Sentences with phrase «federal bills designed»

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Lew said that he has asked for a rush to be put on approval of the designs, which must go through the Federal Reserve, allowing the new bills to enter circulation «as quickly as possible.»

Cuomo on Tuesday held a ceremonial bill signing on an optional payroll tax and new charitable funds, both of which are designed as workarounds to the federal SALT limits.

MADISON, Wis. (AP)-- The Wisconsin Senate passed a series of education reform bills Thursday designed to make the state compete for nearly $ 4.5 billion in federal stimulus money.

In C.A., N.Y., and N.J., Democratic pols are designing «charitable contribution» schemes to maintain federal tax breaks eliminated by Trump bill.

Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich says he is confident that Monroe County will eventually be included in the federal disaster declaration designed to provide aid to flood - worn communities along the Lake Ontario and Saint Lawrence river shores.

Several people familiar with the planning for the fund - raiser said the cancellation was designed to punish Mr. Zeldin, who not only voted against the bill but was outspoken about one aspect: the elimination of the federal deduction for state and local taxes, which particularly impacts high - tax states like New York.

What power companies really need, Heyeck says, is federal law creating a national process for designing an interstate grid, choosing a path for each leg, and allocating the construction and maintenance costs — preferably by billing consumers nationwide.

Today, members of the House of Representatives began debating a bill designed to fund our federal government for the remainder of this fiscal year.

The Senate on Oct. 7 gave final approval to a bill authorizing federal grants for educational - television programming and training materials designed to improve the school readiness of children.

Also in this issue: an analysis of open educational resources and what the federal role should be in facilitating their adoption; an assessment of Mayor Bill de Blasio's first few years in office in New York City; and an expert debate on the merits of two different approaches to designing state accountability systems.

In addition to suffering from the problems that all voucher bills have in common, this bill would also undermine the main purpose of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which is designed to target federal funds to public schools with high concentrations of poverty in order to provide additional educational services for these students.

Members of Congress introduced a number of competing privacy bills in 2014 that will continue to be the subject of debate in 2015, including measures designed to update the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and expand the Federal Trade Commission's jurisdiction to cover for profit and non-profit entities handling student data.

«This bill is designed to restore educational control to its proper place and reduce the federal government's intrusion into our classrooms.»

The bill, which is expected to be formally introduced next week and likely taken up in earnest before the Christmas holiday, returns to states authority to design and implement a wide variety of accountability and performance controls but maintains long - standing federal requirements on student testing.

Cuts $ 163 million of federal spending on Title II, funding designed to support teachers: Sen. Alexander's bill decreases funding levels and misses an opportunity to increase investments to help states improve the teacher pipeline, increase educator salaries, offer better training and professional development, and put the teaching profession on an overall higher pedestal similar to a doctor or lawyer.

The bill directly conflicted with the federal National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act, which makes clear that the standards adopted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) for required motor vehicle equipment (including headlamps) are to be performance standards, not design standards.

Sousa also dismissed suggestions that the Ontario pension bill is designed to stall real progress on the issue until after next year's federal election in hopes a new government in Ottawa would be open to improving the CPP.

The centerpiece of the bill is resolution of a dispute over the Public Utilities Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA), the once - obscure 1978 federal law designed to promote small power producers in regulated utility markets.

MADD also reportedly expressed its support for a new federal transportation bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century, designed to reduce or eliminate drunk driving.

In 2015, Senator Chuck Grassley introduced a long awaited bi-partisan criminal justice reform bill designed to address inequities in federal sentencing and promote rehabilitation and re-entry for persons who are incarcerated.

With six months remaining in the 2018 fiscal year, the National Association of REALTORS ® urges the passage of the «omnibus appropriations bill» agreed upon by U.S. House and Senate negotiators last night, which is designed to fund the federal government through Sept. 30.