Sentences with phrase «federal dollars try»

Why do christians spend so much time, energy and federal dollars try to convince atheists that «god» does exist?

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To get the province to give ground, Ottawa initially tried tying a billion - dollar federal loan guarantee for the Muskrat Falls hydro project to a change in the fish - processing rules.

The budget that President Donald Trump proposed Monday takes a hard whack at the poorest Americans, slashing billions of dollars from food stamps, public health insurance and federal housing vouchers, while trying to tilt the programs in more conservative directions.

Chapman has argued the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve have been trying to manage a gradual devaluation of the U.S. dollar.

Since the initiation of President Lyndon B Johnson's War on Poverty in 1964, the federal government has spent $ 22 trillion dollars trying to lift low - income Americans out of poverty.

Former Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson turned himself in to federal authorities Monday, after being accused in a nine - count indictment of embezzling nearly half a million dollars from mortgage foreclosure accounts, and then trying to cover it up.

Former New York state Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson turned himself in to federal authorities Monday, after being accused in a nine - count indictment of embezzling nearly half a million dollars from mortgage foreclosure accounts, and then trying to cover it up.

Nixon will likely be the beneficiary of small - dollar donations — something that has not really been tried at a statewide level in New York, where contribution limits are far higher than the federal cap.

Nothing surprising from a desperate campaign trying to save itself from his 20 - count federal indictment, including lying under oath, stealing from his workers, fraud, and failing to report over a million dollars in profit.»

When politics was about trying to get federal and state dollars, these guys fought as hard as anybody.

In the end, George Bush tried to split the difference with a partial ban that limited the kinds of embryonic stem cell research that could be paid for with federal dollars.

Peterson: Since John Dewey, school reformers have tried to customize education to the needs of each child, but each step towards customization has required a big step toward centralization (bigger schools, larger school districts, state certification for teachers, federal dollars and regulations, etc.) School systems are no longer embedded in the small politics of local communities and this has dramatically changed the way accountability works.

It's also why Colorado Senator Michael Bennet tried to strengthen the «comparability» provisions of the new ESSA law so districts would be required to spend equal dollar amounts on poor students before federal funds were added.

And federal dollars should flow in such a way (ideally in children's backpacks) that schools trying to turn around can control all their resources and kids headed for schools of choice get all the resources they're entitled to.

Millions of individual and business taxpayers owe billions of dollars in unpaid federal tax debts, and the IRS expends substantial resources trying to collect these debts.

Harper is also trying to claw back millions of dollars Ottawa gives the provinces for a contentious new federal jobs training scheme that's yet to be created, said Liberal MP John McCallum.

David has tried cases in numerous state and federal courts, trying matters ranging from small disagreements to large, multi-party disputes with millions of dollars in controversy.

Ms. Doolittle has tried a wide variety of complex disputes with tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in dispute in state and federal courts across the country, including misappropriation of trade secrets, trademark, antitrust, fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition and insurance coverage.

In the cases of Arizona, Indiana, and Texas, where legislatures and governors had tried to bar the federally approved provider from participating in state Medicaid, judges ruled that states simply can't do that and expect to receive federal dollars.