Sentences with phrase «federal level do»

Normally, prosecutions at the federal level do not preclude prosecutions at the state level.

«At the federal level we do have some levers but we don't have all; it's a shared responsibility with both the provinces and the municipalities — levels of government who also have regulatory and taxation levers that impact this market.»

For example, most statutes at both the state and federal level do not separately define or regulate hard cider, choosing instead to lump it in either with wine or beer.

As CT previously reported, religious liberty protections at the federal level do not end clashes at the state and local levels over accommodations (think: wedding vendors and bathroom bills).

While it's still unclear if Session's views will translate into changes in policy or enforcement, this attitude shift at the federal level doesn't align with public opinion on the issue.

The near - government shutdown at the federal level didn't do anything to improve the standing of Sens. Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer in New Yorkers» eyes.

Just because President Obama's controversial and costly Clean Power Plan is dead at the federal level doesn't mean Colorado ratepayers are out of financial danger.

by Amy Cooke, Independence Institute EVP and E&E Legal Senior Policy Fellow As Appearing in The Hill Just because President Obama's controversial and costly Clean Power Plan is dead at the federal level doesn't mean Colorado ratepayers are out of financial danger.

It is important to understand that just because your case is tried at the federal level does not mean that you can not also be tried at the state level (and vice versa).

Not exact matches

But perhaps devolving most existing federal power to the state level will end up being the most mutually acceptable path forward for both conservatives and liberals who don't want to be dictated to by people who don't share their values.

And certain things are better done on the federal level than at the state level: national defense, a monetary system, interstate commerce (including highways and aviation), the National Park System, and international diplomacy.

The federal government does not intervene with legalized marijuana at the state level under the guidance of the Cole Memo written in 2013 by then Deputy Attorney General James Cole.

«Give that money down to the local area, and not do it at the federal level.»

In Vermont, where the minimum wage is currently $ 8.60 and has been above the federal level and indexed to inflation since 2007, small business owners don't think much about the annual wage increases anymore, says Betsy Bishop, president of the Vermont Chamber of Commerce.

Under a continuing resolution passed last week in place of actual federal spending bills, Pentagon budgets are capped at 2015 levels, severely limiting the service branches» ability to start new programs or even shutdown programs they don't need anymore.

After Trump won the presidency, Nicole Hockley, another founder of Sandy Hook Promise, said that the group would continue its efforts at the state and local level - and argued that, no matter who is in the White House, «I still don't think our country is ready yet for federal change.»

The government using legislation to force business owners to do something that violates their religion, is one thing, and that, on my understanding, is what the Federal RFRA and various other state - level RFRA's are intended to limit.

That's likely part of the reason that enrollment dropped, as Americans making more than 400 % of the Federal Poverty Level (about $ 48,000 for an individual or $ 98,000 for a family of four) wouldn't be shielded from those rising premiums because they don't qualify for federal subsidies that lower - income citizFederal Poverty Level (about $ 48,000 for an individual or $ 98,000 for a family of four) wouldn't be shielded from those rising premiums because they don't qualify for federal subsidies that lower - income citizfederal subsidies that lower - income citizens do.

JOSH MORE: I don't think the federal level is the right place to run that experiment.

In fact, the P3 approach does nothing to solve the fundamental infrastructure funding challenge faced by governments at the local, state, and federal levels.

Another area of concern, she said, «I think we still don't have good pay yet for maternity leave at the federal level.»

What I would like to do today is to explain in some detail the logic underlying this expectation that economic conditions will warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for an extended period.

If you did this, the level of federal debt could be cut by almost $ 40 billion.

However, with the Federal Reserve doing its level best to create inflation, you can be sure it will continue.

The Chart Below Spectacularly Illustrates The Total Asset Levels + Growth of The Federal Reserve, ECB + The Bank of Japan Balance Sheets... And Note... This Does Not Even Include China [which frequently stimulates its economy via enormous liquidity injections].

Bossert and Capitol Hill aides declined to estimate the level of federal aid Congress might ultimately have to provide for Harvey relief, but they did not discount the possibility that it would outstrip the $ 120 billion that was appropriated to help rebuild after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005.

States tend to allow fewer deductions and credits than the federal government does, but especially in states with state - level Earned Income Tax Credits, eliminating deductions and credits outright (perhaps except for a standard exemption, but even that could be hard to implement) would be a significant change, and potentially a tax hike on poor families.

With these kinds of benefits on the table, political leaders at both the federal and provincial levels ought to be making CETA a «must do» in their policy platforms.

Carson's proposals, and other initiatives aimed at low - income Americans receiving federal assistance, amount to a comprehensive effort by the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress to restrict access to the safety net and reduce the levels of assistance for those who do qualify.

How the collapse of oil prices is impacting the Canadian economy, and what policy makers at the federal and provincial level should do to ease the pain

Estimated taxes (quarterly): We aren't at Scrooge McDuck levels of wealth, but we do well enough to require quarterly prepayments of estimated federal and state taxes.

Have a look at debtclock.ca for the level of federal debt through the forties to the mid-seventies; see the spike in the curve at that point to a high level that has been maintained ever since How do you explain that, Mr. Morneau?

If this means that the Government of Canada is just to transfer money without conditions to provinces, that does not help matters much at all, because for any given level of federal spending there will still be debilitating tax competition between the provinces.

also «Is that NOT what Harper is trying to do at the federal level?»

Is that now what Harper is trying to do at the Federal level?

Provinces do not have a seat at the negotiating table, however, and the trade - offs that are made to clinch deals are, in the final analysis, made at the federal level.

We don't have good data at the federal level, but in Quebec these more detailed comparisons are actually studied.

Bond income, in contrast, is deducted from corporate revenues as interest expense, and therefore does not get taxed by the federal government at the corporate level.

The deduction also advantages homebuyers over renters since renters don't have a similar deduction at the federal level.

In general, based on the 2003 interview, it doesn't look like Santorum knows how to talk or think about this issue very well; he doesn't, for example, appear to know how to distinguish the three levels of the right to privacy debate: a) the natural rights level, b) the Constitutional level, and c) the plain - old law level, state and federal.

The White House has said that it does not plan on seeking a federal ban on conversion or «reparative» therapy, but, according to The New York Times, the President will «throw his support behind the efforts to ban the practice at the state level»...

@ED, In many financial jobs the reasons for what you can and get you can and can't do is because there are federal regulations to avoid impropriety and high dollar scams (I'm not in any way saying you would do this, it tend so happen at really high individual levels), and the lawyers make strict company policies to make sure there isn't even an appearance of impropriety.

To the contrary, any constitutional provision does what Amendment 2 did — it removes from some groups the capacity to alter the law except at the state or federal level.

He's asked me to complain to higher - ups, whether locally or at the federal level, but I haven't figured out yet how to do so.

One of the difficult elements of the wine trade is that many of the highest credentials don't require a college degree and do not conform to educational standards outlined at the local, state, and federal levels.

Did you know that there are no federal standards limiting the amount of arsenic and lead levels in juice?

It could do so by requiring school districts that charge lower prices to increase prices gradually so that, when combined with the federal subsidy provided for such meals, they eventually at least equal the federal reimbursement level for free meals.

These countries are among the few worldwide that don't offer paid maternity leave at the federal level for new mothers.

Chris: I think, in essence, that's what the HHFKA is doing on a federal level — telling schools and kids that we're getting out of the business of selling junk.

Federal officials don't track how many people in the U.S. have been harmed, but a recent government study estimated 410,000 babies are born each year at risk for mercury poisoning because of high levels in their mothers» bodies.