Sentences with phrase «for drastic cuts»

A long - term Republican budget plan released this week by Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin calls for drastic cuts in federal spending on energy research and development and for the outright elimination of subsidies and tax breaks for wind, solar power and other alternative energy technologies.

After a decade of scaling new heights, the UK's arts institutions have been bracing themselves for drastic cuts.

So essentially, the GOP is demanding that the Democrats in Congress cave in to their demands for drastic cuts to Medicare and other social programs under threat of default on our federal debt, the downgrading of our international credit rating, and a likely plunge into economic depression.

In 2009, the board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority responded to the fiscal hardships of the Great Recession by voting for drastic cuts to subway and bus service.

«Instead, he chose to single out New York City for drastic cuts to CUNY, Medicaid and more that could impact hundreds of thousands of hard working families.

«At the top of the Conservative party, the narrow vote in favour of leaving the EU has now been interpreted as the pretext for a drastic cutting of ties with Europe, which would have dire economic results - and as an excuse for the most toxic rhetoric on immigration we have seen from any government in living memory,» the statement reads.

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The lacklustre sales are part of the background to an ongoing dispute between the company, known for drastic cost - cutting measures at the chains it acquires, and the Great White North Franchisee Association, which formed in March 2017 to give voice to frustrated restaurant owners.

Canada's economy is looking frail, but another rate cut is a more drastic step than the situation calls for

Huge cost savings are waning for U.S. shale oil companies, marking an end to the drastic price cuts on equipment and services over the past 16 months that helped them survive the worst industry downturn in six years.

Markets have been gripped by uncertainty since Greece's prime minister unexpectedly announced Monday that he would call a national vote on the European bailout plan that entails painful tax increases and drastic welfare cuts in exchange for massive aid to keep his debt - ridden nation solvent.

In fact the drastic cuts in energy called for by the alarmists would impoverish civilization across the globe and doom the poor to perpetual poverty.

«Ultimately the weakest will be hit three times over,» Ryan writes, «by rising costs, by drastic cuts to programs they rely on, and by the collapse of individual support for charities that help the hungry, the homeless, the sick, refugees and others in need.»

New research showing that 98 % of homes have packaged food that exceeds the recommended amount of sodium, despite drastic reductions in the last 15 years, should be a wake - up call for manufacturers to cut back on the mineral even more and for consumers...

However, this is a drastic cutting of his odds, with the 28 - year - old previously as high as 16/1 for a reunion with his former club.

It is interesting to hear Wenger state in the last few days that he hoped Cesc will be with us for a good 2 or 3 seasons, just when it coincided with Barcelona declaring that they are making drastic cuts to their wage bill on and off the field.They literally have no cash to spend and though asset rich, the effects of the Spanish economy are taking affect.I think Cesc has accepted that and will show full commitment to Arsenal.He is pivotal to any success we may achieve.His whole body language has changed, he looks generally much more content, and he can put to the back of his mind, at least for the time being any proposed move, and that for us is a good thing.Barca are disguising their troubles by saying yet again they have made no official approach to our club, purely to save face.

The president and congress are threatening to dismantle decades - old federal entitlement programs, make drastic cuts to programs that help millions of struggling New Yorkers, and create a hostile environment for the state's four and a half million immigrants.

The cuts to Close to Home and foster care are, in terms of dollars, «the most drastic cut we've seen to child welfare in decades,» said David Hansell, commissioner for the city's Administration for Children's Services, which administers Close to Home and foster care.

Within his first hour after being sworn into office, Bill Owens broke four campaign promises when he decided to support a government takeover of healthcare that included massive tax hikes for middle class families, taxes on benefits, drastic cuts to Medicare, and a government - run option that would result in rationed care.»

The president and congress seem poised to make drastic cuts to programs that help millions of New Yorkers, and create a hostile environment for the state's four million immigrants,» said Ron Deutsch, executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute.

Cuomo said the DSH cut «is so drastic we will not able to fund any public hospital at 100 percent» and will impact hospitals that aid the uninsured or provide reimbursement for Medicaid loses across upstate and downstate New York, including SUNY Upstate, SUNY Downstate and SUNY Stony Brook.

«My heart aches for the children we know choose the wrong path in life due to drastic cuts in after school programs that provide the structure necessary for them to thrive.

«Drastic funding cuts have inevitably led to service cuts for Nassau County residents who often have no alternative means of transportation, meaning even longer waits and longer commutes,» said Vincent Pellecchia, associate director of the tristate Transportation Campaign, a nonprofit advocacy group in Manhattan.

