Sentences with phrase «in federal spending for»

But states such as North Dakota, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana get more than two dollars back in federal spending for every dollar in taxes.

President Donald Trump's infrastructure agenda, unveiled on August 15, centered on rescinding Obama - era plans to require consideration of flood risk and climate change in any federal spending for infrastructure or housing and the like.

Not exact matches

Given the billions in stimulus dollars that will be spent in coming years on infrastructure projects, demand for planners is likely to grow in lockstep with the flow of federal and provincial dollars to social housing, transit, public spaces and recreational amenities.

If it sounds like Edwards still needed to apply FEC rules and limits, consider this: Scott Thomas, a former commissioner of the Federal Election Commission testified that he did not consider that the payments would have come under his agency's auspices — in part because they were not used directly for the campaign and did not free up any of Edwards» own money to be spent on the campaign.

The federal government has a cybersecurity spending fund in place for $ 19 - million, called the Cybersecurity National Action Plan.

In a February address to Congress, Trump called for a $ 200 billion federal investment intended to spur at least $ 1.5 trillion in spending from state and local governments over 10 years on roads, bridges, ports and other projectIn a February address to Congress, Trump called for a $ 200 billion federal investment intended to spur at least $ 1.5 trillion in spending from state and local governments over 10 years on roads, bridges, ports and other projectin spending from state and local governments over 10 years on roads, bridges, ports and other projects.

Trump called for $ 200 billion in federal money intended to spur at least $ 1.5 trillion in state and local infrastructure spending.

Oregon Representative Peter DeFazio, the top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, who was in Trump's meeting with a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers, said the president also told them he would be willing to increase the amount of federal spending beyond the $ 200 billion he is seeking for the infrastructure program.

The SBA has estimated that the sequester will result in $ 4 billion less revenue for small - business contractors as a result of reduced federal spending.

(Comedian John Oliver had some particularly harsh words for Oregon after it spent more than $ 250 million in federal funds on the website and related items).

The drugmaker's political action committee spent $ 405,000 on federal campaign donations and other political outlays last year, more than in 2016 — an election year — and nearly double its allocation for 2015, data compiled by Kaiser Health News show.

Novo Nordisk also spent $ 3.2 million lobbying Congress and federal agencies in 2017, its biggest - ever investment in directly influencing U.S. policymakers, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

Starbucks plans to spend $ 250 million on new employee benefits, including a pay boost for domestic workers, in the wake of the federal tax overhaul.

Although similar nonprofits engaged in politics in past elections, their use exploded in 2010, particularly in tandem with super PACs, taking advantage of federal court rulings that paved the way for a new role for outside - spending groups in elections.

He spends half his time in Washington, DC for his current venture, Second Front Systems, which sells cybersecurity software to mostly federal clients.

But Trump's assertion that the federal government must start a bidding process for drugs in order to control prices and spending could very well invite similar criticisms from political opponents and the well - funded drug industry.

The federal government's going to spend a lot of money that supports the overall economy in a way that we haven't seen for a number of years,» Warne told Yahoo Finance.

Schulman hopes that, armed with new federal funding to tackle these challenges, states will step up and begin filling the gaping holes in the American child care system — smoothing out the child care cliff while also making it easier for families access care in the first place, increasing the number of American kids who spend their days playing, coloring, building, and singing in a safe, caring environment their parents can actually afford.

Moreover, they argue that federal subsidies are warranted because a significant portion of state and local government spending is for education, health, public welfare, and transportation, all of which have important spillovers that benefit the population in other jurisdictions as well.

What is interesting is that the total annual lapse in federal direct program spending has been declining for some time.

However, a budget deficit that takes the form of transfer payments to banks, as in the case of the post-September 2008 bank bailout, the Federal Reserve's $ 2 trillion in cash - for - trash financial swaps and the $ 700 billion QE2 credit creation by the Federal Reserve to lend to banks at 0.25 % interest in 2011, has a different effect from deficits that reflect social spending programs, Social Security and Medicare, public infrastructure investment or the purchase of other goods and services.

This means that if the federal government repairs the Champlain Bridge for $ 5 billion (which could be borrowed in financial markets in the first year of work) there would be no charge to the federal government spending in the federal budget until the bridge is repaired and vehicles are operating on it.

With the onset of the 2008 - 09 recession and the subsequent G20 agreement for countries to introduce temporary stimulus spending equivalent to 2 percent of GDP, the federal deficit ballooned to $ 55.6 billion in 2009 - 10; $ 33.0 billion in 2010 - 11; $ 26.3 in 2011 - 12; $ 18.4 billion in 2012 - 13 and $ 5.2 billion in 2013.14.

In this webinar, Clean Energy Canada and our guest panelists, Clare Demerse, Federal Policy Advisor with Clean Energy Canada, Tyler Hamilton, award winning journalist and Canadian author, and Ben Thibault, director of the Pembina Institute's electricity program, will discuss new research on Canadian clean energy spending and deployment, and discuss what these findings mean for...

They argue that, since 2009, the federal government's plans to balance the budget have been based on «risky projections, optimistic forecasts of revenue growth and unrealistic plans for spending restraint», which have resulted in increases in the projected deficit with each successive budget, and the pushing out of the date that the deficit would be eliminated.

Over the period 2002 - 03 to 2005 - 06, the budgetary revenues and spending forecasts for the federal government were not on the same accounting basis as the final audited results in the Public Accounts of Canada.

