Sentences with phrase «including federal spending»

Since joining the Office of the Chief Financial Officer in 2005, she has led the launch of many high - priority, complex programs and initiatives including Federal Spending Transparency, the Department - wide Internal Control Program, and most recently, completing a three - year phased approach to implementing the Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act being one of the first cabinet level agencies to submit data files prior to the reporting deadline.

The president's $ 4.4 trillion budget, unveiled Monday, includes federal spending of $ 200 billion for infrastructure upgrades; $ 18 billion for Trump's border wall; and $ 716 billion for national defense.

Not exact matches

The senators originally promised to include the measures in a year - end spending bill, but because Congress is only working to pass a short - term extension of federal government funding this week, Collins and Alexander say they will include the bills in an omnibus bill in January.

Democrats complained that the Republicans had loaded up the measure with «poison pills» including a ban on federal spending for Planned Parenthood.

While NationBuilder and Rally remain bipartisan, Bloomberg reports that federal candidates and other political advocates have spent more than $ 46 million this election cycle on party - specific tech sites, including the Republican - leaning Targeted Victory and the Democratic - leaning Blue State Digital and Bully Pulpit Interactive.

And while public dissatisfaction with the legislation has been focused on the notion that the Republican tax cuts are deeply skewed toward the wealthiest Americans and the corporations they run, Barkan, who has spent years galvanizing support for a more diverse and inclusive Federal Reserve, wants to remind Americans this legislation also includes cuts to their healthcare.

The budget proposal also included plans to eliminate duplicative energy programs and wasteful spending to help get «federal government out of the way and allow the private sector to do its job and flourish.»

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.

«I spent over a decade of my life working at the issue [of prison reform], including half a decade at the NAACP, and yet here you have a former inmate turned entrepreneur who's been able to bring relief to almost a quarter of federal inmates in just a couple of years,» Jealous says.

The Trump administration is preparing to release an infrastructure plan in the coming weeks that reportedly includes at least $ 200 billion in federal spending that would jumpstart investment from the private sector, and state and local governments.

The Trump administration plans to release an infrastructure plan that reportedly includes at least $ 200 billion in federal spending.

This procedural tool would allow the chamber to pass certain kinds of legislation which affects the federal budget — including spending on programs like Obamacare, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, and Social Security — with a simple majority.

In the months that followed, the industry persuaded Georgia Congressman Tom Graves, whose district includes the syndication hotbed of Rome, to slip a rider into the federal appropriations bill that would bar the IRS from spending money to enforce the listing notice.

Ontario has the lowest per - capita program spending among provinces and the lowest total government revenue per person among all Canadian provinces, including funding from federal transfers.

The commission recommended several reforms including reforming civilian and military retirement programs, reducing agricultural program spending, eliminating in - school subsidies in federal student loan programs, and giving the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation the authority to increase premiums.

Moen noted Sessions» action doesn't change federal law, which includes a congressional provision barring authorities from spending federal money to prosecute medical marijuana operations that abide by state laws.

Overhauling the health insurance system, as the law did, includes all sorts of provisions that have nothing to do with federal spending or revenue.

The analysis does not include an additional cost of the legislation: its repeal of the individual mandate, which the Congressional Budget Office estimates could cause as many as 13 million fewer people to have health insurance, reducing federal spending for poor and middle - class Americans» health insurance by $ 338 billion over 10 years.

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.

Or, as pointed out by the federal environment minister McKenna in a letter Thursday to B.C. environment Minister George Heyman, that Canada already has a mountain of regulation to ensure a world - leading regime to transport oil and products, including: the Railway Safety Act, the Pipeline Safety Act, the National Energy Board Act, the Canada Shipping Act, 2001, the Marine Liability Act, the Fisheries Act, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999, and that Ottawa has pledged to spend an additional $ 1.5 billion to protect its coasts and marine environment.

That bill would extend current federal spending into December, allowing time for further negotiations over key GOP priorities — including the Mexican border wall demanded by Trump.

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.

Budget resolution: A non-binding Congressional outline for federal spending and revenues for the next fiscal year, including targets for the subsequent four fiscal years.

About 39 % of respondents said fiscal policy, which has included tax increases and automatic federal spending cuts, was «too restrictive,» while 21 % thought it was «too stimulative.»

And literally everyone who relies on the federal government for anything, including Congress, will be wondering just how many things are going wrong, or being left undone, because the people at the top are spending their time playing Trump's guessing game instead of doing their jobs.

