Sentences with phrase «money fund reform»

The impact of money fund reform represents a unique and clearly regulatory - induced outcome.

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A vote on the measure was delayed for hours after Democrats revolted against provisions to roll back part of the Dodd - Frank financial reform law and allow more big money political donations, while conservative Republicans objected because the measure did not block funds for Obama's immigration order.

Immigrants» money was originally administered by provincially managed venture capital funds; before recent reforms, some of it went to dubious or fraudulent schemes.

The tense negotiations over Greece's debt come as the Greek government struggles to find a consensus to pass the budget reforms demanded by its so - called troika of lenders — the European Central Bank, European Union and International Monetary Fund — in exchange for releasing the next installment of bailout money, a 30 billion euro ($ 38.3 billion) payout scheduled to be released in March.

Unlike EU funding, Chinese money does not come with burdensome institutional reform conditionalities.

In September 2014, we submitted comments regarding the proposed rule by the SEC on the Money Market Fund Reform.

Right now, there isn't the funding but if we were able to tie international tax reform, tax all that money that the companies have overseas and put that in an infrastructure bank, there could be a trillion dollars of infrastructure funding and you could get the kind of funding we need for high - speed rail,» he said.

After kicking in $ 10,000 of his own money to get his reform - Albany PAC, New York Uprising, off the ground, former Mayor Ed Koch is now soliciting funds to keep the committee going.

The coalition has promised to reach «detailed agreement on limiting donations and reforming party funding in order to remove big money from politics».

As for Citizens Union, Executive Director Dick Dadey said the Education Fund's money supported two reports: one examining the undisclosed spending of New York political clubs, the other pushing publicly funded elections and campaign finance reform.

# 2.25 bn of this spending would be new money taken from reforms of the tax credit system and # 500m from abolishing the child trust fund, which goes to teenagers.

Meanwhile, the flow of political donations from centenarian Leonard Litwin's Glenwood slowed to a trickle following the arrests in Albany, and the real estate industry as a whole is falling behind in spending as hedge funds pump money into lobbying for education reform.

«We have a real shot to flip the State Senate this fall so we can build a New York that works for all of us: reforming our broken criminal justice system, fighting climate change and creating good jobs, expanding opportunities for immigrant New Yorkers, fully funding all of our schools and public universities, and taking on big money in politics to expand and protect our democracy.

«This report contains some important proposals which we will study in detail because we want to build consensus for a reformed system of party funding - one that ends the arms race that drives the big money in politics and one which restores public trust in politics.

«That organisation, the Electoral Reform Society, part of it is a company that makes money - is funding the Yes campaign.

Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat president, comments on the committee on standards in public fife's report into political party funding: «Money currently plays far too big a role in politics and the Liberal Democrats have long called for major reform in party funding.

We also agree to pursue a detailed agreement on limiting donations and reforming party funding in order to remove big money from politics.

Too much of the state's election process for judges revolves around raising money, said Dennis R. Hawkins, executive director of the Fund for Modern Courts, a New York City - based group that favors reform of the judicial selection process.

When Silver's acquaintance Dr. Robert Taub started dropping unmissable hints that he wanted Silver to fund his mesothelioma research in exchange for Taub referring terminally ill asbestos victims to Silver's law firm so Silver could reap millions in finders» fees, Silver went back to unspent money from one of the $ 8.5 million annual Health Care Reform Act stashes and started doling it out.

Silver champions fair elections Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Election Law Committee Chairman Michael Cusick have introduced legislation to bring fair elections to New York by reforming the state's antiquated campaign finance laws and creating a public financing system for all state offices, shifting the focus of elections to the substance of the issues and candidates — not the money used to fund them.

Cuomo has been a vigorous advocate of the education «reform» movement, a collection of hedge fund funded charlatans that are looking to siphon as much public money as possible from public education under the guise of «disrupting» education as we know it.

Cuomo on Wednesday is also expected to outline an aggressive education reform agenda that will include a push for more charter schools and additional funding for them, tougher teacher evaluation standards, and money for teacher incentives.

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

«He is not only taking money from an individual that is notorious for funding right - wing attacks on Black Lives Matter, criminal justice reforms and anti-poverty programs, but he is also illegally using these funds.»

The path to election reform is somewhat muddled; most rules governing contribution limits and the matching funds program that provides public money to candidates are derived from legislation passed by the City Council.

During the 2016 election, the Reform Party may seek to put together an election fund, and spend money in states where the Reform Party has ballot access.

Campaign finance reform advocates say public funding helps level the playing field for candidates without money or connections, and encourages a focus on small - dollar donations from constituents rather than corporate contributions.

