Sentences with phrase «budget on public financing»

They remain upset that an agreement in the budget on public financing impacted only the state comptroller's race.

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On the eve of his second federal budget, Finance Minister Bill Morneau doesn't loom large in the public imagination.

Interestingly, though, the Department of Finance just came up with a new feature for the 2012 edition of the Fiscal Reference Tables, which were made public on Friday: estimates for the «cyclically - adjusted budget balance.»

In a sweeping speech on the future of Europe, Macron also repeated his desire for the euro zone to have its own budget and finance minister but said his idea was not about «mutualising past debts» or about trying to «resolve the public finance problems of one state or another».

Reconciliation instructions may also direct the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to report legislation to change the limit on the public debt in accordance with the spending levels in the budget resolution.

 The Harper government's decision last year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all into last year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion in «surprising good news» for Ottawa in the years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the public equity share).

Officials will hold a public hearing on the budget on May 28, and are expected to adopt the finance document during that meeting.

The Office for Budget Responsibility will issue independent assessments of the public finances: this is an institution specifically intended to improve long - term financial planning, and which will help not only this Government but future governments to remain on the fiscal straight and narrow.

At 9:30 a.m., the state Senate Committee on Finance and the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means hold a joint public hearing on the 2018 - 2019 executive budget in regard to taxes, Legislative Office Building, Hearing Room B, Albany.

Good Government Groups Ask Gov. Cuomo for Reform Thirty good - government, trade and faith - based organizations penned a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday, urging him to include public financing of state campaigns in his annual executive budget proposal.

Good Government Groups to Cuomo and Legislative Leaders: Pass Reform Before Budget Deadline Several good - government groups, including the New York Public Interest Research Group, Common Cause, Citizen Action, the League of Women Voters, and the Brennan Center, gathered in Albany on Tuesday to encourage state leaders to enact comprehensive campaign finance reform.

But putting his reform initiatives in the executive budget, the governor will achieve one thing that has eluded his predecessors — a real debate on campaign finance reforms, including the big reform: establishing a system of public financing.

If financing of public broadcasting were controlled directly by the state, then the budget commission would get quite a lot of leverage on the public media.

The issue of public financing is more acute, given that the Working Families Party is pushing Cuomo to get state lawmakers to agree on a broader public financing plan than what was approved in the state budget.

Meanwhile, 30 government reform groups wrote a letter to Cuomo asking him to make good on his call for public campaign financing, and for an independent agency to enforce regulations by putting money for those plans in the budget.

«Interestingly, eight (8) months down the line, the Finance Minister, in the 2018 Budget Statement, mentioned in paragraph 272 that «In line with the National Anti-Corruption Action Plan (NACAP), a Parliamentary Committee will be established to follow up on PAC recommendations, the Conduct for Public Officers» Bill, the Manual on Standards and Ethics to complement the Code of Conduct for MPs and the Right to Information Bill».

Now he's poised to potentially score additional victories in this budget battle --- most notably on a public campaign finance system, which Senate Republicans have repeatedly insisted they would not consider, but are now showing signs of considering.

Testimony to Senate Finance Committee and Assembly Ways and Means Committee - Joint Legislative Public Hearings on the FY 2013 - 2014 Executive Budget Proposal (February 12, 2013)

That's why, despite all the pressures on the public finances, this Government is protecting the current schools budget.

A letter from the House Progressive Caucus on Thursday to Gov. Andrew Cuomo urges him include the public financing of political campaigns in the state budget.

Cuomo's $ 142 billion budget proposal included the public financing program, which would be based on the model of New York City's donor matching system.

We commend the Governor's budget proposal as a critical step in the right direction and are heartened by Speaker Silver and the Assembly's support for public financing, leaving the pressure on the Senate GOP to follow their lead and help pass public financing into law.»

As Senate lawmakers continue to haggle on Thursday on a one - house budget resolution, the good - government group Common Cause is urging the Independent Democratic Conference to continue to push in the negotiations for a public financing system.

Advocates for the public financing of political campaigns on Tuesday released letters sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the top legislative leaders in the Assembly and senate urging them to include a public financing program in the state budget.

Cuomo had proposed a public financing system with a donor - matching program based on New York City's model in his 2014 - 15 state budget proposal.

«There is a difference of opinion on public finance and you have a very strong feeling, especially in the Senate, that public finance is not the way to go,» Cuomo said after the 2014 - 15 budget was approved.

The governor in late May set a benchmark for his support of the alliance between Republicans and the five - member Independent Democratic Conference, saying he wanted action on the Dream Act (which failed in April), a broader system of public campaign finance (beyond the pilot program passed in the state budget) and his Women's Equality Act, which has been controversial because of a plank changing the state's abortion laws.