In this webinar, Clean Energy Canada and our guest panelists, Clare Demerse, Federal Policy Advisor with Clean Energy Canada, Tyler Hamilton, award winning journalist and Canadian author, and Ben Thibault, director of the Pembina Institute's electricity program, will discuss new research on Canadian clean energy spending and deployment, and discuss what these findings mean for renewable energy developers, clean tech innovators and policy makers across the country.

In fact, according to the Federal Reserve Bank, business owners spend on average 33 hours searching and applying for credit from traditional sources — with no guarantee of approval.

Earlier this month, two former senior officials in the finance department assailed the Conservative government for eroding the «integrity and credibility» of federal budgets through what they argued is a system of secrecy that keeps parliamentarians and Canadians in the dark about how federal dollars are spent.

Congressional Republicans — including nearly all of the Texas delegation — spent the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy insisting that any new funding for hurricane relief had to be offset with cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.

The bill also calls for the lifting of limits on federal spending, which would allow the repeating increases in defense and domestic budgets.

The commitment in Budget 2011 to undertake a Strategic Operating Review to find $ 4 billion in annual savings followed the Budget 2010 initiatives which restrained growth in national defence spending, capped funding of the International Assistance Envelope, forced departments to absorb the increase in annual federal employees» wages for 2011 - 12, and froze their operating budgets for 2011 - 12 and 2012 - 13 at their 2010 - 11 levels.

The Main Estimates consist of three components: Part I, which provides an overview of federal spending for the upcoming fiscal year; Part II which supports the Appropriation Act and provides details of the spending to be included in the Appropriation Act; and Part III which includes Reports on Plans and Priorities (RPPs), which provide details on the spending plans for all departments and agencies.

In 2013, the Twitterati helped nudge Bitcoin into the public consciousness as both a controversial new investment and a punchline; kept investors informed as the Nasdaq suffered an unprecedented, hours - long meltdown; and posted live updates as legislators failed to reach a spending deal and shut down the federal government for 16 days.

In the 2015 election, Trudeau ran on an economic platform that touted deficit - financed infrastructure spending and a boost in federal benefits for families with kidIn the 2015 election, Trudeau ran on an economic platform that touted deficit - financed infrastructure spending and a boost in federal benefits for families with kidin federal benefits for families with kids.

Of the $ 3.9 million Trump» s committee spent in the first quarter of 2018, more than $ 834,000 went to eight law firms and the Trump Corp. for legal fees, according to new Federal Election Commission records filed Sunday.

Meanwhile, bond king Bill Gross found silliness on the trading floor, Larry Summers did not become the next Federal Reserve chairman, and U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron called for spending cuts in a gold - laden throne room — making a bigger fool of himself than millions of tweeters ever could.

For perspective, that's more money than the group spent in all federal campaigns during the 2014 election cycle combined.

Off - budget: Federal government expenditures on certain programs, agencies, and government sponsored enterprises that are accounted for separately in the budget to prevent spending changes or avoid a conflict of interest.

Adapt has worked with state legislators and federal policymakers about adjusting laws and removing burdens for access, and spent $ 470,000 on lobbying in 2016 and 2017, according to OpenSecrets.org, which tracks political spending.

During the last midterm election in 2014, digital advertising accounted for less than 1 % of political spending in federal, states and local elections, according to advertising tracking firm Borrell Associates.

The federal government, of course, also continues twentieth - century transfer payment programs for provincial spending that live on in our century.

A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of the estate of the late Cleve Heidelberg is asking for over $ 100 - million for the five decades he spent in prison

Other direct program spending, consisting of operating expenses for Crown corporation, defence and all other departments and agencies, increased $ 2.3 billion (4.2 %), primarily reflecting increases in federal government employee pension and other future benefit liabilities, reflecting the impact of lower interest rates.

The past few weeks have seen a new federal budget agreed to in the USA, with the figure for «defense» spending coming in at the highest level ever: $ 700 billion US Dollars.

There were several possible catalysts suggested for this spike in concerns about a favorable outcome of the debt ceiling negotiation, which has to be concluded ahead of the Treasury's X Date, now expected as early as October 1: some cited Steven Mnuchin's interview on CNBC, in which the Treasury Secretary said that the additional spending needed to help Texas recover from Hurricane Harvey may reduce the amount of time Congress has to increase the federal debt limit; another possibility was month - end liquidity needs and relative positioning across the curve.

According to the Main Estimates, tabled by the President of the Treasury Board, on June 3rd, along with Supplementary Estimates A, spending by the federal government for 2011 - 12 is forecast to be $ 252.8 billion representing a DECLINE of $ 14.1 billion from spending in 2010 - 11.

Municipal operating spending has also increased because of further downloading of responsibilities by federal and provincial governments onto municipalities. The biggest increases in spending by municipalities over the past two decades have been for housing, health, social services and environmentâ $» all areas where federal and provincial governments also have responsibility, as the FCM's recent State of Canadaâ $ ™ s Cities and Communities report demonstrated.

In just one month since the Parkland shooting, the gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature passed new firearm regulations, and the federal spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the background - check system for gun purchases.

The Harper government's 2012 budget called for substantial cuts to federal spending on the environment: $ 83.3 million in 2012 - 13, $ 117.9 million in 2013 - 14 and, starting in 2014 - 15, $ 180.5 million per year on an ongoing basis.