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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.

In order to keep the tax bill under its $ 1.5 trillion ceiling, Republicans proposed to repeal the ACA's individual mandate — saving just over $ 330 billion in federal spending over 10 yearIn order to keep the tax bill under its $ 1.5 trillion ceiling, Republicans proposed to repeal the ACA's individual mandate — saving just over $ 330 billion in federal spending over 10 yearin federal spending over 10 years.

Under a continuing resolution passed last week in place of actual federal spending bills, Pentagon budgets are capped at 2015 levels, severely limiting the service branches» ability to start new programs or even shutdown programs they don't need anymore.

If Democrats and Republicans can't find a way to spend within those limits, the sequester kicks in, which brings federal spending under the statutory caps via automatic, across - the - board cuts.

Serré notes that under federal legislation, any surplus must either be paid to Ottawa, retained by CMHC or spent on housing in Canada.

«Public - sector spending — a strong, steady contributor to the economy over the past decade — is now being curtailed as federal and provincial governments try to bring deficits under control,» the Conference Board of Canada noted in a recent forecast.

The provisions in the bill must directly affect the federal government's spending or revenue — it's a way to restrict what policies can pass under the special privileges of reconciliation, which allows a bill to advance with only 50 votes instead of the usual 60.

From the East Side to South Buffalo, and in Black Rock, Buffalo spent just under $ 4.3 million in federal funds rehabilitating 10 houses that were then put up for sale in the past three years, eventually likely to sell for less than a quarter of what it took to improve them.

● Require that any future tax increases under this new system be approved by the people in the next federal election, in order to impose discipline on spending.

Adding back temporary federal stimulus funds used to supplement state funds in each of the last three years, state operating spending under the new budget is up a whopping 8.4 percent over 2007 - 08, although both personal income and private - sector economic activity in New York has dropped sharply during the Great Recession.

It will slightly cut overall spending for the second year in a row while limiting growth in state spending — sans federal funds — to just under 2 %, Skelos said.

From the East Side to South Buffalo, and in Black Rock, Buffalo spent just under $ 4.3 million in federal funds rehabilitating 10 houses that were then put up for sale in the past three years, a Buffalo News analysis found.

The plea capped a controversial four year tenure in Congress, most of which Grimm spent under the shadow of a federal investigation initially focused on allegations of illegal fundraising in his 2010 campaign.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, under the guise of bracing for the impact of federal cuts to health care spending, proposes a 14 percent tax on New York health insurers in his 2018 - 19 budget.

Cuomo, elected to his current post in 2006, has spent a lifetime in politics and public service including stints as a top advisor during his father's 1977 failed run for mayor as well as his successful run for governor in 1982, after which he came his father's special assistant, and, later, federal housing secretary under President Clinton.

The city is planning to spend $ 337 million in the coming fiscal year to shore up the bleak financial situation for its Health and Hospitals Corporation, which de Blasio said was struggling under the weight of detrimental changes in federal reimbursements for Medicaid and health costs.

The total 2010 budget for the department as a whole would grow to $ 26.3 billion from $ 24 billion in 2008; the projection for 2009 is $ 33.9 billion, plus a whopping $ 39 billion for energy programs under the stimulus package recently passed and $ 1.6 billion for the Office of Science, which federal bureaucrats plan to spend primarily on building scientific facilities.

In addition to slashing spending levels, Hall's amendment specified that «none of the funds authorized under this Act may be used to pay the salary of any individual who has been officially disciplined... for viewing, downloading, or exchanging pornography on a federal government computer or while performing federal government duties.»

Under a promise by House Republicans to cut projected federal spending by some $ 5 trillion over the next decade, House appropriators have $ 91 billion less to work with this year than their counterparts in the Democrat - controlled Senate.

The chunk of the federal budget that includes most of the U.S. government's spending on basic science would shrink by 10.5 % in 2018 under a plan outlined today by President Donald Trump and administration officials.

Overall federal spending on research and development (R&D) will grow by 5 % under a fiscal 2017 budget deal expected to be approved by Congress this week, according to an analysis by the R&D Budget and Policy Program at AAAS in Washington, D.C. (publisher of ScienceInsider).

A: If done in a cost - effective manner such as Mars Direct, human exploration of Mars can be accomplished easily under the existing NASA budget — which currently accounts for less than 1 % of federal discretionary spending.

The report also notes that the survey found that one in six federal employees agree that the omnibus spending package signed into law last month would lead to more waste and unnecessary programs, and just under one in five believe it will help their agency operate more effectively, while most do not expect any impact or are not anticipating any increase in waste.

While NASA's $ 200 million funding reduction pales in comparison to cuts that would face some federal agencies under the proposed budget (which has to be reviewed and approved by Congress before becoming official), it would make significant changes to how those dollars are spent.

OMB's role in the budget process does not end when Congress passes and the President signs the annual appropriations bills (or, in more recent years, the continuing resolutions to provide funding for a limited period of time after the fiscal year until the appropriations bills are agreed upon).195 OMB is intimately involved in budget execution — the way federal agencies carry out their work under the budgetary authority they have been granted.196 OMB affects budget execution through two different levers: the formal specification lever, through which it «apportions» and otherwise defines how agencies spend the funds Congress has appropriated, and the informal monitoring lever, through which it oversees agencies» implementation of their programs.

