Sentences with phrase «focus on the spending plan»

Instead, Stewart - Cousins said she is focused on the spending plan and then a Democratic victory in an important state Senate race in Westchester County on April 24.

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Jean - Francois Perrault, chief economist for Scotiabank, said the government's plans to focus new spending in the budget on important, long - term goals to address inequality also raise the question of whether it still has room to navigate rough economic waters in the future.

May, however, insisted that the spending plans should focus more on working - class voters who feel they have been left behind by globalisation, and who voted in large numbers to leave the European Union in June.

Co-founder Daniel Ek told investors that the company was focused on transparency and that his plan for the future focused on: upgrading free users to premium subscribers, reaching scale on many platforms (especially smartphones, speakers and cars), and personalized data from users, who spend about 49 minutes a day on the platform on average.

Instead of spending your time creating an elaborate business plan or relying on a focus group, entrepreneurs need to continuously test their business ideas and be willing to adapt quickly in order to stay competitive.

Ford announced the car's passing this week as part of major restructuring plan aimed at focusing capital spending on more popular SUVs and technology needed to morph Ford into a mobility company.

Time management programs focus almost entirely on how to plan and exercise control over the minutes, hours, and days you spend on specific tasks or activities.

Focusing on your qualified retirement plan may not seem like the obvious place to spend your time in business, but it can be quite valuable to you and even to your employees.

Husky upped its capital - expenditure plan to $ 4.6 billion in 2011 (raising it modestly in subsequent years; at $ 4.8 billion for 2013) and focused 50 % of its upstream spending on those three segments.

Instead, the struggling device maker will spend the year focusing on Android - powered devices, with plans to release one — possibly two — powered by Google's (goog) Android.

It seems like much of the retirement planning advice out there focuses on distribution rates, the percentage of income to replace, asset allocation changes or a determination of how much risk is suitable for a retiree's portfolio without ever considering actual living expenses or spending needs.

This is a bit surprising given President Trump's focus on stimulating the economy via a large infrastructure spending plan.

The NDP need to present a more defined budget plan, but it should not just focus on spending.

Instead, they focus on tracking their money using various sorts of spending plans versus strict budgets.

And believe it or not, the trip coincides perfectly with the womanhood project, as I plan to spend the month of July focusing on justice.

i also plan on focusing on spending my time with our immediate family.

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

I did my best to enjoy being pampered (the chair massage might have been my favorite part of the whole ordeal) but I'll admit I spent most of the time focused on the sleeping baby next to me and planning what I'd do if she ended up getting fussy.

I spent a lot of time focusing on the good and telling myself it would go as planned.

So, once I started following the plan in March, I knew roughly how many days to spend on each step of the process as well as what to focus on first (namely schedule changes, sleep associations and bedtime) and last (think extending the nighttime feeding gaps).

Clear your schedule and plan to spend an entire long weekend — all three days — focused on potty training.

While counselors might have to spend a lot of time focusing on individual education plans, testing, and other educational issues, school personnel should also be available to talk with children about emotional issues that affect their performance and demeanor at school.

We need to shift now to a balanced plan — focusing on rising living standards and growth, maintaining a commitment to reduce deficits and spending, and making sure the burden is fairly shared.

At the last Spending Review, George Osborne attacked those who urged a more balanced plan and a greater focus on supporting economic growth, saying this alternative course:

Skelos maintained during the budget season that focus should remain on passing a spending plan.

His rationale for a good part of the spending plan focused on combating the new federal tax legislation.

At 9:30 a.m., the seventh of 13 scheduled joint legislative budget hearings will be held, focusing on the tax portion of the governor's 2017 - 18 spending plan, Hearing Room B, LOB, 198 State St., Albany.

That advantage grows with the inclusion of House Majority PAC — a super PAC solely focused on helping House Democrats — that plans to spend $ 20 million by Election Day.

While Nixon has largely focused on New York City - centric issues since declaring her campaign three weeks ago, she said she planned on spending more time upstate in the coming days.

