Sentences with phrase «cut federal work»

While offering undergraduate students more Pell aid, the administration is proposing to cut federal work - study funds that help students work their way through college by $ 487 million.

This change — along with a proposal to end the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, cut federal work study in half and largely affect income - based student loan repayment plans — would need to be approved by Congress along with the rest of the proposed budget.

It also significantly cuts the federal work study program.

Not exact matches

To give one example, Climate Mayors is a group of U.S. mayors committed to working with one another to boost local efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions and support aims for «binding federal and global - level policymaking.»

In their rush to work around the federal law — called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — state lawmakers could make an already unfair and complicated tax system even more so.

They also follow a recent pledge by the bank to build more branches and expand hiring in underserved neighborhoods and expand its philanthropic work, in response to an expected windfall from the passage of federal corporate tax cuts last year.

The federal government has made sweeping cuts to red tape as small and medium businesses grow more confident about the year ahead, but a growing number believes the state government is working against their best interests, according to the latest Sensis survey.

Following President Obama's urging of the Federal Communications Commission to protect a free and open Internet on Monday, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has his work cut out for him.

Budget cuts, in other words, take a long time to work their way through the federal bureaucracy and into the real economy.

And they book in big savings from program cuts that are still working their way through the federal government.

Another way that the current crisis hurts those at the bottom of the economic ladder was revealed in a conversation with Lucy Luna, a United Food and Commercial Workers union organizer among immigrant farm workers in the Fraser Valley, who notes that the reduced value of the Canadian dollar means that the remittances sent home to Mexico by the «guest workers» shipped to Canada under a federal temporary work permit program are now nearly cut in half in value by the time they reach Mexico, where the economy is geared to the U.S. dollar.

Between now and the 2019 campaign, it seems Canada's leader of the official Opposition will have his work cut out for him trying to come across as something more than the puppet of the two strong men of the still - recent Conservative federal era.

Cuts landing everywhere, massive workload increases, discrimination, disrespect, workplace bullying and harassment (one in five federal public workers report being harassed at work, nearly two - thirds of them by their managers)-- the causes are many.

The House of Representatives is working day and night in its effort to cut more than $ 60 billion from the federal budget.

A ROCKHAMPTON meat works is set to cut its emissions and power bills thanks to a grant from the Federal Government.

While Trump's federal tax cut is causing headaches for some New Yorkers, Cuomo and regulators at the state Public Service Commission are working to ensure that utility customers in the state are able to reap some of the benefits as soon as possible.

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.

After weeks of gloomy warnings regarding an impending federal fiscal cliff, Congress worked at the last minute to avoid the automatic spending cuts and tax hikes that would have taken effect in the new year.

«It is shocking that Grinch Andrew Cuomo is advocating for a shutdown of the federal government because he didn't get his way on denying New York's working families a tax cut of $ 100 or more in their monthly paychecks,» Collins said in a statement.

Washington (CNN)- As the congressional «super committee» works in Washington to cut America's federal debt, a panel of tea party activists will meet at a Denny's restaurant in Orlando to propose their own debt solutions.

The Cuomo administration has ordered staff to cut off all communication with lobbyist Todd Howe — who previously worked for Cuomo when he was federal housing secretary and, earlier, for the governor's father, the late Mario Cuomo — and to suspend any regulatory dealings with CPV, a source with knowledge of the probe said.

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.»

«We will not stand idly by while the federal government targets middle and working class New Yorkers — we must speak up now, mobilize to stop these devastating cuts and stand up for our New York values.»

Cuomo says he may have to call a special session in December to deal with potential funding cuts from Washington that he deemed a «federal assault» on New York, saying all hospitals will «need to find savings» and work with state and local governments to make ends meet due to the reductions.

He said delaying work on the budget for a few months, until after those federal cuts are laid out, could make it easier for the state to adjust.

Given the impact of the federal government's proposals, Governor Cuomo has mobilized a coalition to work with New York's Congressional Delegation to stop the cuts.

White House officials said the administration was still working through how much funding would be cut, but spokesperson Sean Spicer said the administration would «strip federal grant money from the sanctuary states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants.»