Under the Obama administration, the federal government spent over $ 7 billion in an effort to turnaround failing schools via the School Improvement Grant (SIG) program.

State and district leaders have a great new opportunity under the 2015 federal Every Student Succeeds Act: more flexibility in spending the funds they receive than in prior versions.

By encouraging states to use their funds for this purpose — and making it explicitly allowable under Title I — this proposal would create incentives to reduce inefficiencies in the spending of federal, state, and local dollars.

Nonprofits and philanthropies are required under federal law to file disclosures if some of their staffers spend more than 20 percent of their time influencing legislation; this is also true in some states such as Connecticut.

Most school districts in Washington State will likely have less control over how they spend money during the next academic year, and those that were already under sanction for failing to make progress under the federal No Child Left Behind law will face more severe consequences.

This component does not provide for any funding but gives LEAs latitude in spending funds that they receive under other Federal programs to support a wide range of local activities that support both school improvement and student achievement.

Continuing this practice, while also reducing total ECS spending (compared to FY 2017 levels) in FYs 2018 and 2019, puts Connecticut at further risk of violating its federal maintenance of support (MOS) requirement, which is the primary fiscal measure by which states are judged to be eligible for federal funding under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

In the past, under a federal provision known as «maintenance of effort,» districts were required to spend at least as much as the previous year on services for students with disabilities.

A new IIHS survey indicates that drivers of interstate trucks spend more time behind the wheel under a federal work rule that went into effect in 2004.

Under Mintz's guidance, graduate student Matt Krzepkowski pored through the financial statements of the government of Canada to figure out where the $ 6,017 in federal taxes paid by a person making $ 50,000 in employment income is spent.

Yet even while spending for school repairs is included in the huge burst of federal spending that is getting under way to revive the economy, there seems to be scant focus on shovel - ready projects to keep vital but vulnerable buildings from falling down in predicted earthquakes.

In fact Utilities operating nuclear plants have managed to come up with design solutions to greatly increase the storage capacity of the on site facilities — due to the failure of the federal government to meet their legal obligation under US law to provide a repository for spent fuel.

The federal government disputed all of MacDermid Lamarsh's claim except $ 22,476 in fees for work done under s. 13.02 of the IRSSA, which held that the government agreed to pay lawyers who attended the negotiations for time spent up to the settlement at their normal hourly rate.

Within the past decade, banking and insurance companies have hired historical legal experts and spent a lot of time litigation over the US Federal Court system's power to issue equitable remedies such as the Mareva injunction and equitable liens to seize assets in federal litigation; the Alien Torts Act which has been used by international human rights organizations had its breadth restricted by use of 18th century views of the «law of nations» requiring recourse to historic writers like Hugo Grotius, and even administrative law has come under assault by dissents of Justice Thomas arguing that the «Chevron» doctrine of deference to agency interpretations of their own statutes should be set aside as being incompatible with the understanding of the American separation of powers doctrine as it was understood at the time of the country's foFederal Court system's power to issue equitable remedies such as the Mareva injunction and equitable liens to seize assets in federal litigation; the Alien Torts Act which has been used by international human rights organizations had its breadth restricted by use of 18th century views of the «law of nations» requiring recourse to historic writers like Hugo Grotius, and even administrative law has come under assault by dissents of Justice Thomas arguing that the «Chevron» doctrine of deference to agency interpretations of their own statutes should be set aside as being incompatible with the understanding of the American separation of powers doctrine as it was understood at the time of the country's fofederal litigation; the Alien Torts Act which has been used by international human rights organizations had its breadth restricted by use of 18th century views of the «law of nations» requiring recourse to historic writers like Hugo Grotius, and even administrative law has come under assault by dissents of Justice Thomas arguing that the «Chevron» doctrine of deference to agency interpretations of their own statutes should be set aside as being incompatible with the understanding of the American separation of powers doctrine as it was understood at the time of the country's founding.

As a former prosecutor, Ms. Doolittle brings special expertise to, and spends a significant amount of time, defending corporations, officers and directors in parallel civil and criminal matters, including under the federal securities laws, the False Claims Act, and the FCPA.

He has spent an average of 20 hours per week for the last two and a half years in the bankruptcy courtrooms and the rest of his time has been spent assisting clients throughout California to obtain all the relief available to them under federal and state law, and attending substantial amounts of seminars on cutting edge topics affecting Bankruptcy Law, Foreclosure, and Debt Relief.

Spending on health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island peoples has been slashed in the Federal Budget, according to a health policy analyst who writes under the pen name of «William Foggin».

The FY2013 spending bill sought to eliminate the Title X federal family planning program, prohibit Planned Parenthood health centers from serving women in federal health programs, block implementation of critical benefits under the Affordable Care Act, and revive the dangerous refusal provision that would allow any business or corporation to deny any essential health care service they object to, including coverage for birth control and cancer screenings.

In 2017, four states found ways to limit certain family planning providers» eligibility for reimbursement under Medicaid, the federal - state program that contributes 75 % of all public funds spent on family planning services nationwide (see Public Funding for Family Planning and Abortion Services, FY 1980 — 2015).

Under present law, in 2013 the 2001/2003 tax cuts expire, the payroll tax cut expires, extended unemployment benefits end, and federal government spending levels decline due to last summer's Budget Control Act.