To date, OpenTheBooks.com has captured 3.5 billion government - spending records, including nearly all disclosed federal government spending since 2000; 48 of 50 state checkbooks; and expenditures in 60,000 localities across America.

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.

But several conservative Republicans, including Harris, believe the debt ceiling should be raised only if it comes with spending controls to reduce federal budget deficits.

These included the introduction of the Canada Child Benefit and the restoration of the age of eligibility for federal pensions to 65 from 67, coupled with increased infrastructure spending in the March 2016 Budget.

It also includes cuts to non-defense spending designed to lower the federal budget deficit by more than $ 3 trillion over the next decade.

The 2018 bill boosts federal health spending by about $ 10 billion, including increases for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and specifically dedicated opioid crisis funding...

Jefferson has served as Wine Institute's Vice President of Federal Relations for nearly five years and previously spent 20 years working in public policy, including 17 years in the U.S. Congress.

As I understand it, because the Trump proposal is only looking (right now) at discretionary spending, it has no effect on the mandatory funding of federal school meal programs, including the lunch and breakfast program.

b According to OMB, mandatory spending for unemployment compensation (including federal, state, and railroad programs) was $ 157 billion in 2010.

All revenues associated with food programs are collected in this account, and those funds may be spent on any nonprofit food service operations, including food sold outside of the federal school lunch and breakfast programs.

The new law also includes a boost in federal education spending, which translates into an additional $ 240 million for Illinois.

Gov. David Paterson's fourth emergency spending bill will include no state cash for capital projects, but will allow federal and local spending.

The omnibus spending bill now on the congressional launch pad is a something - for - everyone grab bag that contains a surprising amount of federal money for New York priorities, including rural broadband, the fight against opioidaddiction, and highway, rail and airport improvements.

The state budget includes no significant new controls or oversight on how the Cuomo administration spends money on economic development projects, and that troubles many lawmakers after federal prosecutors accused eight men of bid - rigging schemes in earlier development projects.

Getting spending under control includes better oversight of federal agencies and programs and rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, and reforms to our important entitlement programs to strengthen them for future generations.

Stung by the expiration of federal aid intended to help states balance budgets as they seek to recover from the recession that began in 2008, the final budget is also expected to include another cut in local aid to cities and towns and to call for reduced growth in the rate of spending on education and health care, although special education is one of the few areas in which significant investments appear imminent.

Lawyers representing six of the defendants have spent the past several weeks in a new letter - writing campaign to a federal judge seeking dismissal of the bid - rigging corruption charges leveled against individuals involved in several major upstate economic development programs, including the mega-construction project at Tesla's Riverbend site in South Buffalo.

A government serious about transparency will post information online as interactive maps as the federal government did with Recovery.org, including spending, tax breaks, capital projects, member items, economic development projects, etc..

On topic questions included funding for items in the City's SIRR report and whether there is an alternative source for such items, whether the mayor is satisfied with the pace of City spending of federal money for Sandy relief, whether the mayor is confident of reaching his 500 construction starts and 500 reimbursement checks by Labor Day, Comptroller Scott Stringer's report on a lack of oversight on spending by the Department of Homeless Services, whether the City has the «right formula» for Build It Back, the total number of homes damaged by Sandy and when all will reached through Build It Back, how many of the 132 construction starts to date are repairs and how many are rebuilds and whether the mayor has closely examined the City's emergency management system in the context of preparing for a future coastal storm.

According to Mauro, a much more important finding of Moynihan's report for New York State's Congressional candidates, is that our state ranks near the bottom in the distribution of so - called «discretionary» federal spending — 48th in per capita military spending and 42nd in per capita non-defense discretionary spending — but first per capita when it comes to means - tested assistance programs, including Medicaid, AFDC, Food Stamps, Housing Assistance, and Unemployment Insurance.

Republicans, including gubernatorial candidate Brian Kolb, thought the speech spent too much on federal issues, suggesting Cuomo had his eyes on the White House in 2020.

The figure does not include spending from the federal government for the Affordable Care Act or Superstorm Sandy recovery.

He raised $ 507,000 through September, including a $ 60,000 personal loan, and spent $ 95,164, according to federal election filings.

Government unions account for about 6 percent of the money spent on Democratic candidates in federal elections — and that doesn't include significant in - kind contributions like phone banks and canvassing.

He spent more than half - a-million dollars on data - driven grassroots outreach that included door - knocking, digital ads, direct mail and social media, much of it aimed at Democrats as well as residents of areas that have benefited from federal largesse.