Sentences with phrase «last time the government»

But public health experts say the market is larger — perhaps far larger — than the $ 300 million to $ 400 million estimate by the U.S. General Accounting Office in 1988, the last time government made an effort to quantify the problem.

However, the last time the government attempted to curb excessive charging in amendments to the 2015 Infrastructure Bill, the proposal failed due to protest from landowners.

The last time any government won a by - election was in 1983, and with Labour considerably behind in the nationwide polls and Corbyn's popularity low, a gain in either seat would be a remarkable victory for the Conservatives and further evidence that they are dominating the post-Brexit political landscape (though, as Matt Singh points out on NumberCruncherPolitics, it would be even more remarkable than this).

(Although here's what happened last time the government tried to introduce a baseline test)

Last time the government made changes to the act, they made RRSP contributions, so registered retirement savings plan contributions, that had been on deposit for more than 12 months exempt under the law.

By the way, when was the last time the government took in a tax and rebated all of it they way someone might have intended when it was instituted?

Not exact matches

It turns out the index has jumped into territory that exceeds what it registered in 2013 at the time of the last government shutdown, notching well over 400 points.

However, the Financial Times reported that the government has fresh concerns caused by Fox being named in a U.S. lawsuit filed last week that alleges it disseminated «fake news» on the murder of Seth Rich, an aide to the Democratic Party.

For instance, last fall his council urged the federal government to ante up $ 40 billion for the CIB, in hopes of luring four times that much in private investment for infrastructure projects like toll bridges and highways, ports and power transmission networks.

While the ramifications of this dramatic move lay chiefly in the political realm, the business side of this drama is inspiring; when was the last time you witnessed one of the largest companies in the world going head - to - head with such A large foreign government?

When last December's government funding bill prevented the SEC from «finalizing» a rule regarding the disclosure of political contributions, Warren joined dozens of other Democratic lawmakers to remind White that the bill did not prevent the SEC from at least discussing or developing a rule for political spending disclosure to be finalized at a future time.

The last time the U.S. went through a partial government paralysis in 1995 - 1996 — for roughly three weeks in two separate instances — economic growth slowed by a quarter of a percentage point during the last three months of 1995.

Perotta is personally facing scrutiny for his recommendation that Pruitt hire a 24 - hour security team three times the size of his predecessor's, which has cost the government $ 3 million over the last year.

The last time a Liberal government entered an election in the middle of a monetary policy tightening cycle was in 2006; that year, the Conservatives defeated them.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's hryvnia has dropped nearly 80 percent against the greenback this year, to trade at 15,7085 per $ 1 on Monday, off last month's all - time low of 15,8817, weighed by tensions between government forces and rebels in the country's eastern regions.

In TMM's opinion watching the banking sector explode into a flaming wreck is not something the government will sit by and watch idly and the last time we heard of Wenzhou SME's blowing up, credit loosening was not far behind.

The move came after benchmark 10 - year Treasury yields last week reached 3 percent for the first time since January 2014 on concerns about rising inflation and government borrowing.

In another push last year, Mr. Zuckerberg spent time at a conference in Beijing that is a standard on the China government relations tour.

«This time last year, governments, central banks, and financial institutions shrugged off cryptocurrency as a nerdish fad.

Should Stephen Harper's Conservatives remain in power until that time, they will become the country's longest - lasting minority government, surpassing by about a month that of Mackenzie King's 1921 - 1925 administration.

The last time the federal government recorded a surplus was in 2007 - 08, with a surplus of $ 9.6 billion, following a string of surpluses that began in 1997 - 98.

Just last week, the Globe and Mail reported that the Government is planning a bare - bones budget in early February, saving major policy announcements for the 2015 budget, just in time for the 2015 election.

PayPal, headquartered in San Jose, Calif., released its government - mandated diversity data to the public for the first time last week after questions by Reveal.

«It is time for working families to be a top priority, not made the last thing governments think about in trade disputes,» he said.

The government was urged to do so by the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police last year, with Prime Minister Stephen Harper saying at the time he would consider it.

