally waive components of the federal No Child Left Behind education law.

The federal government has made hefty financial commitments to education in recent years, including the implementation of No Child Left Behind and the subsequent waivers from the standards - based law as well as the influx of about $ 89 billion in stimulus dollars to prevent teacher layoffs, keep class sizes down and avoid program cuts.

A recent cut to federal funding for school safety research could hurt efforts to make schools more secure, a scholar warns.

At - need students can qualify for assistance such as the Pell Grant, but that program has faced the chopping block in recent years as the federal government cuts costs.

They point to two inflation risk factors: years of setting low rates by the Federal Reserve, and the possibility that recent tax cuts will cause the economy to overheat.

In a recent opinion piece, Delisle and Cooper wrote that a closer look at the CBO score reveals that rather than cutting funds to student aid, the Prosper Act will actually increase federal spending over the next 10 years.

Vice President and Chief Economist, Frank Nothaft said, «Stronger than expected consumer confidence and recent comments from members of the Federal Reserve raised some inflation concerns in the market, causing it to lower expectations of a Federal rate cut this year.

Many Americans reported cutting back on spending to make student loan payments, according to a recent Federal Reserve survey.

Recent solo exhibitions include Eric Aho at the New Britain Museum of American Art, CT (2016); Eric Aho: Ice Cuts at the Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, NH (2016); Eric Aho: In the Landscape at the Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC (2013); and Transcending Nature: Paintings by Eric Aho at the Currier Museum of Art, New Hampsire (2012).

«Congress is expected to further cut funding for conservation programs and land agencies, already sitting at less than 1 percent of the federal budget,» writes Brad Brooks, the associate director of the Idaho office of the Wilderness Society, a nonprofit conservation group dedicated to protecting natural areas and federal public lands, in a recent AlterNet article.

The muzzling trend would be worrisome enough on its own, but it has been accompanied in recent months by a furious round of federal budget cuts to basic research — particularly in the field of environmental science — and increasingly ferocious rhetorical attacks on environmental groups.

Some of the answers to that question have been provided in the recent Federal Court decision on refugee health cuts.

«A grantee of the federal Legal Services Corp., the organization has struggled in recent years to cope with more cuts in funding.

A recent report by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration concludes that the adoption of speed limiter devices in trucks would drastically cut down on the number of serious truck accidents.

Meanwhile, the federal EV tax credit in the US narrowly survived being cut out of the recent tax bill, and renewable energy (and the subsidies for it) has fresh opposition in the highest levels of the government after the 2016 election.

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee supports the federal government cutting off more than $ 500 million to Planned Parenthood, calling the organization «an industry of abortion» in a recent Fox Business Channel interview.

«The economy was teetering on the brink of recession before the shock of terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C.. There's no doubt the most recent Federal Reserve cut will have a positive impact on the economy, but its effects will mostly be felt next year, not now.»

This would greatly speed processing of these loans, which have seen significant delays in recent years due to federal budget cuts.