Sentences with phrase «federal influence over»

Randy Weber (R) supports stemming federal influence over anything he considers a state issue, and education, and thus higher education, falls under that description.

In using its Race to the Top grant program and waivers from No Child Left Behind to promote Common Core, the Obama administration has opened the door to increasing federal influence over what gets taught and tested in schools.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.»

However, despite its lack of influence over FHA mortgage rates, the Federal Housing Administration does affect the cost of carrying an FHA - backed loan.

Uncertainty over the direction the Federal Reserve might take on interest rates is also influencing investors to add to their short - term municipal bond exposure.

Controversy over the county's contracting procedures system erupted last year when former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) was charged in federal court with influencing the county to award a $ 12 million contract to a company that employed his son.

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.

The statement comes as Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is facing an investigation from federal prosecutors over potentially placing undue influence on an Arizona company that employed his son Adam.

That followed federal charges alleging he collected nearly $ 4 million in kickbacks over a decade for his influence on real - estate legislation and medical grants.

Immigration experts, however, say that governors have little influence over federal resettlement policy, though they can make conditions less welcoming for refugees in their states.

The federal complaint against Silver accuses him of mail fraud and the federal crime of theft of honest services, saying he engaged in a scheme since 2000 to use the power and influence of his official position to obtain for himself over $ 6 million, including $ 700,000 in bribes and kickbacks masked as legitimate income he earned as a private lawyer.

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.

ESSA also gave state leaders significantly more autonomy to set policy on other questions, such as teacher evaluation, diminishing the federal government's influence over state policy.

If the skeptics are right, Wood writes, Common Core «will damage the quality of K — 12 education for many students; strip parents and local communities of meaningful influence over school curricula; centralize a great deal of power in the hands of federal bureaucrats and private interests; push for the aggregation and use of large amounts of personal data on students without the consent of parents; usher in an era of even more abundant and more intrusive standardized testing; and absorb enormous sums of public funding that could be spent to better effect on other aspects of education.»

Philadelphia — Asserting that «these kids can't wait,» the federal judge who presided over a special - education case that influenced the development of the federal handicapped - students law charged last week that educators are failing to provide severely handicapped students with the one thing they most need: specially trained teachers.

Unveiled this month, the plan would potentially give the federal government far more influence over classroom practices that traditionally have been left to states, school districts, and individual teachers.

Rarely discussed is union influence over state and federal elections and over domestic policy, from fundamental issues such as taxation and health care to more esoteric ones, such as gay marriage and redistricting.

They acknowledged the legitimacy of state policy (even if they dislike the notion of federal mandates and bemoan inadequate state funding), and generally find that they are able to use policy to enlarge their own influence over the improvement of education in their settings.

Because ESSA reins in the federal government's influence over local decisions about academic standards and accountability, states and districts will have more power to decide how best to gauge student progress toward becoming well - rounded.

But if ESSA has reined in the federal government's influence over state and local educational decision making, then who will take the lead?

Americans are largely unaware that local school boards, as well as local superintendents and individual schools have been losing influence over education programs for some time to state and federal officials and other interests..

Fourth, it looks like the Common Core is a back - door way for the federal government to exert tremendous influence over education.

In a letter submitted to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, the senators state that the changes are clearly an example of federal influence, «if not direct control,» over standards.

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

Mortgage REITs benefited from loose monetary policy The Federal Reserves» monetary policy has had a huge influence on the popularity of mortgage REITs and the valuation of their securities over the last five years.

It has also cultivated employees of the federal government who have foundation experience and who have offered access to influence over policy and regulation, making EGA one of the free market's most dangerous unrecognized adversaries.

Senator Edwards stated «We are paying more for our power because of the influence of the renewable energy proponents over the Federal / State Labor governments and the Greens.»

The ALEC Academy, and subsequent lobbying from the oil - industry, demonstrates that TransCanada sees value in developing a list of states supportive of the project to influence the federal debate over KXL approval.

While these are just a few examples, talking to my customers reminds me of the federal government's significant influence over business, and that we may be feeling the shutdown's reverberations well down the road.

Other critics have argued that the concentration of patent litigation in a handful of districts gave the limited number of federal judges in those districts a disproportionate influence over the interpretation and development of patent law.

The appellate practice group is collectively responsible for over 100 significant published State and Federal precedents, favorably influencing our clients» business and professional interests.

The global selloff of stocks in February triggered by worries over a potential interest rate hike by the US Federal Reserve also influenced market reactions to recent events as well.

Their influence can be seen in the way that Indigenous policy has developed over the past 12 months, since the Federal Government announced its intention to abolish ATSIC.