Sentences with phrase «deep budget cuts because»

While Boulder Valley's budget is in good shape thanks to an annual $ 22.5 million tax increase approved by voters in November, many other districts are facing deep budget cuts because of decreases in state funding.

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Rep. Josh Elliott, one of the chamber's most liberal Democrats, told The Courant that he is still undecided because the House Democratic budget has deep spending cuts and no income tax increases on the state's wealthiest citizens.

«What we did in this budget was identify the areas where the pain that was proposed was simply too deep,» said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who cited classes so big kids couldn't learn and parents who would be forced to quit their jobs because of day care cuts.

Because the President's base budget had sought billion - dollar cuts to NIH and NASA, as well as a deep cut to DOD basic research, it tallied up to a more than two percent reduction to basic research funding, and a smaller cut to applied research.

However, President Clinton has promised to veto the bill, which is closely tied to GOP plans for balancing the federal budget, because he said it includes «deep cuts that are tough on children.»

Because deeper and deeper annual budget cuts made it impossible for the district to pick up the costs of the program, the David Lynch Foundation, active proponents of TM and other scientifically - proven stress - reduction techniques, picked up the tab.