Sentences with phrase «about funding cuts»

July 24, 2013: NSBA Letter to House Appropriations Subcommittee on FY2014 Labor, Health & Human Services Education Appropriations bill NSBA expresses concerns about funding cuts in proposed FY2014 appropriations for Title I grants for disadvantaged students and IDEA (special education) programs.

The teachers union has every right to scream about funding cuts and potential layoffs (even if we won't have real numbers for several weeks at least).

They are concerned about funding cuts for foster care programs, public health and federal social service funds being reprogrammed.

Not exact matches

With a $ 90 million cut in Obamacare outreach funding by the Trump administration, insurance companies have been stepping up to inform Americans about the ongoing open enrollment period for plans sold under the Affordable Care Act.

Under the tentative plan from the Office of Management and Budget, the agency's funding would be reduced by roughly 25 percent and about 3,000 jobs would be cut, about 19 percent of the agency's staff.

In 1996, Ann was concerned about a government decision to cut back funding for medical procedures.

For one, federal spending cuts are also likely weighing on state and local government hiring — as about 25 % of their funding comes from Washington.

If I was Greenspan, I would at least cut the Fed Funds target by a quarter at about 10:15 A.M. on Monday, giving the markets just enough time to digest any initial sell orders and providing something of a base from which to rally.

When the OASDI trust fund is exhausted, beneficiaries will face an across - the - board 23 percent benefit cut, the equivalent of about $ 5,800 per year in today's dollars for a typical beneficiary reaching the full retirement age in 2033.

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That is only a fraction of the income - tax rate that most workers pay — on top of which is piled the 11 % FICA wage withholding for Social Security and Medicare that all workers have to pay on their salaries up to the cut - off point of about $ 102,000 (This cut - off frees from this tax the tens of millions of dollars that hedge fund traders pay themselves).

In addition, a growing number of commentators, including senior representatives of some institutional investors, have expressed concern about the impact of hedge fund activism, and associated increased debt and cuts in capital spending, on long - term corporate health, innovation, job creation and GDP growth.»

It's about the determination of Republicans to cut funding for Planned Parenthood, National Public Radio and the Environmental Protection Agency - efforts that have absolutely nothing to do with the deficit.

By focusing the attention of faculty members now accustomed to routine spending increases, cuts in funding may have the unintended effect of improving the situation of teaching and learning about which a concerned public is justifiably upset.

Also, some states have cut all funding for organizations like Planned Parenthood, which can be one of the only options for women to get low cost birth control and HIV testing.What about about many abortions occurring for women who already have children?

I just can't take someone seriously when they complain about welfare in one breath and talk about cutting funding for Planned Parenthood in the next.

-LSB-...] I posted about House Republican efforts to cut funding for school food as well as other food - related federal -LSB-...]

It's not just about blocking funding cuts or demanding more sustainable options.

Nonprofits almost certainly run into a similar problem, since people aren't exactly likely to want to «Like» your post about the prevalence of «rape culture,» or the extinction of a new species, or the fact that X number of people just got dumped on the street because of cuts to housing funding.

As a longtime supporter of foreign assistance, [2] Kerry's speech jibes with his past arguments, while at the same time reflecting new, immediate concerns about State Department funding after the sequestration cuts.

The move to cut these programs is about symbolic grievances and perceived bias and a result that gets these agencies funded in a manner that causes these agencies to be more apolitical or to try to be more balanced on a liberal - conservative perspective would be considered a win by the partisans on the right.

Talk about bad timing: President Obama is due in NYC today — just as news broke about his administration's decision to cut anti-terror funding for the city's mass transit system and port security.

Cuomo has been sounding the alarm about the damage that will be done to New York's bottom line — a loss of several billion dollars over the next several years alone — if Congress does not reverse funding cuts to safety net hospitals, which took effect Oct. 1.

New Labour's police funding brought about real results in cutting crime, but public perceptions didn't improve.

Funding for Gotbaum's office will be cut by about 40 percent after the City Council reached a budget deal last week — a -LSB-...]

