Sentences with phrase «cutting federal spending»

If the science of climate change really is «established», as popular media insist, what's wrong with cutting federal spending on climate research, as President Donald Trump's budget proposes to do?

With the U.S. budget under intense pressure, lawmakers increasingly are looking to save money by cutting federal spending on research and development.

(CNN)- A top House Republican influential on homeland security matters said cutting federal spending for local law enforcement can have serious consequences for fighting terrorism.

Between 1992 and 2000, Canada converted an annual deficit of 9 % of GDP to a surplus of 3 %, cutting federal spending by around 20 % between 1992 and 1997.

He would reduce the federal debt and deficit by cutting federal spending, nearly in half.

With the relentless pressure to cut federal spending, digital solutions like telemedicine — which expands access to care and reduces costs by up to 90 % — will become a key part of that equation.»

Hensarling — a polite and low - decibel conservative with a deadpan sense of humor and an occasionally sharp tongue — has become a tea party favorite by relentlessly striving to cut federal spending and shrink the federal government.

The revenue neutral Ryan budget cuts federal spending by over 5 trillion dollars over the next ten years.

Turner said that if it were up to him, he would cut federal spending by 35 percent — including gutting the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and slashing the budget of the U.S. Department of Education — which he said would take about seven to 10 years to accomplish.

-- Corwin launched a radio ad that describes her as a «small businesswoman» and «conservative voice» who will «fight to cut federal spending» and «balance the federal budget» and «protect out Constitutional freedoms by taking on Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi.»

In its Pledge to America, the incoming Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has vowed to cut federal spending to the levels it stood at before President Barack Obama's economic stimulus measures and the bank bailout.

But not every legislator who wants to cut federal spending thinks NSF is the place to start.

In its «pledge to America ``, the incoming Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has vowed to cut federal spending to the levels it stood at before President Barack Obama's economic stimulus measures and the bank bailout.

By doing this one step we would not only cut federal spending (which seems nearly impossible and almost blasphemous for me to utter) but we would also level the playing field some for organic farming to gain more ground in the marketplace and make organic options more available for others.

Finding a place to cut federal spending in order to free up funds for childcare is, of course, not an easy task.

Washington — Heading off numerous Republican amendments to freeze or cut federal spending for child - nutrition programs, the House Education and Labor Committee last week approved a bill that would increase the programs» $ 5.3 - billion budget by $ 119 million in fiscal 1986.

They want to cut federal spending on education by 13.6 percent.

At some point the bond market will stop financing our debt spending, at which point we can either cut federal spending 50 % overnight to bring it in line with tax revenues, renege on the debt, or «monetize» the debt by printing money.

Trump has signaled plans to populate his cabinet with oil industry executives and allies, to eliminate the EPA, and to cut all federal spending on the United Nations climate process.

Not exact matches

Poloz indicated in his statement that the prospect of a big spending push by the federal government caused the committee to move away from its intention to cut interest rates.

The Trump administration already has relied on the House bill's healthcare spending cuts in its proposed federal budget.

Many state tax systems are also inadequate to address coming budget shortfalls or to finance the kind of investment necessary to offset the drop in federal spending that will inevitably follow Congress's $ 1.5 trillion tax cut.

In addition, $ 100 billion in automatic federal spending cuts will take effect unless Congress acts.

And while public dissatisfaction with the legislation has been focused on the notion that the Republican tax cuts are deeply skewed toward the wealthiest Americans and the corporations they run, Barkan, who has spent years galvanizing support for a more diverse and inclusive Federal Reserve, wants to remind Americans this legislation also includes cuts to their healthcare.

Federal spending cuts scheduled to begin next week would slow economic growth in the next year, though not nearly as much as going over the fiscal cliff might have, economists say.

Cuts in federal spending have created a fierce job market where every position is highly prized.

The tax cut and excess federal spending may boost some areas of the economy, but thus far, it has not produced anything more than a modest boost in capital spending (most of it from capital intensive technology companies) but a surge in stock buybacks and dividend increases, Apple being a case in point.

Think concerns over the coming federal spending cuts and tax increases are overblown?

And across the federal government, drastic cuts will begin to curb government spending.

If Democrats and Republicans can't find a way to spend within those limits, the sequester kicks in, which brings federal spending under the statutory caps via automatic, across - the - board cuts.

This is what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called the fiscal cliff, and he and many other economists worry that if all of these tax increases and spending cuts take effect simultaneously, the U.S. will send itself into a self - inflicted recession.

In the United States, the federal government has traditionally underwritten investment in early stage energy technology, but the White House has proposed cutting that spending.

For one, federal spending cuts are also likely weighing on state and local government hiring — as about 25 % of their funding comes from Washington.

On the up side, however, the U.S. Federal Reserve has initiated another round of quantitative easing, and the Obama administration has extended Bush - era tax cuts to keep consumers spending.

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.

That downturn is pushing the federal budget towards deficit, but having rejected deficits outright, the Harper government will have to cut spending to balance its budget, thereby making economic problems worse.

The drop in spending largely reflects cut backs in the federal government required by the so - called sequester that went into effect in March.

And we all know politicians at the federal level will never cut spending!!

President - elect Donald Trump's economic agenda of fiscal spending and tax cuts, coupled with the Federal Reserve raising interest rates spells trouble for bond holders.

House attributes the rosier U.S. outlook to federal tax cuts, a massive US$ 300 - billion spending package and the possibility of an additional spending or infrastructure bill.

The federal government would be a government known for lowering taxes and cutting spending.

After inheriting a surplus the government immediately cut the GST by two points, and in doing so created a structural deficit and an unsustainable fiscal situation, which then required significant spending cuts in the 2010, 2011 and 20012 budgets in order to put the federal finances back on a sustainable path.

Congressional Republicans — including nearly all of the Texas delegation — spent the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy insisting that any new funding for hurricane relief had to be offset with cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.

OTTAWA — As Finance Minister Jim Flaherty delivers the federal budget Thursday in the House of Commons, the Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer will deliver arguments in court seeking clarity on its mandate and more information on the Conservative government's spending cuts.

All they have done is give the government an excuse to cut government spending and reduce the size of the federal government.

Meanwhile, bond king Bill Gross found silliness on the trading floor, Larry Summers did not become the next Federal Reserve chairman, and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron called for spending cuts in a gold - laden throne room — making a bigger fool of himself than millions of tweeters ever could.

And to make matters worse, it's not really a cut, as a reduction in spending, but just a cut in the rate of growth of federal spending.

NO: Federal spending at these levels is unsustainable and must be cut sharply now by empowering state and local governments, consolidating duplicative programs and privatizing government programs.

NO: The tax cuts and federal spending increases come at a time when the economy is expanding.

While reducing federal spending during an economic slowdown was not the President's preference, he recognized the political realities and undertook a series of negotiations with the Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner, aimed at achieving a compromise plan to reduce the deficit over time through a combination of spending cuts and revenue increases.