Sentences with phrase «first federal measure»

In Congress, he started the whole «defund» Planned Parenthood thing: He introduced the first federal measure to block patients from care at Planned Parenthood... and then introduced five more... and said he'd shut down the government over it.

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The Company's effective income tax rate and comparable effective income tax rate (a non-GAAP measure) from continuing operations for the first quarter of 2018 decreased to 29.5 % and 25.6 %, reflecting a lower federal tax rate related to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Reform).

How else could she argue, as she did in 2016, that Alberta would not support the federal government's pan-Canadian carbon price of $ 50 per tonne (in the year 2022) unless the federal government first approved an oil sands pipeline to tidewater, while also arguing that British Columbia's proposed oil spill safety measures contravene the federal government's clear jurisdiction over interprovincial pipelines?

The core PCE index, which is the Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation, rose 2.5 % in the first quarter.

Long also blasted the measure as a «political charade» that only boosts Cuomo's political standing by being the first state in the nation to pass gun control legislation, even before the federal government and Obama administration can do something on the issue.

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.

New York's first - in - the - nation response to the new federal tax package and its cap on the deductibility of state and local taxes is now law, but the impact of the measure remains uncertain, experts say.

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.

Gay rights advocates aligned with the former first lady attacked Pence's opposition to allowing gays and lesbians to serve in the military, and his votes against federal measures that extended hate crimes statutes to cover them.

In 2014 the agency released proposed guidelines that will subject the measures, for the first time, to federal oversight — including having to submit evidence of efficacy to it before the tests may be marketed.

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.

Although a number of states have banned reproductive cloning, the measure would put into place the first federal restriction.

The Federal Trade Commission measured statistics on medical identity theft for the first time in November 2007, finding approximately 250,000 victims in 2005.

I measure the kindergarten enrollment rate with the state kindergarten - to - first - grade enrollment ratio, calculated from the federal Common Core of Data and earlier published data.

The House Education and Labor Committee approved a measure last month that would bar students in their first year of postsecondary education from receiving federal supplemental loans, while the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee voted to delay disbursement of supplemental loans for 30 days after enrollment.

The 2003 - 04 school year saw the first widespread implementation of the new federal education law's chief accountability measures.

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

For the first time in the history of American public education, federal education policy set clear goals for improving student achievement in reading and mathematics, and finally focused attention on using data in measuring teacher quality.

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), a reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act or No Child Left Behind, represents the first time that federal education law specifically mentions this measure of attendance.

New regulations included federal measures to tighten mortgage insurance rules, expand stress tests, and improve tax fairness around capital gains exemptions as well as changes to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's securitization programs; B.C.'s new 15 % land transfer tax on foreign nationals in Metro Vancouver and introduction of the Home Owner Mortgage and Equity program to provide interest - free loans to first - time buyers, along with Vancouver's introduction of a tax on vacant homes; and Ontario's doubling of the land - transfer tax rebate for first - time buyers, combined with a tax increase on homes over $ 2,000,000.

EPA's Clean Power Plan outlines four building blocks, each of which represent a category of measures that states can use to meet the first - ever federal regulation for reducing carbon dioxide from existing power plants.

The proposed bill — which will now be considered by the full state senate — would establish a process for Kentucky farmers to begin growing hemp, but only if the federal government first passes a measure to remove the crop from a list of illegal drugs.

86 See Carl Tobias, Local Federal Civil Procedure for the Twenty - First Century, 77 Notre Dame L. Rev. 533, 533 (2002)(noting that «[l] awyers and parties face, and federal judges apply, a bewildering panorama of requirements,» including «[a] stunning array of local measures — including local rules; general, special, and scheduling orders; [and] individual - judge practices&rFederal Civil Procedure for the Twenty - First Century, 77 Notre Dame L. Rev. 533, 533 (2002)(noting that «[l] awyers and parties face, and federal judges apply, a bewildering panorama of requirements,» including «[a] stunning array of local measures — including local rules; general, special, and scheduling orders; [and] individual - judge practices&rfederal judges apply, a bewildering panorama of requirements,» including «[a] stunning array of local measures — including local rules; general, special, and scheduling orders; [and] individual - judge practices»).

The first is how the federal courts dealt with national disasters in 2017 (introductory comments in some of the Wechat versions mention that China has only scattered legislative provisions related to emergency measures for the courts).

First, while your average private sector resume is limited to two pages (many HR professionals and recruiters have openly admitted to tossing those that are three pages or longer), the federal resume is measured by character limits per section and not overall document length.

• First - hand experience in collecting and summarizing timekeeping information to ensure correct payroll processing activities • Track record of accurately calculating garnishments and commissions and efficiently posting them to payroll systems • Competent at handling sophisticated payroll systems and databases by following state and federal rules and regulations • Proficient in calculating and depositing payroll taxes and processing employment verifications to ensure accurate payroll procedures • Adept at maintaining payroll information by collecting, calculating and entering payroll data into predefined company systems • Competent in determining payroll discrepancies and taking effective measures to ensure that they are corrected before they have an adverse effect on the system • Qualified to prepare payroll reports by compiling summaries of earnings, taxes, deductions and nontaxable wages • Effectively able to update payroll information by recording changes such as insurance coverage, loan payments and salary increases • Proven ability to address employees» pay - related concerns and queries by remaining within the confines of company protocols • Hands - on experience in developing, maintaining and managing comprehensive payroll records by ensuring that both confidentiality and security of information is maintained

The QFREB says the creation of a tax credit for the purchase of a first home would be like the tax measure implemented by the federal government as part of Canada's Economic Action Plan of 2009.

According to the Federal Reserve Board's first quarter of 2016 release of its Financial Accounts of the United States report, household holdings of real estate, measured on a not seasonally adjusted basis, totaled $ 22.524 trillion in the first quarter of 2016, $ 1.140 trillion higher than its level in the first quarter of 2015, $ 21.113 trillion.