New York Senator and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, along with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, cut a deal with President Trump to work out a new federal spending plan by mid-December.

After the Senate's bipartisan 91 - to - 9 vote in a favor of a bill that keeps federal agencies open through March 18 while enacting $ 4 billion in new spending cuts, Mr. Obama urged House and Senate leaders to meet with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and two top aides to work out a longer - term budget agreement.

That level could end up being a cut, however, after Congress completes work on a bill to fund federal agencies through 2018.

She said much of the federal scientific research and data comes from multiple agencies working together, so cutting one will have a ripple effect.

Last week, a coalition of universities and professional societies warned legislators working on the defense bill that «a mandatory increase in the SBIR - STTR allocation across federal agencies will result in funding cuts for investigator initiated, peer - reviewed grants that are the cornerstone of the nation's research enterprise.

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.

In response, the 24 federal agencies that conduct research — from the Department of Defense to the U.S. Department of Agriculture — slowed the pace of lab work, instituted hiring freezes and cut grant programs.

Maine laboratories are finding unconventional ways to fund science and technology, touted by politicians and economists alike as a key economic and educational driver in the state, as the federal government again threatens to cut money for their work.

«The folks here at the center do outstanding work and these federal funds will help them upgrade their biomedical infrastructure and continue cutting - edge research that is unlocking cures and improving treatment options,» said Reed, who as a senior member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, has helped direct more than $ 47 million in fiscal year 2015 NIH funding to Rhode Island.

I'd find concerns about Trump's cuts far more credible if I could recall a time when education advocates had conceded some programs weren't working, voiced concerns about bureaucratic bloat, suggested cost - saving strategies, or acknowledged the burdens imposed by federal overspending.

Federal Work - Study (FWS) is on the chopping block: the Trump administration's recently - released budget summary seeks to cut program funding by nearly 50 percent, from $ 990 million to $ 500 million, and to «reform the program to ensure funds go to undergraduate students who would benefit most.»

I find it ironic that of all the waste in federal education spending, Republicans might cut some of the few programs that are actually tied to funding non-governmental organizations that work.

Instead, it is likely that the most effected by budget cuts will be working class and near poor children, those children who attend school districts that receive limited federal dollars but lack the advantages of high local property values or school taxes.

Funding for college work - study programs would be cut in half, public - service loan forgiveness would end and hundreds of millions of dollars that public schools could use for mental health, advanced coursework and other services would vanish under a Trump administration plan to cut $ 10.6 billion from federal education initiatives, according to budget documents obtained by The Washington Post.

Trump's recent proposal to eliminate Title II, which was advanced last month by a House Committee on Appropriations, 16 entirely puts at risk these evidence - based reform efforts, which are up to states to implement.17 Advocates must work to minimize cuts to Title II and other federal programs to ensure that states and districts have operating funds and the ability to implement innovative policies and programs with fidelity.

But if enough states get skittish and drop out, federal officials could — according to their own regulations — cut off the funding that is meant to carry the consortia's work through the fall of 2014.

Other cuts would hit federal work study and literacy grants.

However, budget cuts and proposals such as vouchers and other programs that divert essential funding from schools, along with federal government overreach, denigrates the amazing work taking place in what is arguably our most valuable institution.

The cuts to Head Start and to subsidies for school districts that serve families working at federal facilities, like Naval Base San Diego, were to take effect Jan. 1.

With the threat of imminent cuts to federal arts programs and funding, FREEMAN Gallery presents the work of two New York artists who attended public arts high schools — Cheyenne Julien, graduate of Art and Design High School Class of 2012, and Kevin Evans, graduate of Edward R. Murrow High School Class of 2008.

Wolfe recently got in touch about a video project he's worked on over the last two years documenting the longstanding federal program helping poor households cut energy waste.

Even more detrimental to those in disproportionate need of work, Obama is going to cut federal assistance for grassroots organizations that aid the impoverished:

Revenue from the tax «would be used to cut the state's sales tax, and to create a Working Families Rebate, based on the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), to boost the incomes of low - income households.»