Sentences with phrase «larger federal government spending»

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And that means that what the federal government regulates, taxes, and spends over the next several years could in large part hinge on the actions of just one 72 - year - old Southerner: Mitch McConnell.

This structural deficiency of what government spends its resources on and who are the real beneficiaries thereof, is worsened by another structural problem - the structure of Nigeria's pseudo-federation with one overwhelmingly large and not surprisingly wasteful and inefficient federal governments; 36 handicapped states; and 774 almost utterly useless local governments which are now de facto area offices of the handicapped states and therefore doubly - disabled and dysfunctional.

Spending for health care will also be tested as the federal government potentially trims costs, making it difficult to backfill those costs for New York, one of the largest recipients of the federal aid.

A large portion of the budget is money from the federal government that requires little action by New York State other than the approval to spend it as expected by the feds.

In 1893, for example, the $ 165 million spent on military pensions was the largest single expenditure ever made by the federal government.

States have to pay a share of Medicaid dollars spent, as well, which, last time I was actually working for a state Medicaid program, amounted to $ 1.2 B state claims dollars vs $ 2.1 B federal claims dollars for the not especially large state government I worked (Small state, that is.

Collins» amendment, which excludes large municipalities such as New York City, would bar federal reimbursements for state Medicaid funds raised from local governments, shifting roughly $ 2.3 billion in Medicaid spending from the counties to the state.

But administration officials said Monday night that the $ 850 million payment would be the first and largest installment of a decade's worth of repayments to the federal government for Medicaid spending.

The amendment, which excludes large municipalities such as New York City, would bar federal reimbursements for state Medicaid funds raised from local governments, effectively shifting around $ 2.3 billion in Medicaid spending from the counties to the state.

Of course, whether NSF is spending its money wisely is part of a larger debate about how much the federal government should invest in research.

School facilities is second only to highways as the largest sector of public infrastructure spending, but it's been more than 20 years since the federal government conducted a comprehensive review of the nation's school buildings.

On average, the federal government contributes about 10 percent to the total amount spent on public education, but these dollars account for a larger portion of many high - poverty districts» budgets.11 For example, Los Angeles Unified School District and Chicago Public Schools — both high - poverty districts — receive about 15 percent of their budgets from the Education Department.12 These dollars serve essential purposes, such as supplementing services for low - income students, defraying the cost of individualized education programs for students with disabilities, and compensating for a loss of property tax due to federally owned land.

«Today it is clear we must take action to ensure the sustainability of the Old Age Security program, which is the largest spending program of the federal government,» Flaherty said in his prepared remarks on the budget.

For the past ten years, Allygroup has advised some of Australia's largest corporations and Federal and State Government departments on how to optimise value from their legal spend.