Sentences with phrase «doling out dollars»

As a governor, Warner has ground to make up on his competitors in terms of doling out dollars to candidates — an issue he began to address in the first months of 2006.

Philanthropy, playing Doling Out Dollars, just ain't gonna cut it.

There have been several reports now about The Donald's habit of doling out dollars to D.C. Democrats — everyone from Sen. Chuck Schumer to Rep. Charlie Rangel has been on the receiving end of his checks.

Not exact matches

The U.S. government is the largest supplier to small businesses in the U.S., doling out hundreds of billions of dollars worth of contracts each year.

That's when options are being doled out at rock - bottom prices, often under a dollar a share.

Germany doled out hundreds of billions of dollars to shore up its banks.

Although lenders were doling out millions of dollars to people without jobs, I was not comfortable with racking up so much debt.

In a report issued today, CWF links the hundreds of millions of dollars in state subsidies the team received to build its new stadium to the political contributions the team doled out over the last decade.

Scrutiny on committee attendance comes as the Senate is under fire for doling out thousands of dollars in stipends, called «lulus,» to seven senators for jobs they don't actually hold.

Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma, a top Republican appropriator, sounded cautious after last week's revelation that the Office of Compliance has doled out tens of thousands of dollars since 2013.

Astorino continued to criticize Governor Cuomo despite the fact that he has doled out millions of dollars to outside legal firms, many of which donated to his various campaigns.

The NY Post says if elected officials are serious about their anti-corruption statements, they'll return some of the millions of dollars worth of political contributions doled out by Glenwood Management.

New York State is doling out $ 80 million dollars for major renovations at two Upstate airports.

The Cuomo administration is branching out from Buffalo in doling out millions of dollars worth of economic development funds.

For years, New York's lawmakers have doled out millions of dollars to friends and favored institutions.

«Each year, the state doles out over half a million dollars for corrupt Albany politicians» pensions.

Then again, what do you expect when individual legislators are allowed to dole out tax dollars without a vote?

«There were millions of dollars doled out to people who would then contribute to Governor Cuomo's campaign coffers, and the economic development dollars weren't helping the citizens of Syracuse who need it most,» She said.

More than a decade after its creation, the agency is still sitting on $ 700 million federal taxpayer dollars yet to be doled out.

Until Sheldon Silver's arrest and subsequent resignation as speaker of the New York Assembly, he was considered one of the state's most powerful politicians, controlling how billions of dollars of state funds were doled out.

First elected to the Assembly in 1985, Lopez, a social worker by training, rose to become chairman of the housing committee, where he was able to dole out millions of dollars in funding for his then - impoverished Williamsburg and Bushwick district.

«We can not enable them to have hundreds of millions of dollars at their disposal to dole out to their friends.

There's the risk of corruption as officials dole out tax breaks worth millions upon millions of dollars.

Leibell doled out $ 6.5 million in so - called «member items,» funded by taxpayer dollars, to nonprofit groups that he himself controlled between 2005 and 2010, according to the New York Times.

«That would raise a big red flag,» McClelland said, citing the lengthy vetting process and large amount of paperwork a recipient — almost always a nonprofit — would need to complete to get city discretionary funds, which more typically are doled out in parcels of several thousands dollars and not close to $ 100,000.

-- included a group of about 50 mainly Jewish donors who doled out a minimum of $ 1,000 dollars towards Weprin's struggling campaign.

As a member of the state Senate majority for 15 years, DeFrancisco was in a position to dole out tens of millions of dollars of pork to community groups, fire departments and music festivals.

In Papua New Guinea some communities were paid several thousand dollars to protect leatherback turtles, but individuals left off the dole ended up killing the animals out of spite.

That bothers Arne Ljungqvist, the world agency's health, medical, and research committee chairman, who doles out several million dollars in grant money every year to research groups looking at gene doping and its detection.

When one mayor declared he would dole out diplomas even to students who didn't pass the tests, Romney threatened to withhold state dollars.

But in exchange, require school districts to level the financial playing field before doling out Title I dollars.

The state has doled out School Improvement Grants to 39 Priority Schools statewide, amounting to $ 95 million dollars.

Obama believes so strongly that teachers are key to fixing schools and helping kids learn that he refuses to dole out the stimulus dollars if states don't heed his wishes.

Yet in its zeal to expand and dole out taxpayer dollars to privately - run charters, the state has run roughshod over local control.

Being a Secretary of Education is different; doling out federal dollars requires explanations.

She details how teachers and school districts could benefit by switching from doling out raises through percentage - based cost of living increases to fixed - dollar payouts.

Either we support public schools governed by our elected neighbors or we let state governments dole out tax dollars to parents to shop for schools.»

Before the George W. Bush administration, billions of dollars in education spending were doled out by the federal government with no accountability.

As a vehicle now as competent — and in some respects even more so — than the majority of the aforementioned rivals, the Octavia deserves to be cross-shopped, and will likely sell more strongly than ever, provided Škoda can dole out the advertising dollars.

Why would you dole out extra dollars for this super device which falls short of your $ 200 laptop?

Monks is appalled by Freeboot's violent histrionics and Manson - like affinity for the hidden messages buried within Lennon and McCartney lyrics, yet acknowledges that he hears echoes of his own feelings when Freeboot speaks about the disintegration of workers» rights, the escalating differential between the haves and the have - nots, and the slap - on - the - wrist «justice» doled out in cases of billion - dollar corporate malfeasance.

He's taken to a remote community led by a charismatic counter-cultural sociopath known as Freeboot who's obsessed with the supposed hidden messages buried within old Beatles lyrics and the disintegration of workers» rights, the escalating differential between the haves and the have - nots, and the slap - on - the - wrist «justice» doled out in cases of billion - dollar corporate malfeasance.

The legitimate publishers who have partnered with Author Solutions make extra money on the side, while the clueless author is happy as the proverbial pig in mud — until he later realizes that the thousands of dollars he doled out to the vanity press has produced at most a handful of sales, and his dream is crushed.

Most rewards cards dole out 1 — 5 points for each dollar you spend.

When Bank of America had to dole out billions of dollars to settle a dispute, it tightened up its mortgage - lending criteria.

Each doles out a number of miles per dollar spent allowing you to rack in miles with your preferred airline while also piling up points with your credit card program.

There's free WiFi in the lobby and you can dole out some extra dollars for high - speed WiFi in your room if you need Netflix and chill.

-LSB-...][D] eveloping country negotiators are trying to bind rich countries to their promises to dole out tens of billions of dollars in climate change aid.

In the coming months, as Congress and the Obama administration dole out billions in stimulus dollars to kick - start a green economy and draft sweeping legislation to curb climate change, the future of coal will be at the heart of the debate over energy policy.

Holmstead's coal clients have doled out over $ 10.7 million dollars (UPDATE June 2017: $ 23.5 million) to his firm since he joined in 2007, and a primary undertaking of Holmstead's has been to block and weaken laws that cut back on mercury pollution from power plants.