The government, for one, is perplexed — especially because it's Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) is in its last year and volume on the program has dropped to an all - time low.

The election represented the tenth consecutive Progressive Conservative government in Alberta; the last time another party held power was in 1971, when the Social Credit Party was in government.

Yes, there was a one - time gain recorded of $ 2.5 billion due to an accounting change, yes the government had to give Citigroup last - resort rescue money 3 times totaling 10's of billions of dollars and yes, Vikram has had to whack out whole lines of business and thousands of employees to stay afloat.

The provincial government has boosted school maintenance funding by more than $ 20 million over last year, and has increased the AFG for the first time since 2004/05.

Meanwhile, the Trudeau government will add four times as much debt as it promised in the last election.

CONCLUSION: While this topic was not covered on TSLA's 1Q18 conference call last night (our analysis on this call will be published shortly), given Autopilot is among the main key drivers of TSLA's current valuation, and the «Autopilot was found by the U.S. government to reduce crash rates by as much as 40 %» line has been used by TSLA time - and - time again, we feel this development could prove more important than the company's earnings conference call yesterday.

Prime Minister Najib Razak was the best thing going for the ruling coalition in Malaysia's last elections, but he's a hindrance this time because of financial scandals and government policies blamed for a rising cost of living.

At a time when almost all new sports facilities are being built privately, it may end up as the last significant project funded by government.

Until the government expanded restrictions on landlord increases last April to include rentals built after 1991, 240,000 households weren't covered by rent controls and the number was increasing all the time, she said.

The previous Liberal government having increased spending 47 per cent in its last six years in office; the Conservatives having increased spending another 19 per cent in its first three years («good times»), and a further 20 per cent over the next two («bad times»); after doubling spending, in short, in the space of a decade, the government's notion of restraint is more or less to leave it there.

Banks have periodically tightened lending to developers; the last time was in 2010 - 2012 when the government worried that easy credit was helping drive up prices.

The problem with the last time was the government had some very highly publicized failures such as Swan Hills, Novatel (which by the way is still operating) and that Magnesium processing plant by High River.

The Wildrose was always a very effective opposition, perhaps too ideological to have been chosen as a government last time, but they are not stupid, they have mostly recovered from the debacle of last December and they are still well financed.

Although intended to be an annual get - together, the last time the heads of the three governments sat...

Four purchasing managers» indexes — two compiled by the government and two by HSBC Holdings PLC all dropped last month, the first time that has happened since April.

The ArcSight review took place last year, at a time when Washington was accusing Moscow of an increasing number of cyber attacks against American companies, U.S. politicians and government agencies, including the Pentagon.

But EPA and a third - party monitor working with the government concluded that six inspections conducted last year did not meet the time frame under the settlement.

«China's astronautics and aeronautics industries have a strong independent research and development ability,» the Global Times, a provocative but government - sanctioned Chinese tabloid, said in an editorial last month.

Many of the first - time NDP voters who wanted desperately to end four decades of Tory rule last time have skedaddled; in one recent poll, 40 per cent of admitted NDP voters agreed Notley's government «is out of touch with what Albertans want.»

 The Harper government's decision last year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all into last year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion in «surprising good news» for Ottawa in the years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the public equity share).

Excluding November 2009, when demand was bolstered by the expiration of a federal government first - time homebuyer tax credit, sales last month were the strongest in more than eight years.

It brought a long - desired prescription drug benefit to Medicare for the first time, at less cost than if the government had paid for it — and indeed, for less money than its own projected budget (last time I checked).

I'm sure I'm not using the right wording but it is easy to say something is outdated dogma by only looking at the last line of a book that has been in process for 2,000 years (i.e. 9 times older than the government trying to tell it what to do).

Government hire investigaters or set up a hot - line... My sister - in law - is on medicade has been to the hospital more than 200 times in the last 3 - 4 years... days and sometimes weeks at at time... who is paying that friggin bill we are.

In case you missed it last week, Mark Signorelli over at Front Porch Republic has posted further thoughts on the recent Joe Carter - Jerry Salyer debate, though this time the focus is on authority and coercion in legitimate government.