Sentences with phrase «federal spending measures»

For 2018, the bank is expecting growth of two per cent, a projection that does not account for the potential impact of federal spending measures.

Not exact matches

The senators originally promised to include the measures in a year - end spending bill, but because Congress is only working to pass a short - term extension of federal government funding this week, Collins and Alexander say they will include the bills in an omnibus bill in January.

Democrats complained that the Republicans had loaded up the measure with «poison pills» including a ban on federal spending for Planned Parenthood.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. President Donald Trump's push for a major military buildup suffered a setback on Thursday when the House of Representatives put plans on hold to fully fund the federal government through next Sept. 30 and instead resorted to temporary measures freezing spending at current levels.

A short - term spending measure in the House and a budget pact evolving in the Senate make it less likely the federal government will shut down Thursday night.

The federal reimbursement for free meals is one measure of how much is intended to be spent on producing a reimbursable meal.

SOF spending is a measure of cash disbursement for operations and debt service supported by State revenues; it excludes capital investments and spending supported by federal aid.

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to Western New York on Thursday to discuss new measures to fight the opioid crisis, but he spent most of the first 10 minutes of his press conference talking about the president's federal tax plan.

State Operating Funds (SOF) spending is a measure of cash disbursement for operations and debt service supported by State revenues; it excludes capital investments and spending supported by federal aid.

But it did provide talking points for House Republican leaders who need conservatives support to pass the measure: lower deficits, reduced federal spending and tax cuts.

Using a current - law baseline measure, the state budget gap for fiscal 2018 - 19 alone was last projected by DOB at $ 4 billion, a figure the governor himself began citing recently (without further explanation) in his recent warnings about the implications of federal health care spending cuts.

In a setback to President Barack Obama's health care law, a federal judge ruled that the administration is unconstitutionally spending federal money to fund the measure without approval from Congress.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo came to Western New York on Thursday to discuss new measures to fight the opioid crisis, but he spent most of the first 10 minutes of his press conference talking about the president's federal tax plan.

The three - day federal government shutdown has ended and a temporary spending measure funds federal agencies through February 8.

The spending measure, which requires legislative approval, also includes $ 1.1 billion in new school spending; $ 2.5 billion for water quality and water and sewer upgrades; expanded child care tax credits; and new powers for Cuomo, a Democrat, to adjust state spending in the face of federal spending cuts.

• Much of the federal government officially shut down early Saturday morning after Senate Democrats, showing remarkable solidarity in the face of a clear political danger, blocked consideration of a stopgap spending measure to keep the government operating.

It used to be that the success of a member of Congress could be measured by how much federal money he or she brought home to their district through earmarks, the spending on pet projects that some have labeled as pork.

The measure would curb unlimited campaign spending by giving Congress the authority to regulate raising and spending limits for federal elections.

New York (CNNMoney.com)- Congressional budget scorekeepers said that a grab - bag bill of spending and tax measures to be taken up this week would increase federal deficits by $ 134 billion over a decade.

There is also a nascent movement, fueled by both the congress and the administration, to improve how the impacts of federal spending are measured in an effort to guide R&D investments.

The measure could boost federal spending for science research, but tough decisions about how to divvy it up are still to come.

In its Pledge to America, the incoming Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has vowed to cut federal spending to the levels it stood at before President Barack Obama's economic stimulus measures and the bank bailout.

After the Senate's failure to pass a short - term spending measure late Friday triggered the first government shutdown since October 2013, Holt outlined the implications on federal research and development spending.

The Senate's failure to pass a new stopgap spending measure late Friday triggered a partial government shutdown — the first since October 2013, beginning the shuttering of «non-essential» agencies throughout the government, furloughing federal workers and closing federal facilities.

Congress» failure to reach an agreement on a stopgap spending measure before a midnight deadline marks another setback for the nation's scientific enterprise, interrupting activities of the nation's federal health, science and space agencies, according to a statement by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

In its «pledge to America ``, the incoming Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has vowed to cut federal spending to the levels it stood at before President Barack Obama's economic stimulus measures and the bank bailout.

House Democrats gathered on Capitol Hill last week to outline their «Strengthen Our Schools» agenda, with an emphasis on teacher - quality measures, expanded access to preschool, and far higher spending on some federal programs.

Washington — House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill last week sharply criticized a Senate - passed deficit - reduction measure that could drastically reduce federal education spending.

The 203 - to - 206 vote was on final passage of a second continuing resolution, a temporary spending bill to provide funds for federal agencies not covered under regular appropriations measures.

and Senate Appropriations Committee chairman Ted Stevens (R - Alaska) ultimately rolled the District measure into a catchall federal spending bill and defied Democrats to risk a government shutdown.

In the 2007 — 08 election cycle, total spending on state and federal campaigns, political parties, and ballot measures exceeded $ 5.8 billion.

Though it's not a spending measure, the Every Student Succeeds Act contains important new fiscal elements that could be affected by the federal budget debates in Washington.

The controversial federal Reading First program would be eliminated under a fiscal 2009 spending measure approved unanimously today by a House Appropriations subcommittee.

According to the account, the Republicans believe «the [Dept. of Education] is trying to reassert federal control by exceeding its authority with a rule that would require state and local spending in low - income schools receiving Title I funds to be equal or greater than non-Title I schools... and force schools to include teacher salaries when measuring spending between Title I and non-Title I schools...» At the same time, the story notes that «King is facing pressure from civil rights groups who want to ensure the new education law does not deprive low - income students of equal funding.»

The NEA, which has an annual budget of $ 371 million, spent more than $ 56.3 million in the 2007 - 2008 election cycle on state and federal campaigns, political parties, and ballot measures, $ 12.5 million ahead of the second - place group.

NSBA urges the opposition of the Spending Reduction Act of 2012 (H.R. 6684), as this bill and other similar measures would significantly undermine key federal investments on education.

The Office of Community Services (OCS) has spent the last year analyzing the progress on the federal accountability measures data as a part of the Community

Continuing this practice, while also reducing total ECS spending (compared to FY 2017 levels) in FYs 2018 and 2019, puts Connecticut at further risk of violating its federal maintenance of support (MOS) requirement, which is the primary fiscal measure by which states are judged to be eligible for federal funding under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Most FY12 federal education spending will be frozen at FY11 levels under a measure approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee on a party - line vote of 16 — 14.

There is demonstrated support for an annual report card on how each school spends local, state and federal funding and what progress it has made on measures of student academic achievement.

While a projected 25 % reduction in the budget deficit for fiscal 2010 - 11 may have given the federal government «wiggle room» to undertake new spending measures beneficial to families and individuals, investors were not so lucky.

Although I favor a small and efficient government, I do not think that it entails such extreme measures w / r / t federal spending.

They pointed to a measure included in a $ 1.3 trillion spending package that Congress passed early Friday — one that would incentivize state and federal authorities to report more data to the country's gun background check system.

A massive dose of fiscal stimulus measures, including both deficit - financed tax cuts and federal government spending increases, has just begun to hit the economy.»