Sentences with phrase «current federal level»

While New York is posturing to join 19 other states that have raised their minimum wages above the current federal level of $ 7.25 per hour, lawmakers in Washington are trying to promote passage of legislation that would hike the federal minimum wage to new heights.

Not exact matches

Raising the federal minimum wage to $ 10.10 from its current level, a 39 percent increase, would lift close to one million workers out of poverty, according to a 2014 report by the Congressional Budget Office.

I would encourage you to remember that the current low levels of interest rates, while in the first instance a reflection of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, are in a larger sense the result of the recent financial crisis, the worst shock to this nation's financial system since the 1930s.

«Moreover, holding the federal funds rate at its current level for too long could also encourage excessive risk - taking and ultimately undermine financial stability.»

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. President Donald Trump's push for a major military buildup suffered a setback on Thursday when the House of Representatives put plans on hold to fully fund the federal government through next Sept. 30 and instead resorted to temporary measures freezing spending at current levels.

Both would drastically reduce federal Medicaid funding from current levels.

Several states have set their minimum wage rates at a higher level than the federal rate, including California, which has a current rate of $ 10 per hour.

Perhaps the market could even live with somewhat slower growth if it weren't for two other inconvenient facts: The Federal Reserve (Fed) is unlikely to bail out stocks anywhere close to current levels and stocks are expensive.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

If current laws remained generally unchanged, the United States would face steadily increasing federal budget deficits and debt over the next 30 years — reaching the highest level of debt relative to GDP ever experienced in this country.

Keeping benefits at their current levels required under law will mean less federal spending on education, infrastructure and defense unless Congress cuts benefits, raises taxes or both.

Federal student loans have an option for borrowers to make payments based on their current income level.

Without the Federal Reserve's intervention, Mr. Paulsen says, the 10 - year Treasury yield would be in the vicinity of 4 percent based on current levels of economic growth, core inflation and wage growth.

Determining the peak federal funds rate over the cycle is the key to estimating the level of mortgage rates at the end of the current business cycle.

According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the maximum conforming size for mortgage loans purchased by Freddie Mac and Fannie will stay at current levels — except for in 39 «high - cost» counties where they'll increase.

Now that the government is planning for an $ 8 billion cut,  the potential job losses could drive job losses to between 99,000 and 108,000 full time positions across Canada. At this much higher level, the federal government could be single - handedly responsible for pushing national unemployment from its current 7.5 % to 8.0 %.

The Fed noted that its decision reflected «realized and expected labor market conditions and inflation», but that the current level of the federal funds rate remains «accommodative», supporting... Read More»

The fund seeks as high a level of current income exempt from federal income tax as we believe to be consistent with preservation of capital.

The Federal Reserve (Fed)'s decision to leave its benchmark rate at its current level is a representation of the «wait - and - see» trend anticipated by the market.

Some have argued that providers couldn't meet the stricter standards under current levels of federal funding, but OrganicLife is already exceeding them in many cases.

Recent reports of secret meetings among industry reps and the Food and Drug Adminstration over GMO labeling piqued my interest, mostly because this critical aspect was missing: any effort to label GE foods at the federal level could bring the current grassroots movement to a grinding halt by preventing any stronger local laws from ever being enacted.

A bill backed by the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference in the Senate seeks to bolster Title X funding by requiring current levels be maintained should there be future federal budget cuts approved.

I submit that our current crop of office holders on every level of government, in all 50 states, from fire and water districts to school districts, town, counties, cities, states and federal legislatures are so bad that the term limit should be about 30 days.

Similar accusations have been leveled by the parents of 13 current or former special - needs students who on Jan. 20 filed a formal civil rights complaint with the federal Department of Education.

Supportive Services Corporation Subsidized employment for persons age 55 and over, residents of Erie County, at / or below current federal poverty level.

Short - Term Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations — Vote Passed (235 - 193, 5 Not Voting) The House passed the joint resolution that would provide funding for federal government operations and services at current levels through Dec. 22, 2017, at an annualized rate of $ 1.23 trillion for federal departments and agencies covered by the 12 unfinished fiscal 2018 spending bills.

Short - Term Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations — Vote Passed (231 - 188, 13 Not Voting) Frelinghuysen, R - N.J., motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the bill with a further House amendment that would provide funding for federal government operations and services at current levels through Jan. 19, 2018.

