Sentences with phrase «federal influence in»

Although Jeff Duncan (R) does not issue many statements on student loans, his congressional record shows that he supported limiting federal influence in the past.

Judging by this voting history, he most likely supports the private market over federal influence in student aid.

The program ended when Congress failed to appropriate funds for its continuation in the 2015 federal spending bill.14 In some sectors, there is increased debate about whether federal funds for education are best allocated through formulas or competitive processes, with opponents of competitive grants citing a desire to reduce federal influence in favor of state and locally - driven education policies.

Conservatives complain it opens the door to federal influence in local schools.

Not exact matches

At the time of his termination, Comey had been leading a federal investigation into whether the president's campaign advisors had colluded with Moscow in order to influence last year's election.

Unfortunately for the current federal government, the power of the provinces today vastly exceeds their influence in Macdonald's day.

DN: I think the Federal Reserve policy is the single biggest overriding influence in the public markets today.

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.

Trump's support for an increased federal gas tax could influence the gas tax repeal effort in California.

Novo Nordisk also spent $ 3.2 million lobbying Congress and federal agencies in 2017, its biggest - ever investment in directly influencing U.S. policymakers, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Despite the President's federal agenda, California — which has the largest automobile market in the country — can set its own standards thanks to a waiver in the Clean Air Act, which grants the state considerable influence over the auto industry, the Times reports.

Because of how the Bank of Canada has incorporated federal fiscal projections in its forecasts, there's a risk markets might over-read any tension over rates and interpret the government «as having more influence on the governor than it would past Bank of Canada governors,» he said.

One way to gauge what the market expects in terms of short - term rates is to look at Fed Funds future contracts, which allow investors to place bets on what where the federal funds rate will be in the future (This long - term view can influence short - term rates).

In that case, monetary policy's ability to get in all the cracks of the financial system — to paraphrase former Federal Reserve Governor Jeremy Stein — would give it a more powerful influence on financial stabilityIn that case, monetary policy's ability to get in all the cracks of the financial system — to paraphrase former Federal Reserve Governor Jeremy Stein — would give it a more powerful influence on financial stabilityin all the cracks of the financial system — to paraphrase former Federal Reserve Governor Jeremy Stein — would give it a more powerful influence on financial stability.8

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.»

Cohn's exit is, in its way, normal: He passed his signature policy effort, he didn't get the promotion to Federal Reserve chair, he was losing influence internally, he was burnt out, and so he is leaving.

The expansion in the Federal Reserve's balance sheet during and after the financial crisis means that reserves are now abundant, and small adjustments in the quantity of reserves will not have much influence on overnight interest rates.

Influence of the value chain in the relationship between manufacturing investments and competitiveness: a longitudinal analysis Principal Investigator: Flávio Fogliatto, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Co-Investigator: Giovani da Silveira R$ 40,000

Nevertheless, while the post-1972 federal taxation system bears little resemblance to that advocated in the Carter report, the report's influence is reflected in the partial taxation of capital gains and changes in tax administration.

Even before news reports emerged in recent days about the potential misuse of Facebook data, federal regulators and Congress grappled with social media's growing influence on U.S. elections and the ways in which Russian operatives used the platforms to attempt to sow social unrest ahead of the 2016 presidential contest.

At least two complaints to the Federal Election Commission allege that the money was meant to influence the presidential election and therefore amounted to an illegal in - kind contribution to the Trump campaign.

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.

For that reason, MillerCoors will take its turn at Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan on Tuesday in a long line of disgruntled subjects of banking oligarchy.According to the major US brewery, the Federal Reserve ought to toughen oversight of big banks such as Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan due to their negative influence over commodities like aluminum for beer cans.

As all central banks meetings, the Federal Reserve's meetings are also causing a lot of turbulent movements in the market, whereby the USD is moving sharply during and after the meetings and also influences all other USD - related currencies to move as well.

The Federal Reserve's unconventional monetary policy has robbed it of the ability to influence interest rates as it has in the past.

Or, in Traversian: «The trend line from Pierre Trudeau to Stephen Harper has been steady: Influence over the amorphous, frustratingly horizontal federal machinery concentrates power in the Prime Minister's Office where issues that matter are managed with command - and - control authority.»

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.

Instead, it sets a target for the federal funds rate and engages in actions to influence the rate towards the target.

Market participants were wondering how the mostly stronger data could influence the Federal Reserve's interest rate trajectory this year, at a time when other central banks are not really in a hurry to tighten their policies.

But if the main bright spot in our economy is so dependent on the Federal Reserve, we should be wary of getting too giddy about a recovering housing market, and be aware that reversing central bank influence once the economy recovers may be more difficult than the Fed claims it will be.

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).

Jefferson was clearly saying that religious issues were in the various state's area of influence and control, not his as leader of the Federal Union.

If the influence of church groups is to make a contribution in relation to the federal mental health and alcoholism programs (in the U.S.), it will have to be expressed through ecumenical channels.

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.

Professor Noakes is an executive member of the Federal Government Food and Health Dialogue, which influences nutrition reformulation targets for manufactured foods in order to improve the nutritional quality of the Australian Food supply.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has already charged several college coaches in conjunction with a corruption scheme saying that those coaches, advisors and others lied and used their stature to influence high school recruits to sign with schools.

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.

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.

A given member of the U.S. House of Representatives or of the legislature of a state represents (in theory) only the people of their own district, giving the people of that district influence in federal or state - level decision making.

The Democrats went on to lose control of the chamber to the Republicans, and now they're in the crosshairs yet again after their former Finance Committee chairman, Sen. Carl Kruger, has been hit with federal corruption charges in a complaint that makes it clear he tried hard to influence key members of the conference — including «Senate Leader No. 1» — whoever that might be.

Bernie Sanders and his delegates used their influence to insert the following sentence in the Democratic Platform: «we encourage the federal government to remove marijuana from the list of «Schedule 1 ″ federal controlled substances and to appropriately regulate it, providing a reasoned pathway for future legalization.»

A federal grand jury in Manhattan Tuesday returned a 14 - count indictment of Joseph Percoco, a former top aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, and seven others on corruption charges in two wide - ranging bribery schemes to rig bids and wield influence on upstate development projects.

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.

Her most recent book, Deliberating Monetary Policy, seeks to examine the role and influence of deliberation in US monetary policy in two institutional settings — the decision making body itself (the Federal Open Market Committee) and the congressional oversight committees (House and Senate).

During the proceedings, according to court documents, Singh told a federal magistrate that, among other things, he provided a job to Linda Mangano «at the request of Ed Mangano and my purpose in hiring her was to influence Ed.»

But Thursday's federal charges against Sen. Carl Kruger and Assemblyman William Boyland, both Brooklyn Democrats, in an influence peddling case elicited more than the usual, «What, again?»

Abramoff and several associates have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud in an influence - peddling scandal and are cooperating with a federal corruption probe that has reached into the U.S. Congress.

Her proposal for a $ 25 billion federal paid leave program, part of the budget plan that President Trump will release Tuesday, is a reflection of Ms. Trump's influence in her father's inner circle.