Sentences with phrase «by obama»

A decision was made by the Obama campaign to reach outside of their talent pool and comfort zone, and to hire people who were better at this than they were.

Constituents of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, were unsettled by Obama's proposal, which cuts the amount of agency funding that would flow through standard congressional spending committees by $ 588 million, to $ 5.9 billion.

That plan had the backing of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the only Bush Cabinet member to have been retained by the Obama Administration.

Under new corporate average fuel economy standards set by the Obama administration, light - duty vehicles must reach a fleetwide average of 34.1 mpg by 2016 and 54.5 mpg by 2025.

From a statement by Obama spokesman Nick Shapiro: «After over 30 years of successfully protecting our nation's most endangered wildlife like the bald eagle, we should be looking for ways to improve it, not weaken it.

Now, 140 years after the transcontinental railroad's nearly 2,900 kilometers of track first connected both U.S. coasts, a number of states are hoping for a second golden age of rail, this time fueled by the Obama administration's pledge of billions of stimulus dollars for high - speed railway development.

Nevertheless, Bannon helped Trump shepherd through a string of executive actions to rollback a large swath of climate efforts by the Obama administration.

For one, her managers are furiously trying to plan three fiscal years at once: the current fiscal year, which started in October but is being funded under a temporary spending bill that ends on 6 March, the 2010 budget, which agencies are still negotiating with the White House, and the 2011 budget, which will represent the first full budget submission by the Obama Administration to Congress.

It contains the $ 200 million requested by Obama for his Precision Medicine Initiative, $ 85 million in new funding for the BRAIN Initiative, and a $ 100 - million boost for NIH's role in a federal initiative on antimicrobial resistance.

The outgoing energy secretary, Ernest Moniz, is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist, who replaced a Stanford University physicist, who was appointed by Obama to succeed an MIT chemical engineer.

Both Democrats previously have favored a large auction of the emission credits, an approach backed by the Obama administration.

In the U.S., the plan to use Yucca Mountain in the Nevada desert as a repository for spent nuclear fuel rods is in limbo, opposed by the Obama administration.

GIS Executive Director Prof Ng Huck Hui said, «Microbiome studies are an increasingly important area of research, evident in the National Microbiome Initiative launched by the Obama administration recently [1].

As Mervis writes, «[i] n late August, Truthy began to draw scathing criticism from political conservatives in the media and government, who claim it is really part of an attempt by the Obama administration to monitor and stifle free speech.»

Both the Sierra Club and Greenpeace have objected to CCS, although all environmentalists seem to agree that global greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by at least 80 percent below 1990 levels by midcentury, a goal also shared by the Obama administration.

The plan for science and technology proposed by the Obama campaign, for example, calls for «comprehensive immigration reform that improves our visa programs to attract some of the world's most talented people to America» and supports an increase in the number of foreign scientists and technical people permitted to study, work, and stay in the United States.

Mars Attacked: Planetary Scientists Vent Frustrations over Proposed Budget Cuts The field is bristling at cutbacks, proposed last month by the Obama administration, to planetary science and especially to NASA's program of robotic Mars explorers

Lubchenco, a marine ecologist who gave up scientific research to helm NOAA, said a report released earlier this year by the Obama administration makes it clear that climate change is already affecting the United States.

In the current atmosphere of fiscal constraint, the PPHF has become a target for raiding, and already, as part of a payroll - tax - cut extension that was signed into law by Obama on 22 February, Congress has cut the fund by 20 %, or $ 250 million, in 2013, and by a total of $ 6.25 billion to 2025.

The Washington Post «s indefatigable Juliet Eilperin got an unnamed official at the White House to confirm that solar panels are being reinstalled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue this week — fulfilling a promise made by the Obama administration three years ago.

Indeed, the Clean Power Plan proposed by the Obama administration to clean up CO2 emissions from power plants relies on capture and storage to allow coal - fired power plants to continue to produce electricity, but with less climate - changing pollution.

Mulvaney's past comments suggest technology demonstration and industrial productivity programs — especially those on clean energy manufacturing favored by the Obama Administration — may find themselves under scrutiny, joining climate research and social science as potential targets.

But the «treatment equals prevention» equation invoked by Obama is not selling in all quarters.

