Sentences with phrase «federal influence by»

In 2013, he helped keep interest rates low while skimming down federal influence by voting in favor of the Bipartisan Student Loan Certainty Act.

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Powell said individual Fed members will be crafting new projections at the central bank's meeting in March, which would be influenced by federal government's ambitious fiscal policies including tax cuts.

That rate changes as the Federal Reserve influences the Federal Funds Rate (the Wall Street Journal publishes this rate by polling the major banks — more info can be found here).

Before 2008, bank reserves were scarce, and the Federal Reserve influenced overnight interest rates by making small adjustments in the supply of reserves.

According to Trevor Potter, a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission who also appeared on 60 Minutes, the money may very well constitute «a coordinated, illegal, «in - kind» contribution by Cohen for the purpose of influencing the election.»

Moreover, this latest action from the Swiss regulator may have been influenced by the recent visit of Johann Schneider - Ammann, Swiss federal councilor and head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, to Zug valley, which is an international blockchain and cryptocurrency developmefederal councilor and head of the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, to Zug valley, which is an international blockchain and cryptocurrency developmeFederal Department of Economic Affairs, to Zug valley, which is an international blockchain and cryptocurrency development hub.

The Fed has a dual mandate to maximize employment and stabilize inflation, which it tries to achieve primarily by pushing up or down the federal funds rate, the benchmark short - term financing cost for banks that influences a wide range of borrowing rates for households and businesses.

Consequently, the Fed can no longer target the effective federal funds rate, and influence other short - term interest rates, just by making modest changes to the stock of bank reserves.

Specifically, by altering the supply of bank reserves, the Fed could influence the federal funds rate — the rate banks paid other banks to borrow reserves overnight — and so keep that rate on target.

Influenced by the weakness in financial markets and indicators such as «financial conditions», the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC) postponed a widely anticipated interest rate hike in March.

So it was simply called a different name, «the Federal Reserve», and the most powerful bankers in the world (JP Morgan and others) also guaranteed its approval by using their influence to create mass hysteria.

McCoy suggests that Whitehead, too, may have been shaped by biblical ways of thinking: «Indeed, it is highly probable that the process philosophies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries emerged from contexts influenced by the covenantal or federal tradition and thus are in part intellectual progeny of covenantal theology and ethics» (CCE 360).

Builders, based in Aledo, Texas, whose expressed goal is «to exert a positive influence in government, education, and the family by 1) educating the nation concerning the Godly foundation of our country; 2) providing information to federal, state and local officials as they develop public policies which reflect Biblical values; and 3) encouraging Christians to get involved in the civic arena.

The federal government reports that 38 percent of teens are most influenced by parents when it comes to making decisions about sex.

It seems to me that the most promising mechanisms for real change are at the federal level, by influencing Congress at it considers the reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act, and at the most local of levels — the individual school — where parents and sympathetic principals can work together to, for example, eliminate treats in the classroom or the sale of objectionable a la carte foods.

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Extraneous influences Malami, however, said in tackling the corruption cases, the Federal Government would not be assuaged by what he called «extraneous influences» or action by available prima facie evidence.

Titles like the Ooni of Ife, Aareonokankafo of Yorubaland, Deji of Akure, Bobagunwa ilu Egba, and Alaafin of Oyo bring a great deal of respect, influence, and power in certain Nigerian communities.6 According to Nigerian scholar Ali Yahaya (2005: 242), traditional authorities «exercise considerable influence and are consulted by the federal, state, and local governments.»

Bharara was fired by President Donald Trump last year, but his wish is about to come true: The high - profile trial of Percoco and three co-defendants on charges that Percoco was bribed to exercise influence on behalf of a power company and Syracuse developers starts Monday in a federal court in Manhattan.

Perhaps best known for advocating that the nation guard against the potential influence of the military — industrial complex, a term he is credited with coining, the speech also expressed concerns about planning for the future and the dangers of massive spending, especially deficit spending, the prospect of the domination of science through Federal funding and, conversely, the domination of science - based public policy by what he called a «scientific - technological elite».