It warned: «To preserve the United Kingdom's strong fiscal credibility, any changes in spending should be part of a multi-year plan focused on further reducing the country's large structural fiscal deficit when the economy is stronger.»

It is committed to spending $ 1.25 million on the effort and plans to focus on person - to - person organizing on the ground in both states.

Behind it must be a plan that focuses on growth, that has the answers on debt interest (higher as a proportion of GDP under Thatcher), that explains as John Denham did last night why we spent money — that we spent to protect jobs, houses and families.

Fred Floss, director of the union - backed think tank Fiscal Policy Institute, says Cuomo's plan to focus on property and business tax cuts, along with a commitment to continue to hold spending to less than two percent a year, would result in what his group calls a decade of austerity that could harm infrastructure and economic growth.

He wants to limit state spending to available resources, address unfunded pension costs, focus on paying for core services and reform the budgeting process by not waiting until the final days to pass a new tax - and - spending plan.

Mark Littlewood, Director General at the Institute of Economic Affairs, focused on the big picture and the fact that Britain is becoming a high debt nation: «The Chancellor has basically stuck to his spending plans, but not to his deficit plans.

Joint legislative budget hearings continue, with today's focus on the mental health portion of the governor's spending plan.

At 9:30 a.m., the last in a series of 13 joint legislative budget hearings on the governor's 2017 - 18 spending plan will be held, focusing on the housing portion of his proposal, Hearing Room B, LOB, 198 State St., Albany.

At 9:30 a.m., the eighth of 13 scheduled joint legislative budget hearings in held, with a focus on the human services portion of the governor's proposed spending plan, Hearing Room B, LOB, 198 State St., Albany.

At 9:30 a.m., the 11th in a series of 13 joint legislative budget hearings is held, this one focused on the transportation portion of the governor's 2017 - 18 spending plan, Hearing Room B, LOB, 198 State St., Albany.

U.S. Senate Republican leaders seem increasingly focused on reviving their effort to undo the Affordable Care Act before the end of the month, asking Congress's nonpartisan budget analysts to fast - track consideration of a plan that would devolve federal health - care spending to the states.

The 10th of 13 joint legislative budget hearings will be held in the LOB today, with the focus on the K - 12 education portion of the executive spending plan.

In a report issued today focusing on the recession's impact on the budgets of New York and New Jersey, the Fed branch also recommended the states create «rainy day» funds to protect against future revenue gaps, plan in advance for spending cuts and reduce reliance on personal income taxes, which are affected by changes in the economy.

A day after the Senate passed one of the latest budgets in modern history, Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson told Liz Benjamin Wednesday to put aside the tumultuous process in passing the spending plan and to focus on the results.

The meeting will focus on the content of the proposed 2015 spending plan, anticipated revenues and expenditures, as well as the reason for the proposed 1.37 percent budget increase over the 2014 budget that resulted in a 1.45 percent tax levy increase.

Focused on delivering an on - time spending plan — which polls earlier this month showed 62 percent of voters wanted the timely budget, stronger ethics laws be damned — the governor and legislators jettisoned plans for a minimum wage hike, the Dream Act and changes to the criminal justice system from the spending plan.

Fred Floss, director of the union backed think tank Fiscal Policy Institute, says Cuomo's plan to focus on property and business tax cuts, along with a commitment to continue to hold spending to less than 2 % a year, would result in what his group calls a «decade of austerity,» that could harm infrastructure and economic growth.

Gural and his team spent much of their presentation stressing that a Tioga Downs casino would focus sharply on the Southern Tier market rather than trying to draw customers from other planned upstate gaming centers.

Each of the Democrats said they hoped to focus on the coming budget, and some brandished yellow books prepared by chamber staffers that analyzed and summarized the spending plan.

In contrast, Ed Balls» analysis was that Labour needed to focus exclusively on Tory responsibility for the recession rather than starting a political conversation about Labour's spending plans, and what it had got wrong in the past.

250 billion ($ 277 billion) Plan for Science and Technology focuses public R&D spending on four priority areas — life sciences, information technology, environmental sciences, and nanotechnology and materials sciences.