Boehner released the following statement: «Today's FCC announcement amounts to a government takeover of the Internet, and yet another government takeover of a large portion of the private sector by the Obama administration.

Unfortunately, rules and regulations promulgated by the Obama Administration threaten American jobs and economic recovery, and cost billions while providing questionable benefits; yet these rules can not be properly evaluated because their underlying assumptions and projections are based on secret data and models hidden from the public.

Feinstein noted that the Senate bill would cut spending on nuclear nonproliferation by 6.8 % to $ 1.81 billion — as requested by the Obama administration.

From an offshore drilling moratorium to a de facto one put in place through the permitting and leasing process, American energy and the jobs it creates have too often been pushed aside by the Obama administration and its allies in Washington.

The statements followed months of attacks on Romney by Obama for opposing the production tax credit, which benefits generators of wind energy in Iowa, Colorado and other swing states.

An early draft suggested that the end goal would be a «legally binding instrument» by next year's UN meeting in Mexico — a goal endorsed by Obama — but that language was later dropped, a move that many called a step backward.

«Primarily what the bill does is provide a signal that there is strong backing by Congress for the kinds of programs that have been operating by the Obama administration over the past eight years,» said Eric Muñoz, senior agriculture policy adviser for Oxfam America, who has been tracking the bill's progress.

The efforts by Obama and environmental organizations might have contributed to some successes at the polls, though causation is impossible to determine.

Dear EarthTalk: Vice President Joe Biden just announced a commitment by the Obama administration of $ 53 billion to high - speed rail.

That 0.6 % hike is well below the $ 500 million increase sought by the Obama administration.

Wamp argued that mandates forced on the states by the Obama administration's health care bill have put secession on the table.

Cuomo, a Democrat who headed HUD during the Clinton administration, lashed out at an audit by Obama's inspector general for the agency while addressing the press after an unrelated event in the Bronx this morning.

The Sept. 15 Democratic primary will test Albany's insular political tradition represented by the incumbent mayor versus a new generation of values represented by Obama's victory that Ellis relies upon.

Clegg was still in attack mode in his closing speech - a speech pushed down the running order on news bulletins by Obama's I - love - the - United - Nations speech.

Kingsbridge - Morris Heights - University Heights - Fordham: District 14 In the Bronx's District 14, incumbent Fernando Cabrera, who is pastor at a local Christian congregation, easily held off a challenge from Randy Abreu, who was appointed to the Energy Department by Obama, to win a third term on the Council.

As it was, she walked away with her viability intact; by reeling off several big wins late in the primary season, she emerged from the process in incomparably better shape than she would have been in if her campaign had imploded after a series of lopsided wins by Obama in February» 08.

New carbon standards in the Clean Power Plan announced earlier this month by the Obama administration are also intended to improve your health.

Obama's visit to Massachusetts, followed by an evening trip to Miami for two Democratic fundraisers, is part of a concerted attempt by Obama to help preserve the Democratic majority in the Senate in 2014.

The call for debate by the Obama administration came with the announcement of a ban on certain kinds of military equipment being distributed to local law enforcement agencies.

Romney, like most of the Republican candidates, has largely embraced positions held by party activists: committing to repeal the health - care law signed last year by Obama; calling for reduced federal spending, but no tax increases, to balance the budget; and opposing same - sex marriage and abortion.

Katko, R - Camillus, was among 26 Republicans who voted against a GOP bill in 2015 that would have ended the DACA protections granted by the Obama administration.

«I embrace the principles laid out today by the Obama Administration because they move us in the right direction,» her campaign said in a statement.

A group of state and city legislators from Queens today released a letter to Congressman Gregory Meeks urging him to flip his current stance and vote against the Trans - Pacific Partnership — a free trade agreement backed by the Obama administration but opposed by numerous labor and environmental groups.

Within his first 100 days, he plans to scrap outdated regulation and withdraw from «job - destroying» climate plans introduced by the Obama Administration.

Tennant opposes a proposal by the Obama administration to limit carbon emissions from coal - fired power plants.

The chairman of the event is Rep. Steve Israel (D - L.I.), who earlier this year was persuaded by Obama not to run in a primary against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.).

Grimm responded to Donovan's claims on the website saying he had been a more effective representative when he was in Congress and said his tax conviction was persecution by the Obama administration Justice Department.