Sentences with phrase «even federal level»

Changes at the scale needed will have to happen at the state and perhaps even federal level.

Former Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz was considering filling the vacancy, but dropped out this week after learning that numerous Democratic power - brokers at the state and even federal level want Rob Michalik Jr., a former aide to then - U.S. Rep. Christopher Murphy, according to a report by the Connecticut Mirror.

Not exact matches

I also believe there's going to be a lot of aid that comes in from the federal level, philanthropic level, and even the business community.

Put simply, the whole purpose is stop ObamaCare from driving future federal budgets to far higher levels of spending, and even deeper and more disastrously into the red.

Its authors declare that there is «no correlation between federal minimum - wage increases and lower employment levels, even in the industries that are most impacted by higher minimum wages.

The Tenth Amendment has empowered states to launch marijuana programs even if it remains illegal at the federal level.

Cannabis sales are still illegal on the federal level, and the Trump administration has played coy about its plans for the burgeoning marijuana industry, even as the man the president hand - picked to be the country's law enforcement officer has made it no secret that he despises the drug.

Under a continuing resolution passed last week in place of actual federal spending bills, Pentagon budgets are capped at 2015 levels, severely limiting the service branches» ability to start new programs or even shutdown programs they don't need anymore.

(Even though, ironically, they may now marry in many of the same states, thanks to a Supreme Court decision from 2012 allowing same sex marriage on a federal level.)

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.

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There are few signs at the local or federal level that policymakers are taking the risks of climate change and extreme weather seriously, and some forces are even exacerbating the risk.

The Chart Below Spectacularly Illustrates The Total Asset Levels + Growth of The Federal Reserve, ECB + The Bank of Japan Balance Sheets... And Note... This Does Not Even Include China [which frequently stimulates its economy via enormous liquidity injections].

To curb and prevent defaults, it is important that all federal borrowers be well - informed about their options to lower, and even eliminate, their monthly payments based upon their income level.

States tend to allow fewer deductions and credits than the federal government does, but especially in states with state - level Earned Income Tax Credits, eliminating deductions and credits outright (perhaps except for a standard exemption, but even that could be hard to implement) would be a significant change, and potentially a tax hike on poor families.

You might think this is undesirable but economists welcome a low level of inflation and the Federal Reserve even has a dual mandate to maintain a steady low level of inflation in addition to full employment.

«Even so, the Committee continues to anticipate that the longer - run neutral level of the federal funds rate is likely to remain below levels that prevailed in previous decades,» Yellen said.

And civil unions and marriages are not the same or even afforded «all» of the same rights (especially on a federal level).

Christine and I sometimes talk about the possibility of going to live in New York someday (temporarily, I'd never want to live in the US permanently, no offence) but even though New York has marriage equality at the state level, it would still be very difficult for us to go there as long as the ridiculousness that is DOMA remains in effect blocking any federal recognition of our marriage.

@ED, In many financial jobs the reasons for what you can and get you can and can't do is because there are federal regulations to avoid impropriety and high dollar scams (I'm not in any way saying you would do this, it tend so happen at really high individual levels), and the lawyers make strict company policies to make sure there isn't even an appearance of impropriety.

While the French food culture in itself encourages eating local, there is another even bigger reason why the French school system can put locally grown foods on the school lunch menus: the monies for the school lunches are organized within local municipalities, not primarily on a federal level, as they are in America.

YouCut is dishonest on a second level, too: even if the programs on its list were to die tomorrow, they wouldn't make the slightest difference in the federal budget or the federal deficit.

You can't easily change your political representatives (in lots of cases people don't even know who is representing them on local / state / federal levels)

Gottfried seemed to take the EPA's side in its ongoing dispute with the Cuomo administration over who was ultimately responsible for the mess in Hoosick Falls, saying that even though the federal agency's acceptable levels of PFOA consumption was a moving target, the state should have been able to follow through — and, in his opinion, dropped the ball.

She said, «I knew elsewhere in the system things were not going right, I had to focus; Nigeria is a large country, we are talking of the federal level, we haven't even spoken of the decentralised level.

