Sentences with phrase «under obama»

Smith said it was necessary because, under Obama, «federal agencies often stonewalled the committee's constitutional obligations to conduct oversight.»

«Under the Obama administration, the U.S. became a world leader in showing the way to developing a path towards dramatically reducing carbon emissions without sacrificing economic vitality,» Paul Falkowski, a Rutgers University oceanographer and guest investigator on the 2017 cruise, said in an email.

«The EPA director under Obama said the Clean Power Initiative would have no effect on man - made CO2 emissions.

The Obama Administration blocked drilling on about 94 percent of the outer continental shelf, but, in April 2017, Trump issued an executive order that called for a review of the 2017 - 2022 Five Year Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program finalized under Obama in favor of implementing Trump's so - called «America - First Offshore Energy Strategy.»

Why any of these things could happen right here in the US under Obama!!

Significantly, the first was under Clinton (read Gore) and the other two under Obama, which makes them all alarmist fantasies.

With so much happening so quickly, I wanted to keep an eye on one of the most troubling agencies under the Obama Administration: The Environmental Protection Agency.

Following your coverage of the Bush Administration's interference with science communication, you spoke in an interview about how the transition might play out under Obama.

But nearly all of the research money under the Obama plan was slated to come from the revenues generated by auctioning permits for greenhouse gas emissions.

But under the Obama administration, frosty relations have begun to thaw, and the border has become more porous.

Now, under the Obama administration, it has become more open than ever before.

Thus, we are enforcing aesthetic immigration clampdowns at the same time that we descend into a new culture of hate and repressive politics, queer rights being rescinded, seeing bodies on the line, and a culture in shock after seemingly moving so far forward under Obama only to see the left turn against itself.

You and yours are gonna pull the rug out from under Obama's feet.

Under the Obama administration, rules were relaxed allowing individuals to visit the island in compliance with 12 categories of travel without applying to Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) for a specific license.

Friday's «Innovation Showdown» competition between animal welfare finalists — the Brandywine Valley SPCA and Animal Care Centers of NYC (ACC)-- to present their unique ideas to save lives also drew attention from attendees and a celebrity and expert panel of judges that included Daymond John («Shark Tank,» NY Times Bestselling Author, Founder / CEO of FUBU, and Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship under the Obama administration), Jackson Galaxy (cat behaviorist, author, entrepreneur, founder of the Jackson Galaxy Foundation, and host of «My Cat from Hell»), and Susanne Kogut (Executive Director for the Petco Foundation).

All dogs are individuals and the White House, under the Obama administration, agreed.

Administration officials have not said publicly how many borrowers they expect to re-default under Obama's program.

Liz Hill, a spokeswoman for the Department of Education, stated that the Department is working with servicers to forgive the debt of borrowers whose loans were approved for discharge under the Obama Administration.

Clare McCann, a former official under the Obama administration, said that the department's request could signal that they are willing to expand how they define undue hardship.

The company flourished as student loan debt exploded under the Obama administration, and its stock rose sharply after the election of Donald Trump.

In a press release Friday (May 19), Education Secretary DeVos said the federal student loan servicing solicitation under Obama's White House was «cumbersome and confusing — with shifting deadlines, changing requirements and de-facto regulations that at times contradicted themselves.

Same under Obama administration, until Republicans were elected and the investigations was dropped.

Education Department attorneys wrote last month in a document filed with the Government Accountability Office that the Trump administration plans to move forward to hire new loan servicing companies — but based on «substantially» different criteria than what had been proposed under Obama.

on how to help borrowers struggling to repay their student loans are similar to existing income - based repayment plans started under the Obama administration.

His ideas on how to help borrowers struggling to repay their student loans are similar to existing income - based repayment plans started under the Obama administration.

On January 9, 2017, the Federal Housing Administration operating under the Obama administration announced a further reduction in the FHA loan annual mortgage insurance premiums (MIP) for new loans.

Capital gains rates rose under the Obama administration and apply to all types appreciating assets.

If former Corinthian students made little progress in loan forgiveness under Obama, they are faring worse under the Trump administration.

Under Obama's policies, there is no doubt that earners in this income bracket will pay more taxes.

Under the Obama Student Loan Forgiveness program, the federal government does not charge interest on the subsidized part of student direct loans.

To that end, Cordray, who was originally appointed under the Obama administration, announced his resignation as CFPB Director in November 2017.

The department's proposal also amends the public service loan forgiveness program, which was formed under the Bush administration and carried out under the Obama administration.

However, it's important to note that under Obama's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan, you will owe taxes on any loan balance forgiven.

Under this revised plan, the three finalists, all approved under the Obama administration, would vie for the contract to be the sole servicer for all federal student loans.

Under Obama administration rules, Navient's contract with FSA could have been in jeopardy due to their pending legal issues and allegations of borrower abuse (which Navient denies).

The third annual «School Counselor of the Year» program will recognize the nation's top school counselors and will serve as the last educational event held at the White House under the Obama administration.

But Trump's stunning election is likely to mean a clear contrast with some key Obama administration policies, including a vigorous push for federally funded private school vouchers and a downsizing of the Education Department, which has arguably exercised more influence under Obama than at any other point.

While it's too soon to tell how Duncan's policies affect classrooms, it's universally agreed that he has raised education's profile and dramatically expanded the power of the Education Department under Obama.

At a meeting held at the Department of Education (ED) in Washington today, conservative groups, parents and some teachers asked the Department to rescind federal guidance issued under the Obama administration, ensuring that school districts aren't discriminating against students through their discipline policies and practice.

Under Obama's framework, teachers with weak ratings tied to student achievement could lose their jobs, while high ratings could mean bigger paychecks.

Robert Enlow, president and CEO of EdChoice, said voucher advocates have grown accustomed to fighting for the D.C. voucher program's survival under Obama.

Waivers have been granted to 33 states under the Obama administration's specific waiver program, and several other requests are still being evaluated.

She was the Deputy Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans under the Obama administration.

Read the policy brief in English or Spanish as well as technical assistance guidance developed by the U.S. Department of Justice under the Obama Administration that was withdrawn in late December 2017 by the Trump Administration.

She served eight years under the Obama Administration at the U.S. Department of Education.

And this is, in the bigger, bigger scandal, this is now the national agenda under the Obama administration for education.»

For instance, according to the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often called «the nation's report card,» academic achievement generally is declining under Obama's watch.

Teachers sometimes felt like they were being punished under Obama, said Sue Cahill, a kindergarten teacher from Marshalltown, Iowa, who said she walked away from the speech thinking a Clinton presidency «would be different.»

If that line sounds familiar, it should: Insisting that schools would be lost if federal bureaucrats didn't tell them what to do was standard fare under Obama.

Education historian Diane Ravitch, watching the debate, said in an email that the school - reform grants under Obama's «Race to the Top» program have «thus far improved nothing.»