Randi Weingarten, president of the United Federation of Teachers, criticized the Senate version of the bill for cutting about $ 40 billion from money «targeted to help states avoid drastic education cuts and teacher layoffs,» as well as $ 20 billion from construction aid to schools and colleges and $ 1 billion from new aid for Head Start and other early childhood education programs.

Washington (CNNMoney)- AFL - CIO President Richard Trumka accused House Speaker John Boehner of blackmailing America for withholding his vote to raise the debt ceiling unless there are drastic spending cuts.

Steve Webb, Liberal Democrat energy and climate change spokesman, said: «If the Department for Transport continues to allow unchecked airport expansion we could find that growth in aviation will gobble up all of the available emissions, forcing the rest of the economy to make even more drastic cuts.»

Many worry that Cuomo isn't looking out for CUNY's best interests, and they wonder how badly such a drastic cut will hurt the university system.

«The national leadership of the apex students governing body, National Association of Nigerian Students, frowned at the drastic reduction of the JAMB unified cut off mark to 120, for admission into Nigeria universities.

President Trump will instruct federal agencies today to assemble a budget for the coming fiscal year that includes sharp increases in Defense Department spending and drastic enough cuts to domestic agencies that he can keep his promise to leave Social Security and Medicare alone.

The drastic cuts in Whitehall funding is the basis for cross-party agreement in Wales against the Westminster government.

Administration for Children's Services Commissioner David Hansell said Gov. Cuomo proposed «some drastic cuts» in his new budget to ACS child welfare programs and assistance the agency offers to juveniles accused of crimes.

«Before making drastic service cuts and talking about fare hikes, the MTA has to maximize the value of its real estate holdings by advertising their availability and ensuring that it's receiving market - rate rents for prime properties.

It's the first PMQs of 2010 and, having launched a poster campaign promising to cut the deficit, David Cameron may well decide to attack Gordon Brown for his unwillingness to take more drastic measures to control borrowing.

The cuts would mark a drastic change for the bus system, which carries about 12 million riders each year in Onondaga, Oswego, Cayuga and Oneida counties.

David Miliband has a noteworthy piece in today's Guardian, arguing for a series of left - wing, progressive policies as an alternative to drastic spending cuts.

Had these losses not occurred, local governments would not be experiencing short - term increases in employer costs, and misguided calls for drastic pension cuts would not be occurring.

United for Medical Research, a Washington, D.C. — based coalition that represents many biomedical research advocacy groups, decried the «drastic cuts» to NIH and called them «a significant blow to medical research.»

The report calls for drastic action, including cutting CO2 emissions to almost zero by 2100 to prevent catastrophic climate change.

Trump's draconian budget request — which suggested drastic cuts to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), among others — was rejected by Congress, and a spending bill that increases funding for science at many federal agencies was signed into law.

We call on the strong bipartisan Congressional supporters of NIH to reject the Administration's drastic and unwise cuts to NIH and maintain a course of steady, sustained and predictable funding for America's premier health agency.

The reason that cardio has gotten a bad reputation for burning muscle is that most often, people couple drastic diets with cardio in their effort to «cut» after «bulking» — its why I hate the whole bulking and cutting mentality.

Commonly prescribed to obese people looking for a drastic way to cut down their weight (other than surgery), Adipex P is the most sought after phentermine - based weight loss medication.

We are cutting oats out of our diets for a bit (Dave seems to have a sensitivity to them and I'm noticing a pretty drastic change in my bloating everyday without them).

Some women have pin straight hair, and they can totally get many hair cuts depending on their risk appetite, but if you don't want a drastic change simply opt for fringes and tadaa!

The drastic project also calls for cutting hundreds of jobs and shuffling thousands of students.

As the magnitude of the coming funding cuts materialized, the district appealed to the city for additional revenues to help it head off drastic disruptions to its educational program.

Chicago, like the state, already instituted drastic cuts for its new teachers through a previous plan in 2011.

Rather than scrambling for ways to minimize damage from such sudden and drastic funding cuts, energy would be better spent innovating, experimenting, and rigorously evaluating this half - century old program that still appears to have a valuable place in a modern college completion and career readiness agenda.

In North Carolina, the push for charters is coming as the state grapples separately with a $ 1.9 to $ 2.4 billion budget shortfall that will result in drastic cuts to the state's public schools, with proposals like eliminating most teachers» aides positions in classrooms or cutting early education programs being considered.

In North Carolina, the push for charters is coming as the state grapples separately with a $ 2.4 billion budget shortfall that will likely result in drastic cuts to the state's public schools, with proposals like eliminating teacher's aides positions in classrooms or cutting out Smart Start and More At Four early education programs already on the table.

Carranza said officials are gearing up for what he called «extensive and drastic» budget cuts.