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And as budget officer Kevin Page has repeatedly warned, the government lacks a credible plan to put our fiscal house back in order.

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Posted by Nick Falvo under Alberta, cities, corporate income tax, fiscal policy, homeless, housing, income tax, municipalities, NEO-LIBERAL POLICIES, Ontario, poverty, Role of government, social policy, taxation.

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The Chair of the Board of Trade's Government Budget and Finance Committee and senior GVBOT staff travelled to Victoria today for the provincial budget lockup, where they received an advance copy of the budget and assessed it on four criteria: Fiscal Prudence; Cumulative Impact on Business; Transit, Transportation and Infrastructure; and Housing Affordability.

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Not that other leaders would disagree with the need to keep the recovery going, but debt - burdened European governments are on the cutback trail, with harsh austerity measures aimed at putting their fiscal houses in order.

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«In the short to medium term, Angola may have to struggle with a weakening current - account deficit, lower fiscal revenue and likely cuts in government spending,» says Abiola Rasaq, head of research and strategy at Lagos - based financial institution Associated Discount House.

Although E&Y recommended that the Department of Finance should establish a mechanism to increase the distance between the economic and fiscal forecasts presented in the budget and the political process, by either having the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance engage a panel of independent reviewers to critique the government's economic and fiscal forecasts or alternatively establish an independent agency to provide the economic and fiscal forecast.

Under current House rules, Main Estimates must be tabled on or before March 1st in order for the Government to receive interim supply (a spending authority) for the period from the beginning of the fiscal year to late June, when the Main Estimates are formally approved by Parliament.

[2] «Fiscal Transparency: Parliament and the Expenditure Management System Analysis of Government Responses to a Motion of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance» February 25, 2011 Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer.

To restore this credibility, he will need to set out clearly the principles he intends to follow in managing the government's fiscal framework and he needs to go before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance to explain and debate them.

The PBO in a recent presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates stated that «Notwithstanding Canada's relatively strong fiscal performance when compared to some other countries, parliamentarians are facing two large fiscal waves.

In the last few years we've had a housing bubble, a credit bubble, runaway government spending, soaring gas prices, a global recession, high unemployment, the risk of a U.S. debt default, a fiscal crisis in Europe, and the threat of severe inflation.

These factors — many of which are beyond our control and the effects of which can be difficult to predict — include: credit, market, liquidity and funding, insurance, operational, regulatory compliance, strategic, reputation, legal and regulatory environment, competitive and systemic risks and other risks discussed in the risk sections of our 2017 Annual Report; including global uncertainty and volatility, elevated Canadian housing prices and household indebtedness, information technology and cyber risk, regulatory change, technological innovation and new entrants, global environmental policy and climate change, changes in consumer behavior, the end of quantitative easing, the business and economic conditions in the geographic regions in which we operate, the effects of changes in government fiscal, monetary and other policies, tax risk and transparency and environmental and social risk.

Governor Cuomo wants to fundamentally transform New York State's government and economy by getting the state's fiscal house in order, radically redesigning our governmental structures and operations, and restoring integrity and performance to state government.

«As Congress returns to Washington to confront the federal government's significant fiscal challenges, the members of the House of Representatives can not and must not ignore the critical needs still facing New Yorkers, and our entire region, in the wake of Sandy,» said Cuomo.

ALBANY, NY (01/05/2011)(readMedia)-- Declaring New York State at a crucial crossroads, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today outlined during his first State of the State Address an action plan to fundamentally transform New York State's government and economy by getting the state's fiscal house in order, radically redesigning our governmental structures and operations, and restoring integrity and performance to state government.

This has all been distilled into Cuomo's five - point, single - page pledge: clean up Albany; get the state's «fiscal house in order»; «rightsize» its government; and restart its stalled - out economy.

Oct. 17, 2013: As part of the fiscal 2014 continuing resolution that reopened the federal government, the House voted to require that accurate income verification systems be put in place before the law's exchange subsidies are dispersed.

Barely a week to the end of the 2016 fiscal year, the Kaduna State House of Assembly on Friday approved a supplementary budget of N15.3 billion for the state government.

But if it's paired with legislation targeting sanctuary cities, as the White House said it hoped the law would be, the government could force cities like New York, Boston and Los Angeles to comply or face huge fiscal penalties.

On Wednesday, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) released automated phone calls directed at ten incumbent House members who voted for the stimulus and against the GOP - backed bill to fund the government for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Short - Term Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations — Vote Passed (235 - 193, 5 Not Voting) The House passed the joint resolution that would provide funding for federal government operations and services at current levels through Dec. 22, 2017, at an annualized rate of $ 1.23 trillion for federal departments and agencies covered by the 12 unfinished fiscal 2018 spending Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations — Vote Passed (235 - 193, 5 Not Voting) The House passed the joint resolution that would provide funding for federal government operations and services at current levels through Dec. 22, 2017, at an annualized rate of $ 1.23 trillion for federal departments and agencies covered by the 12 unfinished fiscal 2018 spending fiscal 2018 spending bills.

