Sentences with phrase «federal budget debates»

Though it's not a spending measure, the Every Student Succeeds Act contains important new fiscal elements that could be affected by the federal budget debates in Washington.

Take for example the recent and ongoing FY2012 federal budget debate.

Efforts to limit or eliminate the mortgage interest deduction, do away with the government - sponsored secondary mortgage market, or require 20 percent down for an affordable mortgage are just a few of the ways the financial crisis and today's federal budget debate are upending the generations - old consensus in Washington about the central place of home ownership in the United States.

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If you listen to the latest buzz, House Republicans are now thinking of triggering a crisis over the debt - ceiling debate, likely coming up in late October, rather than the federal budget.

Ottawa — On the cusp of Thursday's federal election debate on the economy, the Trade Justice Network, (www.tradejustice.ca), a coalition of Canadian unions, environmental groups and citizens» groups, is calling on federal leaders to mandate the Parliamentary Budget Officer to do real fact - based analysis before they sign «free trade» deals that are destructive to Canadian -LSB-...]

Federal decision makers should consider this imbalance as they debate proposed budget and policy changes that could significantly impact New York and other states.»

Topics included his recent public forum in Oswego, the healthcare debate in Washington, President Trump's proposed federal budget, his own political future, and much more.

The bill, which is likely to become a flash point in the debate over the federal debt, would raise $ 40 billion worth in additional revenue, according to estimates by the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation.

As the U.S. Senate was still debating the federal tax plan on Friday, Lembo said the final version will have an impact on the state budget.

Each year we sift through the President's budget, monitor ongoing Congressional debates, and keep an eye on longer - term budget trends to provide timely and objective information and perspectives on the federal R&D enterprise to policymakers and the science and engineering community.

The calving was barely noticed on Capitol Hill, which is distracted by a bitter health care debate, federal budget bills, and the controversy surrounding President Trump and Russia.

President Barack Obama, balancing his blueprint to recalibrate the nation's economy against a looming confrontation with Republicans over federal spending, will use the issue of education to help frame the budget debate.

As evidenced by recent politics around the federal budget, those in Washington, DC, are stuck in debates that involve math that is not well understood even by those who need to vote on policies based on it.

The bruising seven - month legislative war that ended with the passage of a compromise federal budget changed the terms of the debate on education spending and forced the education lobby to fight for the very survival of the programs it champions.

Lawmakers late Tuesday canceled planned debate in the Assembly on the state budget bill after delays in drafting amendments, but not before removing a plan to cut $ 37 million in federal money for the UW System for a statewide Internet provider.

It will take Congress months of negotiation and debate to get to an approved 2017 federal budget, and I'm hopeful that we'll get back to or near the original $ 1.65 billion authorized.

The Labor Day weekend is over but there's no sign that lawmakers are ready to deal on the budget impasse now two month old — but of more immediate concern to schools, there's evidence that $ 1.2 billion in federal jobs money might get caught up in the spending debate.

Q: During the debates about the Federal Budget deficit, there was a lot of talk about eliminating the mortgage interest deduction.

It's that time of year again when the trees begin to bloom, the heavy winter coats fade to the back of the closet, and there is sure to be an intense debate about federal, state, and city budgets.

HELENA — U.S. House candidates John Lewis and Ryan disagreed sharply over balancing the federal budget, the Affordable Care Act and global warming in a debate in Bozeman on Saturday night.

For example, while policy makers have been debating the value of forests and farmland as a sponge for some human - generated carbon dioxide, the budget for a federal program monitoring atmospheric carbon dioxide with instruments on aircraft and tall radio towers has remained at $ 1.4 million a year over the last nine years.

The «debate», if you want to call it that — though I suppose it was more civil than, say, the «debate» over health care reform — focused around two things: How much was to be cut from the federal budget, and which «riders» would the GOP be allowed to attach to it?

You can debate whether the spending levels or priorities in the budget are good or necessary, but you can't argue with the fact that the amount allocated to modernizing the federal court system attaches a very, very, very, very, very low priority to the stated goal of making a «A More Efficient Federal Court System&federal court system attaches a very, very, very, very, very low priority to the stated goal of making a «A More Efficient Federal Court System&Federal Court System».

The latest edition of the Medical Journal of Australia also has a timely special focus on Indigenous health, in the context of this ongoing debate and particularly given the cutbacks announced in the recent Federal Budget.