Truss said Philip Hammond would make a fresh set of spending decisions in his autumn budget, which would be based on the state of public finances at the time.

A successful businessperson, who has never held public office, but has worked in finance and is running to help steer New York through the current financial crisis, or A career elected official who is running on his experience in politics and government and knows how to create efficient state budgets,» the business person beat the career elected official 53 - 30.

DiNapoli's plan calls on the state to bring more transparency and accountability to state finances by eliminating discretionary lump sum appropriations, restricting «backdoor spending» by public authorities, requiring more disclosure of public authorities» spending and financing, and making the state budget more understandable and accessible.

One of the candidates on the GOP statewide ticket, comptroller candidate Bob Antonacci, is participating in public financing for his campaign under a pilot program approved in the state budget and limited to that race only.

«In the end, we would save more money than we would spend by having a public financing system that allows people to run based on contributions from ordinary citizens rather than from special interest looking for something in return from the federal or state budget,» she said.

This results in a conflicted approach to public integrity measures, explaining why Cuomo is poised to sign off on a new budget that only superficially beefs up powers to police public corruption or install public financing of elections — while agreeing to dismantle the Moreland Commission he ostensibly created to overcome legislative resistance to cleaning up Albany.

With public financing in the budget this year, the reform groups called on the elected officials to make sure it remains in the final budget agreement between the governor and legislature.

FPI's testimony before the Senate Finance and Assembly Ways and Means Committees» Joint Public Hearing on the Human Services portion of the 2002 - 2003 Executive Budget.

This request was developed under the direction of the Library Board's Budget and Finance Committee pursuant to guidance provided in Resolution 2009 - 34, adopted in public session by the full Board of Trustees on July 16, 2009.

This request was developed under the direction of the Library Board's Budget and Finance Committee pursuant to guidance provided in Resolution 2008 - 31, adopted in public session by the full Board of Trustees on July 17th.

NYCHA General Manager Vito Mustaciuolo appears before the New York City Council Committee on Finance, Public Housing and Subcommittee on Capital Budget on Wednesday.

Erie County Legislature Majority Leader Joseph Lorigo, Chairman of the Finance and Management's Budget Committee, announces that the annual public hearing on the proposed 2016 Erie County budget will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at the Legislature, 92 Franklin St., Fourth Floor, BuBudget Committee, announces that the annual public hearing on the proposed 2016 Erie County budget will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at the Legislature, 92 Franklin St., Fourth Floor, Bubudget will be held at 5 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, at the Legislature, 92 Franklin St., Fourth Floor, Buffalo.

The chancellor will be forced to reveal a grim set of economic forecasts in his first set - piece House of Commons statement, as the independent Office for Budget Responsibility makes its first projections of the impact of Brexit on growth and the public finances.

Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (Jpublic financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JPublic Ethics (JCOPE).

Based on public data about national spending from the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration, «the true quantity of money that has been invested... in R&D is even less than what appears in the budget bills,» says COSCE President Carlos Andradas Heranz, a mathematician at the Complutense University of Mpublic data about national spending from the Ministry of Finance and Public Administration, «the true quantity of money that has been invested... in R&D is even less than what appears in the budget bills,» says COSCE President Carlos Andradas Heranz, a mathematician at the Complutense University of MPublic Administration, «the true quantity of money that has been invested... in R&D is even less than what appears in the budget bills,» says COSCE President Carlos Andradas Heranz, a mathematician at the Complutense University of Madrid.

Cory also served as a senior budget analyst at Atlanta Public Schools, and as a research consultant at the Edunomics Lab, a Georgetown University - based research center focused on exploring and modeling complex education finance decisions.

The co-chairs of the legislature's Joint Committee on Finance (JFC) have announced six public hearings on the 2017 - 19 state budget to be held around the state:

This fact - sheet presents the main results of a mapping of global climate change financial flows involving a diversity of public and private sources (e.g. government budgets and capital markets), agents (e.g. bilateral finance institutions, multilateral finance institutions, development cooperation agencies, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), private sector), and channels (e.g. official development assistance, non-concessional loans, carbon markets, financing specifically for climate change, foreign direct investment).

This has been bolstered by pressure on public budgets for development cooperation and the need to complement these with private resources to finance the future development agenda.

In conclusion, in its role as a stepping stone for facilitated access to finance, the MDB is set to contribute towards the Investment Plan's goal of boosting job creation and economic recovery in a manner which does not further load on public debt nor strain national budgets.

New Delhi About Blog Centre for Budget and Governance Accountability (CBGA) is a think - tank focusing on public policies and government finances in India.

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