Unfortunately, the dynamics of representing the interests of the people of Syracuse at the county, state and federal level are influenced by long - standing political feuds and personal dynamics, often at the expense of our city.

Dutchess County Legislature Assistant Majority Leader Donna Bolner said, «With more than 70 % of the county budget mandated by the state and federal government, we must continue to be prudent and wise with the remaining 30 % of the budget that we have direct influence over.

Whether Skelos can effectively negotiate on behalf of the conference — especially when it comes to issues such as rent control, which Skelos is accused of placing undue influence on in 2011 by the federal complaint — remains an open question for Democratic lawmakers.

A federal investigation into corruption in Suffolk County law enforcement has expanded, as the Justice Department examines at least a half - dozen cases to determine whether political considerations influenced decisions made by the local district attorney's office.

Late last year, federal prosecutors said they may introduce evidence at trial to show that Percoco «threatened at least four New York State employees... who were considering leaving their current jobs or State service entirely, by claiming that [he] would use his extensive influence... prevent them from finding future employment.»

This ombudsman firmly believes that this example of our newspaper working in a BI-PARTISAN way with our County, State and Federal Governments, as well as with our President, will better help our readers to understand how an INDEPENDENT PRESS may influence important decisions made by our government at all levels!

After a federal indictment charged state Sen. Dean Skelos and his son with improperly influencing the county's awarding of a $ 12 million wastewater treatment contract, Singas responded by reviewing Nassau's entire contracting process.

Brooklyn federal prosecutors say that Meng promised to use his influence quash the tax fraud probe by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office for an acquaintance, but in reality only intended to bilk the businessman out of money and pocket it for himself.

The case against the Manganos and Venditto is the latest to go to trial following federal investigations into influence - peddling by officials.

«We will respond aggressively to those who overstep those bounds and seek to influence the making of Federal policies and legislation by making threats to the lives of those entrusted with such tasks and their families.»

According to King, Donovan starts out conversations by promising that he'll never embarrass the party — a reference to previous Republican occupants of the seat including Grimm, who pleaded guilty to federal tax fraud in January, and Vito Fossella, who was discovered to have a second family in Virginia after he was arrested for driving under the influence.

In this piece by JESUSEGUN ALAGBE, political pundits weigh the influence of the federal might in the upcoming Ekiti governorship elections as some key actors in President Muhammadu Buhari's administration join the race

A federal investigation into corruption in Suffolk County, N.Y., law enforcement has expanded, as the Justice Department examines at least a half - dozen cases to determine whether political considerations influenced decisions made by the Suffolk district attorney's office, according to two people in law enforcement and three who have been questioned by the Justice Department.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Former state Senate majority leader Dean Skelos and Adam Skelos today were found guilty by a federal jury in Manhattan on eight counts charging the once - powerful lawmaker used his political influence to force businesses to hire the son.

Howe, 57, a cooperating witness on his first day on the stand in Manhattan federal court, laid out how he came to be the linchpin of an alleged scheme by two clients to pay more than $ 300,000 in bribes to Percoco — referred to by them in code as «zitti» — to buy influence for an energy company and a Syracuse developer.

The bill passed by the Senate includes anti-nepotism provisions, today: · Prohibits gifts from lobbyists and their clients of more than nominal value, including travel, lodging and other expenses, and broaden the types of lobbying activities that lobbyists must disclose; · Prohibits elected government officials and candidates for elected local, state or federal office from appearing in taxpayer - funded advertisements; · Closes the «revolving door» loophole by prohibiting former legislative employees from directly lobbying the Legislature for two years, and expands the revolving door restrictions for Executive Chamber employees to preclude appearances before any state agency; · Prohibits non-legislative employees from using their authority or influence to «compel or induce» any other employee to make political contributions; · Prohibits state employees from participating in any personnel decision or contracting matter concerning a relative.

