Sentences with phrase «fund key priorities»

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Democrats, without control of either chamber of Congress, are aiming to secure key legislative priorities in the funding bill that must pass by January 19 to avoid a government shutdown.

They learn to be agile, or steerable, by linking the external realities in real time to assignments, priorities, decision - making power, funding, and key performance indicators.

The peak industry group, which represents more than 60,000 businesses across manufacturing, engineering, telecommunications, mining, airlines and related sectors, will caution the Turnbull government against large cuts but call for careful spending reductions across aged care, health, the pension system and the public service to fund a company tax cut as a key priority.

Trump is pressing congressional Republicans to oppose funding for a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey, using the power of his office to block a key priority for the region and his Democratic rivals, according to several people with knowledge of his actions.

Still, money is money, and a special session would also likely consider (and approve) a revised 421 - a housing subsidy that is a priority for real estate developers who are key funders of the Senate Republicans» coffers.

«We need to reach a budget agreement that equally boosts funds for our military and key priorities here at home including the opioid crisis, pension plans and rural infrastructure,» Schumer and Pelosi said.

Citizens Union and Common Cause both took grants from a key faction of the labor - backed Working Families Party that funded studies meant to promote publicly funded elections, a top labor priority.

Mayor de Blasio's work to push forward national policies through the U.S. Conference of Mayors and other partnerships is vital to our efforts to secure key federal funding for priorities like infrastructure and homeland security, and move forward an agenda that will lift up New Yorkers around the five boroughs,» Spitalnick said in an emailed statement.

Rep. Elise Stefanik, the town's most high - profile resident, applauded the funds and said increasing access to broadband is a «key economic priority for our region.»

I propose $ 40 million to fund the permanent deployment of more New York State Troopers and National Guard at key target areas across the state because public safety must be our priority.

Ensuring a fiscally sound budget while properly funding key programs and services our constituents expect and deserve has been, and will continue to be, a priority of mine.

Several members said privately that once their top priorities were funded, they did not fear risking leverage over additional cash for some of their key items by rushing to the agreement Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (CNN)- President Obama's budget director told CNN's John King the spending bill before Congress right now is «uglier than we'd like,» but insisted the administration had little power to change it - and little choice but to support it, to preserve funding for key White House priorities.

ASTRONET — a network of European funding agencies and research organizations set up in 2005 to develop a strategy for European astronomy over the next 20 years — was almost done identifying key scientific priorities, and program officials were looking for a postdoctoral scientist to help coordinate the development of a road map to build the necessary infrastructure.

It must also be a key priority at the G7 summit in June 2015... We call for one of their recommendations to be the establishment of a global biomedical R&D fund and mechanism for innovations of public health importance.»

Our meetings have cemented key relationships between scientists and conservationists, have steered agency funding priorities and created working groups and collaborations that are already producing tangible conservation outcomes.

The PASA group of partners (including key network members like parents, funders, youth, educators, and program providers) reviewed and created a set of standards culled from such existing sources as the National Afterschool Association and from cities including Baltimore, Chicago, Kansas City, and Washington, DC, but that are reflective of the particular needs and priorities of Rhode Island and the city of Providence.

Over 5,000 schools are now enrolled in the programme, which is supported by the Big Lottery fund and commissioned by Local Authorities and regional public health teams to address key health and wellbeing priorities in their areas.

Focusing ESEA on funding issues should be a key priority in any reauthorization discussion moving forward.

As you all know, the key priority for the Texas Charter Schools Association (TCSA) is centered on providing public charter schools with facilities funding to help accommodate exponential enrollment growth and the number of students on a waiting list.

• In its document, «A Parent's Guide to School Funding,» our partner, Families in Schools, gives an overview of the LCFF priority areas and the Local Control Accountability Plan process, focusing on key information that community stakeholders need to know.

But its questions indicate some key priorities, asking whether candidates support changing the formula for funding schools, limiting charter - school expansion or applying a conflict - of - interest law that school boards must follow to charters, which are now exempt.

I support many of the governor's key priorities and I'm excited for the changes he plans to make in New Jersey, including increasing funding to our public schools, fixing the inequality...

The thoughtful, detailed analysis and judgment of the proposed move by the federal government to create a national securities regulator shows how little improvement there really is likely to be for the individual investor in solving key problems: high fees for mutual funds, costly access to government of Canada securities, lack of fiduciary responsibility by the industry towards investors, inadequate civil court recourse against misbehaving financial firms, priority given to financial system protection over investor interests.

An investment in one of the key funding priorities listed below will help ensure that SickKids remains at the forefront of brain health research, learning, and care for the benefit of children everywhere:

In fact The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity project is saying «natural systems represent one of the biggest untapped allies» in combatting climate change, because of their carbon storage potential — and that incorporating funding for forests in a global climate deal should be a key priority: TEEB highlights the fact that in addition to absorbing some 15 % of global carbon emissions, forests provide a whole range of ecosystem services that are worthy of protecting.

We help our clients use carbon offsetting to deliver priority outcomes in the most cost effective way, driving funding to projects in locations of their choice — be that to key markets or within their own supply chains.

As part of the UW's philanthropic campaign, Be Boundless — For Washington, For the World, UW Law is committed to raising $ 120 million, focusing on four key priorities: the Excellence in Law Fund, the Law Student Scholarship Fund, the Law Faculty Excellence Fund and Experiential Education Fund

committed low levels of government expenditure on research and development in key areas like energy supply, juxtaposed with the rising importance of low - emissions energy technologies for Australia's mitigation effort, suggest that current funding levels do not reflect the priority required to meet the rapidly changing pattern of demand established by an emissions trading scheme.

The report card will track progress for the local Yorta Yorta community against key indicators and community priorities and the performance of government - funded organisations, to hold the region accountable to the prosperity measures the community is seeking.

Turnbull expressed strong support for the 10 year National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Plan but gave no details of the funding it will get in the May budget and said there would be no policy direction change from «the key priorities of health, education, employment, economic empowerment».