Short - Term Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations — Vote Passed (231 - 188, 13 Not Voting) Frelinghuysen, R - N.J., motion to concur in the Senate amendment to the bill with a further House amendment that would provide funding for federal government operations and services at current levels through Jan. 19, 2018.

It's time for leaders of both the House and the Senate to forge an agreement that will avoid a costly mistake of shuttering important government services and furloughing hundreds of thousands of public servants, while finding responsible solutions to the broader fiscal challenges that lie immediately ahead.New York's Congressional delegation has shown leadership in trying to resolve this standoff, and I encourage them to continue their efforts to keep the federal government functioning.

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) today released the following joint statement from House Republican Leader John Boehner, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor, and NRCC Chairman Pete Sessions regarding the the special election in New York's 23rd Congressional District: «As the House stands on the cusp of the forthcoming vote on a trillion - dollar healthcare reform measure, it is vital that we unify behind a candidate that will support reining in massive government spending and work with Republicans in Congress to restore fiscal sanity and propose thoughtful measures to get our nation's economy on the right track.

That this House declines to give a Second Reading to the Welfare Benefits Up - rating Bill because it fails to address the reasons why the cost of benefits is exceeding the Government's plans; notes that the Resolution Foundation has calculated that 68 per cent of households affected by these measures are in work and that figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies show that all the measures announced in the Autumn Statement, including those in the Bill, will mean a single - earner family with children on average will be # 534 worse off by 2015; further notes that the Bill does not include anything to remedy the deficiencies in the Government's work programme or the slipped timetable for universal credit; believes that a comprehensive plan to reduce the benefits bill must include measures to create economic growth and help the 129,400 adults over the age of 25 out of work for 24 months or more, but that the Bill does not do so; further believes that the Bill should introduce a compulsory jobs guarantee, which would give long - term unemployed adults a job they would have to take up or lose benefits, funded by limiting tax relief on pension contributions for people earning over # 150,000 to 20 per cent; and further believes that the proposals in the Bill are unfair when the additional rate of income tax is being reduced, which will result in those earning over a million pounds per year receiving an average tax cut of over # 100,000 a year.

«Putting our fiscal house in order has been one of my top priorities as County Executive, and these ratings are a reflection of the hard work we have done to solidify our financial position and put County Government on a stable fiscal footing,» Picente said.

The strategy continued into 2017, reports Elana Schor in Politico, when «All but four of the Senate's 48 Democrats [in December] warned congressional GOP leaders against pursuing a government funding plan that would boost defense spending for the rest of the fiscal year while leaving domestic priorities at current levels... Some Senate Democrats began pushing back... as House conservatives pitched Republican leaders on a full - year hike for the Pentagon paired with a continuing resolution for domestic programs.»

[S] ome GOP lawmakers were exploring whether the political stalemate over funding the government could best be resolved by crafting a broader fiscal package that would include an increase in the debt ceiling... The speaker expressed optimism at the lunch that he might be able to combine the two issues to embark on broader budget negotiations with the White House and Senate Democrats.»

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Therefore, Slemrod says, one farsighted action may plausibly help the economy: convincing the general public that the federal government is committed to getting its fiscal house in order.

Researchers dependent on government funding would face a flat future under the White House's $ 3.9 trillion budget request for the 2015 fiscal year, which begins 1 October.

A bill passed by the House on 19 February to fund the federal government through the rest of fiscal year 2011 would cut the budget of the Office of Science by 18 %, from $ 4.9 billion to $ 4.0 billion.

Today, members of the House of Representatives began debating a bill designed to fund our federal government for the remainder of this fiscal year.

While handing control of the district to Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter could be a step to take, the fact that the city government is struggling to get control of its own fiscal and operational house (along with the reality that Philly still doesn't have a handle on its quality of life and crime woes) means moving the district from one failing overlord to another.

Update, March 22, 2 p.m.: This afternoon the House of Representatives quickly passed the Omnibus package of 12 appropriations bills funding all government operations through the end of fiscal year 2018, which is six months away on September 30.

Section 203 of the No FEAR Act specifically requires, not later than 180 days after the end of the fiscal year (FY), each Federal agency to submit an annual report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, the Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Government Reform of the House of Representatives, each committee of Congress with jurisdiction relating to the agency, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the Attorney General.

Unlike in Europe, North America and Japan, where governments are burdened with budget deficits, the governments of leading emerging countries have put their fiscal houses perfectly in order.

Not only would a debt default destroy the U.S. finances, but it would also damage the fiscal houses of governments and banks around the world.