Sentences with phrase «about federal contributions»

Some experts, such as Marcus Lemon, an attorney at Polsinelli and former chief counsel to Federal Highway Administration from 2007 to 2009, say this proposal could actually help state and local budgets, because it provides more clarity about federal contributions, thereby forcing them to adapt accordingly.

Not exact matches

Since taking office, Katko has relied on PACs for a little more than $ 1 million in campaign contributions out of a total of about $ 1.8 million, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Grant Lally, like Achilles, has a fatal weakness: he paid off the government when the Federal Elections Commission fined him $ 280,000 for accepting illegal campaign contributions from his parents, and then lied about it.

Cuomo had promised to provide details in Tuesday's budget address about his proposal for a new payroll tax and a novel use of charitable contributions to help offset a new federal cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes.

Government unions account for about 6 percent of the money spent on Democratic candidates in federal elections — and that doesn't include significant in - kind contributions like phone banks and canvassing.

The Democrats paid for pro-Malloy mass mailings with about $ 250,000 from the state party's federally regulated campaign account, which is allowed by federal law to accept heavy contributions from state contractors despite the state clean - election laws» ban on contractors» money going to candidates for state office.

When all of those groups are included in Katko's contributions, his total haul of PAC money last year increased to about $ 635,000 of the more than $ 1.1 million in total receipts, according to Federal Election Commission records.

Speaking about Payzant's work at the U.S. Department of Education, Secretary Richard J. Riley noted that «history no doubt will recognize Dr. Tom Payzant's transformative contribution to federal education policy and implementation.»

Taxpayers pay for only about 10 percent of all K — 12 education spending nationwide, but lawmakers have argued for years that federal requirements are disproportionate to the federal contribution.

While the federal contribution to the $ 634 billion spent in the U.S. on public K - 12 schools is only about 8 %, that will be a tempting target for future deficit hawks and legislators boxed in by spending rules.

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Mike Davies: Well, what is particularly attractive about this program is the federal government will make additional contributions or grant payments as they are known of 20 percent of your contribution but only up to a limit of $ 2,500 annually.

Then they can use cash flow for annual contributions to their RRSPs in amounts sufficient to push their tax bill down to the top of the first federal bracket, currently about $ 46,000, Moran suggests.

Under current law, only students with an expected family contribution (EFC)-- the amount that the federal government expects a family to pay toward the student's postsecondary education expenses — of less than about $ 5,200 are eligible for a Pell grant, whereas recipients of subsidized loans may have a larger EFC, as long as it is less than their estimated tuition, room, board, and other costs of attendance not covered by other aid received.

In addition, the Foundation currently provides support to CJJ to broadly educate about the need to strengthen and improve the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) in its pending reauthorization, including significant contributions to CJJ's annual national conference, and also to CJJ's role as a lead convener and co-chair of the «Act 4 Juvenile Justice» initiative.