Despite lingering fears about cuts to health care in Washington, it's worth noting that federal funding for the state's massive Medicaid program is still on track to go up, not down, in the year ahead.

Federal officials have reportedly confirmed that they are cutting off a major portion of funding for New York's Essential Plan, opening a roughly $ 1 billion hole in the state budget and raising new doubts about the future of a rapidly growing health insurance option for the working poor.

No matter what the model, UUP's Kowal said the Legislature and governor need to be cautious about making sure that the institutions get the resources they need to offer quality programs, and not cutting funding to make tuition - free college more affordable.

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sounded the alarm about the deep cuts at a canal - side press conference last week, saying the slashed funding would send New York «back to the bad old days of choking smog and rampant pollution.»

With no budget, about $ 900 million in cuts to state funding for cities and towns are scheduled to take effect this month under an executive order by the governor.

Despite concerns about potential funding cuts from Albany and Washington, Mayor de Blasio on Thursday unveiled a new $ 88.7 billion preliminary budget that boosts city spending by $ 4 billion over...

David Jones announced that Wales would get an extra # 161 million to spend on infrastructure — but we all remember that this is just putting back some of the # 500 million cut in capital spending that was made in 2010 budget and even in the terms of this Budget it's not quite as simple as the Welsh Secretary would have us believe, because a further # 59m is cut out of the Welsh Government's revenue funding, forcing hard decisions about cuts to services on which we all rely.

Iain, regarding the accusations of planned gerrymandering, it is all very well talking about the impartiality of the Electoral Commission but Cameron has announced his intention to slash its funding - while at the same time enforcing a massive reorganisation of boundaries by cutting the number of seats by 10 %.

The measure would cut off state funding for cities where officials have enacted policies prohibiting them from sharing information about the immigration status of people in custody.

The latest version of a plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act is now dead in Congress, but New York Governor Andrew Cuomo remains worried about another potential cut in federal funds to hospitals that he says will blow a hole in the state budget.

The NEC shared his concerns about further funding cuts, which risked reducing services to the statutory minimum or worse.

U.S. Rep. John Katko (R - N.Y.) spoke out Wednesday afternoon about a House bill amendment that would cut funding for the Centro public transit company by 20 percent.

«It is not about attacking him but rather asking him to reconsider and not cut funding for kids and seniors while cutting taxes for the wealthy.»

According to the Binghamton Press & Sun - Bulletin, BCC has already lost about $ 2 million worth of state funding due to budget cuts, and the additional 2 percent reduction adds up to about $ 175,000.

«These proposed cuts raise some immediate concerns about affordability, as colleges and universities will need to account for decreased funding.

The government seems much more concerned about cutting deals with each other and for their friends and funders in the City.

Combined with disproportionately high cuts to funding for local authorities in the north and years of lower economic investment by government in the English regions compared to the capital, how do we get Westminster to care more about the north?

Smith's remarks on this start at about the 5:30 - minute mark, when Mika Brzezinski notes a recent Times editorial that pointed out how low - income school districts are disproportionately hurt by Cuomo's $ 1.5 billion education funding cut — all but $ 270 million of which is included in the framework agreement announced yesterday.

The localism thinktank highlighted a funding gap brought about by public spending cuts and the savings councils are currently making through shared services.

Bill Hammond: «Federal officials have reportedly confirmed that they are cutting off a major portion of funding for New York's Essential Plan, opening a roughly $ 1 billion hole in the state budget and raising new doubts about the future of a rapidly growing health insurance option for the working poor.»

A sobering report to governors about the potential consequences of repealing the Obama - era health care law warns that federal spending cuts probably would create funding gaps for states and threaten many people with the loss of insurance coverage.

What you say here about education funds could be said about any major budget line — education, medicaid, welfare, roads, and so on.There are always those who demand cuts and those who lobby to have the funds increased.

«We in the minority raised questions about it because we said that the common fund is supposed to go to the districts for development in the districts... The government can not turn round and depend on the same common fund it cut by 25 % and wants to use the same common fund to finance these initiatives in the districts.