But embracing the tax - hike argument at the federal level while still opposing tax increases even on the wealthiest New Yorkers at the state level, Cuomo does seem to be in an awkward position for now.

When a policy is at federal level, you're forced to live with it even if you strongly oppose it and are majorly harmed by it.

The state Health Department refused to caution residents of Hoosick Falls that their water contained levels of toxic chemicals considered unsafe by the federal government for more than a year, even as evidence mounted that a serious health crisis could be unfolding.

A law that would force disclosure of who is behind and who is paying for political ads would be important for elections here in NY, but even more important on the Federal level.

And even as multiple wells in nearby Hoosick Falls tested positive for elevated and potentially dangerous levels of the same toxic chemical more than a year ago, state health department employees suggested a delay in reporting results and did not initially recommend a wider outreach to the public, according to emails between state, county and federal officials, some of which were obtained through a Freedom of Information Law request to the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

I think if we were to make decisions at a federal level that would make America more competitive, it would be better than pitting communities against each other on a local level or even the state level.

Clinton joined Gov. Andrew Cuomo at a victory rally celebrating the $ 15 minimum wage deal in the state budget, even though she does not support a $ 15 minimum wage at the federal level.

«I'll be introducing legislation to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level from one end of the country to the other,» Schumer, of New York, told Vice News in an interview airing Thursday evening.

Some chief executives have even issuing executive orders declaring that education decisions would be made by their state governments, not at the federal level.

The Cuomo administration resisted sounding a public alarm even though federal regulators warned senior health department officials that people in Hoosick Falls should be alerted they were drinking water that contained dangerous levels of a chemical linked to cancer and other serious health problems, according to documents recently obtained by POLITICO New York through a Freedom of Information Request.

The Grover gambit won't even work on the federal level let alone against an anti-tax populist legislator in the highest taxed state in the nation.

The senator is opposing a higher minimum wage even though he represents portions of the city of Syracuse, one of the poorest cities in America, a place where 50 percent of the children are living below the federal poverty level.

Even when the PDP was at the federal level and they had all the force of government, we defeated them in Edo State.

As POLITICO New York reported in June, the Cuomo administration resisted sounding a public alarm over the water pollution crisis in Hoosick Falls, even though federal regulators warned senior DOH officials that residents of the town should be alerted that they were drinking water that contained dangerous levels of PFOA, a chemical that has been linked to cancer and other serious health problems.

NYCHA has been neglected by the federal government, by the state government and by the city level of government for well over 20, maybe even 30 years.»

Under the proposed Trump policy, cities would lose funding if undocumented and even legal immigrants are not reported to federal authorities for deportation after being charged with low - level criminal offenses, such as

Even though there are federal laws on the books guaranteeing women's rights to earning equal pay for equal work and making family planning decisions, hardline Republicans like my opponent George Amedore have fought tooth and nail to chip away at them on a state level.

Booker said he's even met with techies in Silicon Valley to discuss digital changes because, «Government is still moving at a snail's pace at the federal level.»

Even after the federal Environmental Protection Agency cautioned the state health department about the levels of PFOA contamination in Hoosick Falls, the health department handed out a fact sheet that said, «Health effects are not expected to occur from normal use of the water.»

But even as the area recovers, the level of water in Lake Ontario remains high, and recovery efforts along some parts of the shore have to wait for drier weather — and a federal disaster declaration that local and state officials have requested to unlock additional aid.

As sea levels rise along U.S. coasts, it may soon get easier for people and local governments to obtain federal permits to build what are known as «living shorelines,» natural or nature - based structures designed to protect communities and infrastructure from extreme storms and flooding even as they protect habitat.

You can convince all the cafeteria ladies in the country (and even all the district superintendents in the country) and you'd still have to change policies at the federal level before anything happens.

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

Indeed, other changes have involved shifts in power at the local level or even decentralization below the school district level, rather than greater control by the state (or the federal government).

Indeed, many Republicans don't even bother trying to change the education system at the federal level.