Sentences with phrase «high number of bills»

The governor rejected an unusually high number of bills, and some supporters of the vetoed measures aren't pleased.

Each of the three that would be amended by the highest number of bills he introduced — Labor, Insurance, and Worker's Compensation — intersect with the areas handled by the Labor Committee he chairs.

Not exact matches

There have already been rumors of cost - cutting and the channel has shed a number of high - profile (and expensive) personalities such as Grantland founder Bill Simmons, now at HBO.

Compared with a conversion when asset prices were higher, a conversion in a downturn may result in a lower tax bill for the same number of shares.

It favors a bill that increases the number of future low - skill immigrants relative to the number of future high - skill immigrants.

Yet just a month earlier, when the October poverty statistics revealed quite clearly that the number of poor people had risen to an all - time high under Bill Clinton, the liberal columnists never said a word.

With the other two 4 p.m. games being Bengals - Broncos and Bills - Chargers, this tilt should attract a high number of casual bettors, potentially creating some contrarian value.

When the average passage of two - house bills during the tenures of various governors is compared, Cuomo has so far seen the lowest number — 643 — while the highest — 1,356 — was during the time former Gov. Nelson Rockefeller spent in office.

Former US president Bill Clinton and comedian Billy Crystal are among a number of high - profile speakers set to deliver eulogies during a public service on Friday.

That number is incredibly troubling and experts in the field believe the merits of this bill can properly address failures in the system that lead to a high rate of veterans taking their own lives,» said Chairman John Mills.

Given 73 House Republicans come from high - tax states such as New York and California, Reed predicted the party couldn't muster the required number of votes to pass a tax reform bill if it includes a complete repeal of the SALT deduction.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

One the heels of yesterday's survey, which found New Yorkers prefer Cuomo's plan to pay for pre-K with state funds to NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio's tax - the - rich proposal, come new numbers that find the governor's job approval is sky high headed into his re-election campaign.

However, the tally that will be used for the calculation, should this bill be signed into law, will be in the spring of 2012, so the number by then would probably be slightly higher, as voter registration continues to increase.

It did not go to the floor for a vote despite its high number of sponsors — and despite promises that rules reform would make the council more democratic under Mark - Viverito than it was for the months former Speaker Christine Quinn stalled votes on earlier police reform bills.

One of the highest numbers registered in the poll came when voters were asked who should pay the mayor's legal bills for state and federal investigations of his administration.

The so - called «bot bill» creates penalties for scalpers who use ticket bots, or software that can circumvent limits on the number of tickets one person can buy, and then resell them for higher prices.

Despite Ms. Hooper's high travel expenses, she was not one of Albany's most active lawmakers last year, based on the number of bills she introduced.

«Given the mobilization of creationist interest groups around this issue and anti-evolution public opinion — particularly in states with a high number of conservative Protestants — you might think that this would lead to greater success in turning these bills into laws, but this has not been the case,» Johnson said.

Chaffetz won bipartisan support in the House more than a year ago for a more limited bill that would shorten the wait for visas for immigrants from countries with the highest number of applications.

The point is finding a quality service with a high number of singles and Match fits the bill.

But some high - profile bills failed to pass in the session that ended June 1 — including a proposal to lift the cap on the number of charter schools permitted, a request that U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has made of all states.

At a March 17, 2005, meeting, for instance, board member Bill Barnett exclaimed, «I think that it's high time for this district and the Board to have an in - depth discussion around the implications and the associated cost of increasing the number of instruction days.»

According to a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, the bill calls for doubling the standard deduction for taxpayers, and reducing the number of people who can itemize their charitable contributions.

So few people know how big these dropout numbers are that, in a recent book, Michael Dyson scolds Bill Cosby for (accurately) lamenting the fact that only half of African Americans graduate from high school (see p. 78).

Not surprisingly, the state where lawmakers introduced the highest number of relevant bills was Connecticut, where 31 pieces of legislation were generated.

The analysis found that lawmakers in the South introduced the highest number of relevant bills, 188, while Northeast legislators introduced the second - highest total, 107.

Among states with signed bills, Virginia enacted seven new laws, making it the state where the highest number of school - safety bills were signed.

The proposed bill removes barriers currently preventing charters in New York from serving higher numbers of students with disabilities (SWD) and English language learners (ELL).

«Throughout my work on this bipartisan bill, I've fought hard to make sure schools serving high numbers of students from military families get the resources they need, and for the first time the bill will help shed a light on how they are doing in the classroom,» Murray said in a statement.

With support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, AYPF is working with a number of other national organizations, including the Data Quality Campaign, to facilitate a series of field trips for state policy leaders to learn more about high school redesign.

Although only parts of the bill have been shared publicly, a key difference between it and Brown's is that one of two block grants that would be provided to districts with high numbers of English learners and economically disadvantaged students would be eliminated.

To be clear, the bill would not reduce the number of tests kids are required to take — one each year in reading and math from third through eighth grade and one test round in high school.

The Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill that would require school districts to track the number and type of crimes committed at high schools, at...

But more importantly, Bill's customers recognize him with high customer satisfaction scores and countless number of referrals and repeat sales... the true measure of success in automotive retail.

Publish15 — June 13 and 14: This event, billed as Atlanta's first annual publishing convention, joins the ranks of a growing number of writers» conferences and publishing events that have sprung up in the southeastern United States, an area that has been so - far somewhat disconnected in terms of high - profile book events.

The calculation is based on a formula in the Income Tax Act regulations which takes the simple average of three - month Treasury bills for the first month of the preceding quarter rounded up to the next highest whole percentage point (if not already a whole number).

Payments that are more frequent reduce the spikes in the balance over the 30 - day billing cycle and shorten the number of days during which you incur higher interest charges.

Unlike a chequing account, typically meant for the day - to - day business of paying bills, high - interest savings accounts are intended to be used to save money over a long period of time without a large number of transactions.

The higher number indicates that they have paid most or all of their bills on time in the past.

The easiest way to manage your debt is by consolidating high interest balances into a low - interest loan or line of credit — which reduces interest payments and the number of bills you have to pay every month.

Whether the price is high or low, physical gold is real and not dependent on a number of extraneous circumstances such as accounting issues, operational bills and liquidations.

Although simplification of the code bracketing to a single bracket for everyone is the aim of all flat tax proposals, the flat - tax friendly senators who saw the bill through the Senate still ended up with 7 progressive tax brackets, the same number as before, although with some shifts in bracketing that favored higher - income taxpayers.

Spain is the ideal destination for any high school student for a number of reasons, including the country's relatively low cost of living compared to the United States (which eases the financial burden on parents who typically foot the bill).

Billings, Montana is the largest city in the state and affords residents and visitors with all the accommodations of a big city, but with lower crime rates and a growing economy that is partly due to the high number of tourists passing through on their way to nearby Yellowstone.

However, if you do claim a high number of allowances on your W - 4, and then end up with a high tax bill on your tax return, that is another story.

ALDF's lawsuit alleges that customers are led to believe that paying a higher price means they are getting a «certified» health puppy, even though a number of consumers have reported receiving sickly animals that, in some cases, have died or ended up with extensive medical bills.

While this act may intend to regulate high volume or internet sales of dogs or puppies, the bill as currently written will affect breeders who may co-own a number of dogs that may produce fifty (50) or more puppies in a year under existing USDA dog dealer regulations.

«High volume» breeders could escape regulation under this bill because of the difficulty inspectors who will only inspect once every 2 years may have in determining a breeder's number of litters and dogs sold.

Bill wrote: «I remain an anthropogenically - caused climate change skeptic because of the extraordinarily high number of unproved variables that must be shown to be true»