Sentences with phrase «federal lawmakers up»

But plenty of (mostly old) people still don't like it, among them legions of sports fans, federal lawmakers up to President Donald Trump, and the country's top law enforcement officer in Sessions.

Not exact matches

Lawmakers left it up to federal bureaucrats to define what exactly «safer» means.

New York state last month passed a similar measure that makes it illegal to advertise apartments for fewer than 30 days in New York City, and lawmakers have pushed the federal government to take a closer look at Airbnb and other home - sharing sites on accusations of creating housing shortages and driving up rental costs.

Federal Reserve says things are looking up U.S. economic growth has strengthened in 2017, signaling the need for gradual interest rate hikes to ensure a continued recovery, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told lawmakers Wednesday.

One of the biggest changes came on Friday, when lawmakers agreed to a demand by Mr. Rubio to expand the child tax credit by allowing families who owe no federal income taxes to still claim up to $ 1,400 of the $ 2,000 child tax credit, up from $ 1,100 in the original version.

The conservative lawmaker who came up with the idea — after he'd been attacked for refusing to supplement the federal school - meal program — said last spring he feared creating an entitlement program.

Reed noted, of course, raising taxes to make up for the lost revenue from the federal government is an option but he doesn't believe state lawmakers would do that to constituents already facing a heavy burden.

What once was shaping up as bare - cupboard exercise in federal government cuts is now, relatively speaking, a cup - runneth - over cornucopia of spending that New York's lawmakers are hailing as a budgetary breakthrough.

It's up to lawmakers to pick their leader, Cuomo said, echoing similar statements he made earlier this year when former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was arrested in an unrelated federal corruption case.

While the race to challenge City Councilman Dan Halloran (R - Whitestone) was already crowded on the Democratic side, a member of his own party has stepped up for a spot on the ballot now that the lawmaker faces federal corruption charges.

The $ 168.3 billion budget passed by state lawmakers at the end of March includes changes to the tax codes issued «to help ease the pain of the new federal tax code for homeowners expecting to see their taxes go up,» according to CBS New York.

But the Christie robocall does help Hayworth shore up a potential trouble spot for her when it comes to the Democratic push that she would support turning back federal spending for disaster relief that isn't off set by cuts, a position of top Republican lawmaker Eric Cantor.

In the meantime, he says his office and federal prosecutors will continue to scrutinize lawmakers whose per diem payments and other travel expenses don't add up.

The pilot is for a five - year period, and after the third year, the federal education secretary will do a study to see how the states are doing and could then open it up to all states, according to federal lawmakers.

Still, Cuomo is rolling out the endorsements from federal lawmakers just as the budget season is expected to pick up this week with the conclusion of the mid-winter legislative session break.

The Legislature will not return to Albany this week despite Gov. David Paterson's call for lawmakers to come up with a plan for allocating $ 600 million in federal education aid passed by Congress last week.

This is as family members, relatives, friends, officials of federal and state governments, lawmakers, envoys among others have showing up at the private health facility to show concern.

The lawmakers said their resolutions, which were later conveyed to President Muhammadu Buhari by the leadership of the National Assembly, were «wake - up call» to the President and the Federal Government who «must» take urgent action on the crisis before it escalates.

Unidentified supporters set up a «Skelos Family Legal Defense Fund» in an effort to fight off federal corruption charges against the lawmaker and his son, Adam.

Esty said lawmakers were discussing setting up a permanent emergency fund that would available for projects like working on a Zika vaccine, though she was optimistic that Obama's funding request would be approved without being tied to a larger, partisan battle over the federal budget.

Two federal lawmakers who represent Western New Yorkers are praising the Florida high school students who have spoken up and demanded change following a mass shooting Feb. 14 in Parkland.

The Legislature will not return to Albany this week despite Gov. Paterson's call for lawmakers to come up with a plan for allocating $ 600 million in federal education aid passed by Congress last week.

«Even if the gun industry lobby and its allies in Washington continue to block federal progress on this issue as they have for so long,» said Kavanagh «I believe that New York lawmakers can and will step up.

He noted the fallout from the federal corruption convictions last month of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan), and said lawmakers up for re-election in November may find it hard to avoid adopting new ethics laws.

Federal lawmakers are considering allowing taxpayers to mix and match income, property and sales tax deductions up to $ 10,000, softening initial proposals that tried to eliminate state and local tax deductions completely.

ITHACA - At least one community in New York State isn't waiting for state and federal lawmakers to come up with a solution to prevent drug - related overdoses and overdose deaths.

Assessment is at the heart of education: Teachers and parents use test scores to gauge a student's academic strengths and weaknesses, communities rely on these scores to judge the quality of their educational system, and state and federal lawmakers use these same metrics to determine whether public schools are up to scratch.

Trimming the size of SEAs may appeal to fiscal hawks, but if federal requirements are not cut, too, then lawmakers may be setting a SEA up for failure and frustration.

Federal appropriations for programs that charters may not provide and gifts and grants specifically targeted toward traditional public schools that support innovative methods to boost student achievement could all be up for grabs by charter schools, if House lawmakers concur with the Senate's changes to H539.

During the next two weeks, while Congress is on spring break, PAA members will reach out to their Senators and Congressmen in their home offices to share our views, talk about the reforms needed to improve our children's schools, and open up a positive dialogue between lawmakers and parents, who have the most at stake in stronger, more effective federal education policies.

When lawmakers first introduced the Opportunity Scholarship legislation back in April 2013, the intent was to provide $ 90 million over two years to students who reside in households with incomes of up to 300 percent of the federal poverty level — that's $ 70,650 for a family of four.

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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.

Here we go again: Brokedown Congress is gearing up for its umpteenth game of fiscal chicken, as lawmakers have to craft not one, but likely three separate budget agreements over the next several months to keep the federal government from shuttering.

ear after Maryland lawmakers created the state's first private school voucher program, indications are that the state is gearing up for big changes to address low - performing schools as education officials work to draft a plan to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act.

And it could damage the fragile economic recovery... Federal lawmakers need to step up and continue funding for the agency.»

Federal Reserve says things are looking up U.S. economic growth has strengthened in 2017, signaling the need for gradual interest rate hikes to ensure a continued recovery, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen told lawmakers Wednesday.

Federal lawmakers and their staff employees make up more than 16,100 of the nearly 19,800 people who buy insurance on the exchange through employers in the District.

Florida's push for year - round daylight - saving time may have a difficult time in Congress, as U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio says federal lawmakers haven't lined up in any typical partisan fashion.

It would also be a bold signal by California to Washington that if federal lawmakers won't step up to the challenge of monitoring giant technology companies, California will take matters into its own hands.

In more tax - dollar doublespeak, Texas lawmakers had the state give up hundreds of millions in federal Medicaid funds when they kicked Planned Parenthood out of its public family planning program.