During speeches in each city, Cuomo argued that the current minimum wage, which will rise to $ 9 an hour at year's end, provides less income than the federal poverty level.

That will likely drop the current levels, which may place Newburgh's primary water source at a level considered unsafe by the federal government.

The continuing resolution takes the form of a joint resolution, and may provide bridging funding for existing federal programs at current, reduced, or expanded levels.

The top Democrat in the U.S. Senate has blocked a House of Representatives plan to restore current funding levels for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through 15 December, saying House Republicans shouldn't be allowed to pick and choose which federal agencies they'd like to reopen.

The researchers found that federal funding decisions about whether to keep CHC grants at the current or enhanced levels will have significant effects on future growth.

The Trump budget would cut $ 5.8 billion from NIH's current funding level of $ 31.7 billion in the stopgap congressional funding measure that funds most federal agencies through 28 April.

In 2015 and 2016, current tobacco use prevalence was about 10 % for adults in higher income households (greater than 400 % of the Federal Poverty Level) compared with almost 25 % for adults in households below the poverty line.

(2) a description of current research, observation, and monitoring activities at the Federal, State, tribal, and local level related to the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources, as well as identification of research and data needs and priorities;

The federal government's current emphasis on deporting undocumented immigrants — even those facing low - level: Go Cat Cat Catcher Teaser Wand with Mouse Cat Toy: Pet Feather Toys: Pet Supplies

Simulating the impact of portability requires simulating district allocations of federal funds to the school level, both under the current regime and under portability.

Specifically, members of the National Association of Administrators of State and Federal Education Programs (naasfep) lobbied their Congressional delegations to vote against the consolidation of existing categorical education programs into new block grants to the states, to maintain those programs at their current levels of funding, and to work actively against the passage of President...

Moreover, the system in Chile that gratuidad replaced shares many features with the current U.S. model, suggesting that providing free college in the U.S., either at the state level or through federal - state matching funds, could have similar effects as in Chile.

Join Laura Bornfreund, the deputy director of the Early Education Initiative for the New America Foundation, and Debi Mathias, the director of the QRIS National Learning Network, as they discuss current early - childhood policy, efforts underway to bolster preschool quality, and suggestions for improvements at the local, state, and federal levels.

Hinz believes Australia's education system does benefit from federalism, referring to the country's two levels of government, in that it benefits from being primarily a state government responsibility as that is the perfect level to keep the system fair and suggested that the Federal Government may be trying to warm the nation up to its intention to step back from its current level of involvement in education.

«Research clearly shows that no school improvement effort can succeed without effective leadership, and such leadership is needed at all levels - federal, state, district, and school - in our current systems and in the systems we will create in the future,» said M. Christine DeVita, president of The Wallace Foundation, which provided a $ 10 - million grant to support the effort.

In commissioning this new research and bringing it to the attention of policy makers on the federal level, the Civil Rights Project hopes to contribute sound research to the current debates surrounding education reform and federal oversight.

The current limit is 185 percent of the federal poverty level, which is $ 44,955 for a family of four in 2017 - 18.

While Cheung lauded the ideals behind the weighted student formula, and similar federal programs such as Title I, she said current funding levels were not enough for schools with large numbers of disadvantaged students.

«For the federal government to require districts to open up their boundaries would be a level of federal intrusion into the affairs of states and local districts far beyond anything» in current law, Mr. Carey said.

The bipartisan bill would retain the current fifty percent whole grain requirement for lunch and breakfast, and prevent federal mandates for further reducing the sodium levels for school meals beyond the July 1, 2014 Target I level.

As a current Senator and former Superintendent of Denver Public Schools (DPS), he offered a unique perspective about the impact of federal - level policies on the local - level.

Statewide Voucher Program — Income Eligibility Limit: Increase the annual family income eligibility level, beginning in the 2018 - 19 school year, so that a pupil could participate in the statewide voucher program with a family income of less than 220 percent of the federal poverty level rather than less than 185 percent of FPL as under current law.

Now our current president, Barack Obama, has tightened federal control with a «Common Core Curriculum» that specifies what all students are required to know in literacy and math at each grade level.