The most direct symbol of Heastie's and his New York City - dominated chamber's allegiance to de Blasio comes in the form of a budget that renews mayoral control of city schools for 7 years, delivers a major increase in education funding without Cuomo's proposed reforms, increases pre-K monies, and would deliver a $ 15 minimum wage for the city.

But on Sunday the proposals were criticised amid claims from Labour that as many as two - thirds of schools would effectively lose money to fund the reforms.

The Office of the NIH Director would receive $ 122 million in new money, a boost of 10.4 %; of this, $ 100 million would fund the Cures Acceleration Network (CAN), a new programme authorized in the 2010 health reform law that aims to speed highly needed cures from lab to bedside.

While this money was ostensibly linked to reform via the Race to the Top, there's very little to show for this huge influx of federal funds.

If states and districts act in bad faith and fail to spend money with an eye toward reform and restoration of essential programs and staff, they'll forfeit the second round of funds, expected mid-summer.

The groups he has supported reads like a Who's Who of the brand of education reform that favors online learning and charter schools over traditional schools: According to the publication Education Next, his money helped start the NewSchools Venture Fund, a major funder of charter schools and ed tech start - ups, and Aspire Public schools, a charter school network.

And the government, in disbursing the bulk of the money in this first of two rounds of major funding, requires assurances it will be spent wisely — or else: Uncle Sam won't write additional checks without promises of reform now and proof of it later.

While the nearly $ 100 billion in federal economic - stimulus aid set aside for education has challenged school districts to turn one - time money into long - term reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long - term — and not necessarily positive — consequences.

Weighted student funding (WSF) As with most major reforms of school finance, doing WSF right entails complex formulas, oft - changing allocations of money (when a kid shifts schools, for example, or moves to the next grade, or her needs change), sophisticated building - level budgeting, and the integration of dollars from multiple sources that carry different requirements.

At NBU, we will continue to encourage teachers to take the initiative rather than to wait for the state to start reforms and provide money, while, at the same time, we hunt and fight for our own additional funding to implement our ideas.

While the nearly $ 100 billion in federal economic - stimulus aid set aside for education has challenged school districts to turn one - time money into lasting reform, this historic influx of funding has also set the stage for long - term — and not necessarily positive — consequences.

It would be bigger and better funded, but it would similarly offer extra money to states if they pursued certain types of policies, including preschool expansion, teacher quality reforms, extra funding for schools with extra challenges, and curriculum changes.

Second, Don McAdams, founder of the Center for Reform of School Systems, argued that philanthropy typically entails limited dollars in the grand scheme of things, but has an outsized influence because this money is nimble and can be used to drive a state or a district's reforms, where it's hugely difficult to redeploy more than a sliver of public funds.

While the Government is already reforming the way in which money is distributed to schools through the introduction of a national funding formula for schools, the spending review process will determine the overall level of public funding for schools and colleges.

You can't fund reforms without money.

More discretionary money than the feds have ever made available, the funds will be awarded to states to spur and support eduction reform...

All four candidates said they supported Gov. Jerry Brown's major education policy that reformed how the state funds education, called the Local Control Funding Formula, which gives more money to districts with high numbers of English learners, low - income students, and students in the foster care system.

The Governor Malloy and state lawmakers put together a budget that fulfills most of the promises made in last year's education reform law by increasing per - pupil funding and allocating more money for new charter schools.

With the potential to reform school finance, a new academic accountability system, and the expiration of Classroom Site Fund monies on the horizon, advocacy is more important now than ever.

Instead of staying out of this critically important Democratic Primary, the Connecticut Democratic State Central Committee used State Party funds to pay for more than 90 % of the money spent to support the losing, corporate education reform oriented slate.

United Federation of Teachers president Michael «I'm going to punch you in the face» Mulgrew said, «This letter comes right out of the playbook of the hedge funders for whom education «reform» has become a pet cause and who poured money into the Cuomo re-election campaign.»

As a result of their ill - conceived policies billions of dollars in public taxpayer funds at the federal level and tens of millions of dollars here in Connecticut are being shifted away from classroom instruction so that corporate education reform companies can continue to make even more money.

Through the Race to the Top initiative, for example, the Obama administration succeeded in incentivizing states: Even with relatively small pots of money — just $ 4 billion, or less than 2 percent of federal education spending — the administration encouraged states to prioritize innovative teacher and principal reforms and develop rigorous academic standards.22 Thirty - four states modified their policies in response to the federal initiative, even though only 19 states received federal funding to do so.23