«And this is why I appealed directly to the inspectors general of both the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission so that they could review all the steps of the permitting process that were possibly tainted by the undue influence from a top - ranking person in the governor's office.»

«With ongoing federal investigations into potential ethics violations by several state lawmakers, this report highlights that there are many legal channels through which special interests exert their influence in Sacramento,» Kathay Feng, executive director of CA Common Cause, said in a press release.

One of the important functions of our county legislature is to be a voice of Ulster County residents and the legislature itself by passing resolutions that can influence our state government or the federal government on issues that concern Ulster County.

The repeated and diverse efforts by Senator Skelos, a Long Island Republican, to use what prosecutors said was his political influence to find work, or at least income, for his son could send both men to federal prison.

Maffei, the former Democratic congressman from DeWitt, received support from 46 percent of likely voters compared to 44 percent for Buerkle, R - Onondaga Hill, according to the poll commissioned by Friends of Democracy, a nonpartisan Super PAC that is trying to fight the influence of money in federal campaigns.

Last year, for instance, a team led by federal scientists found that a mysterious drop in ocean level beginning in 2010 likely resulted from a combination of three temporary climate influences, including La Niña, that spawned heavy rain over Australia.

Representing the Endocrine Society, our members strive to influence public policy related to research and clinical endocrinology issues by testifying before the United States Congress, Federal agencies, and other legislative and deliberative bodies.

Another report by Kearns found that sugar industry advocacy groups influenced federal cavity prevention recommendations through strategies like getting sugar experts on federal panels concerning tooth decay.

There's the ongoing special - counsel investigation into whether the Trump campaign aided a Russian campaign to aid Trump's candidacy and defeat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton; there's the associated inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, whom he had asked not to investigate his former national - security adviser; there are the president's hush - money payments to women with whom he allegedly had extramarital affairs, made through his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and facilitated by corporate cash paid to influence the White House; there is his ongoing effort to interfere with the Russia inquiry and politicize federal law enforcement; there are the foreign governments that seem to be utilizing the president's properties as vehicles for influencing administration policy; there's the emerging evidence that Trump campaign officials sought aid not only from Russia, but from other foreign countries, which may have affected Trump's foreign policy; there are the ongoing revelations of the president's Cabinet officials» misusing taxpayer funds; there is the accumulating evidence that administration decisions are made at the behest of private industry, in particular those in which Republican donors have significant interests.

The malady, titled, chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), is widely criticized by the NFL which uses its tremendous influence to ride Omalu out of Pennsylvania (he settles in California) while Wecht is arrested by federal agents and charged with 87 counts of fraud, misappropriation of funds and other crimes.

That action, on April 11, 1965, was a watershed in the evolution of the federal role in American schooling, a turning point both in sheer dollars — by some estimates, federal K - 12 spending tripled between 1964 and 1966 — and influence on districts nationwide.

Federal involvement in education has trended up consistently, aided and abetted by conservatives who might have been expected to prefer local or state or family control of education decisions but instead expanded federal influences that favored their policy preferences, e.g., No Child Left Federal involvement in education has trended up consistently, aided and abetted by conservatives who might have been expected to prefer local or state or family control of education decisions but instead expanded federal influences that favored their policy preferences, e.g., No Child Left federal influences that favored their policy preferences, e.g., No Child Left Behind.

Alexander indicated that he was strongly influenced by the recommendation made at a hearing last week by Professor Marty West of Harvard University that the federal government continue to require annual tests but that it leave the design of accountability systems up to the states.

On April 16, Grassley was joined by seven other GOP senators (including major presidential contenders Ted Cruz and Rand Paul), who signed a letter calling on their colleagues to stop funding the implementation of Common Core, which, they point out, appears to violate federal laws that explicitly forbid the Education Department to influence curriculum or assemble a national database.