Sentences with phrase «control over federal spending»

But it's «not something lawmakers are eager to approve,» he said, because it would take control over federal spending out of the hands of Congress.

Not exact matches

«Public - sector spending — a strong, steady contributor to the economy over the past decade — is now being curtailed as federal and provincial governments try to bring deficits under control,» the Conference Board of Canada noted in a recent forecast.

The two sides have spent months haggling, with Cuomo vying for more control over the money and the federal government insisting on a narrow mandate.

Others say the Pentagon is simply using the hearings to pressure Congress into rolling back the Budget Control Act of 2011, the law that set federal spending caps in order to achieve a $ 1.2 trillion deficit reduction over 10 years.

Under a promise by House Republicans to cut projected federal spending by some $ 5 trillion over the next decade, House appropriators have $ 91 billion less to work with this year than their counterparts in the Democrat - controlled Senate.

Districts then had nearly unfettered control over how these funds were spent; activities merely had to comport with four major federal education statutes, including the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — laws that, despite many years and billions invested, hadn't adequately improved our schools.

Pell Grants for Kids would provide more federal dollars for schools while also encouraging more local control - I mean more control by parents and teachers - over how that money is spent.

Most school districts in Washington State will likely have less control over how they spend money during the next academic year, and those that were already under sanction for failing to make progress under the federal No Child Left Behind law will face more severe consequences.

Rather than a politics that seeks to exert control over the system from the federal level (too many cooks, too great a focus on data - driven accountability models = too many mandated assessments), the provinces get to spend the transfer payments where they believe it will make sense.

At the same time, HISD spends about $ 20 million annually through federal Title I grants on outside tutoring programs over which the school district has no control, Baker says.

The Student Success Act would give states and school districts more control over spending federal money and remove federal requirements that states set goals for student achievement.

Markey is the typical liberal Democrat who thinks there is no problem that can't be solved by more federal spending and more federal control over every aspect of society and the economy.