Sentences with phrase «of federal choice»

Some refer to this as privatization and point out that the effectiveness of federal choice policies is still unclear.

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Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicked off the 2015 Federal Election on Sunday morning, framing the campaign to come as a choice about the fiscal stewardship of Canada's government and economy overall.

Justice Stephen Breyer wrote for the court that the Alabama Legislature and the federal court that ruled on the plan had taken a «mechanically numerical» view, instead of trying to figure out what percentage of black voters were needed to elect a candidate of their choice.

US President Donald Trump has named Jerome Powell, a current Federal Reserve governor and former finance executive, as his choice to replace Janet Yellen as chair of the world's most powerful central bank — ending months of speculation about who would take charge.

President Obama's choice of a new overseer for Federal Housing Financing Agency, Joseph A. Smith, brings a toughness hewn from fighting federal regulators in pursuit of predatory lenders in his state role in North CaFederal Housing Financing Agency, Joseph A. Smith, brings a toughness hewn from fighting federal regulators in pursuit of predatory lenders in his state role in North Cafederal regulators in pursuit of predatory lenders in his state role in North Carolina.

The Federal Communications Commission is reportedly proposing new regulations that could give cable customers a choice of buying their own set - top boxes instead of renting the default company - offered device.

Powell has been a reliable supporter of the consensus forged by Yellen on the policy - setting Federal Open Market Committee, and likely will be seen as a less risky choice with the economy growing solidly and U.S. stock markets near record highs.

The Congress faces an array of policy choices as it confronts the challenges posed by the amount of federal debt held by the public — which has more than doubled relative to the size of the economy since 2007 — and the prospect of continued growth in that debt over the coming decades if the large annual budget deficits projected under current law come to pass.

The difficult legal choices being weighed by the bank — should it settle or should it fight — coincide with an unusual wave of scrutiny for JPMorgan, which is now facing investigations from at least seven federal agencies, several state regulators and two foreign nations.

-- Title X of the CHOICE Act, the brainchild of the R's on this committee, proposes to micromanage the Federal Reserve in ways that would be hugely detrimental to its independence and its ability to carry out its mandates.

Without authority to borrow money, President Barack Obama's administration would face immediate choices on which bills to pay: Federal employee salaries or Medicare recipients, out - of - work residents who receive federal unemployment benefits or investors who expect to receive interest payments on the country's current debt, veterans or air traffic contrFederal employee salaries or Medicare recipients, out - of - work residents who receive federal unemployment benefits or investors who expect to receive interest payments on the country's current debt, veterans or air traffic contrfederal unemployment benefits or investors who expect to receive interest payments on the country's current debt, veterans or air traffic controllers.

The proposals from the presidential campaign, reiterated last week by President - elect Donald Trump's choice for Treasury secretary, will massively favour the top 1 per cent of income earners, threaten an explosive rise in federal debt, complicate the tax code and do little if anything to spur growth.

You'll regain eligibility for benefits that were available on the loan before you defaulted, such as deferment, forbearance, a choice of repayment plans, and loan forgiveness, and you'll be eligible to receive federal student aid.

IDR is available in a myriad of choices so that nearly every federal student loan borrower has at least one option to make monthly payments based upon their income.

By utilizing newly established federal immigration programs, we can once again make Ontario the destination of choice for new Canadians.

Monte Solberg would be a good choice for a numbers of reasons: he's well - respected in political and business circles; he brings the PCs back to the centrist - right; he provides a connection to the federal Conservatives that is missing now.

Yet the government has the ability to finance this debt through the U.S. Treasury and Federal Reserve with a buffet of choices.

The federal funds rate is its lever of choice to control both forces.

The most widely - known FOMC monetary policy choice is its setting of the Federal Funds Rate.

After each of its eight meetings, the Federal Reserve makes a press release known as the «FOMC Statement» which summarize the central banker's policy choices.

You have several choices when it comes to your federal student loan repayment options, some of which could significantly reduce your monthly student loan payment.

The upcoming selection of a new chairman of the Federal Reserve is being cast as a three - way race, in the sense that President Obama mentioned exactly three names in discussing the choice with Congressional Democrats: Larry Summers, Janet Yellen and Donald Kohn.

It has been a deep embarrassment to watch some Catholics brutally twist their minds and consciences into the service of defending their claim that faithful and staunchly anti-abortion Catholics should support a radically pro-abortion presidential candidate who says his first act in office will be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would, by federal mandate, eliminate even the most minimal legal discouragements of the killing of unborn...

It has been a deep embarrassment to watch some Catholics brutally twist their minds and consciences into the service of defending their claim that faithful and staunchly anti-abortion Catholics should support a radically pro-abortion presidential candidate who says his first act in office will be to sign the Freedom of Choice Act, which would, by federal mandate, eliminate even the most minimal legal discouragements of the killing of unborn babies.

This is because Charitable Choice is not a pot of federal money set aside for religious groups.

If [poor black families] are matriarchal by choice (i.e., if lower - class men, women, and children truly prefer a family consisting of a mother, children, and a series of transient males) then it is hardly the federal government's proper business to try to alter this choice.

But because most of the «aide» goes toward Unions the WH and federal government have essentially given them NO CHOICE.

In February 2014, Australian Food News reported that CHOICE had used the system to rate popular supermarket products after a Federal Health Department - sponsored website to list the Health Star Ratings of foods was taken offline on the day of its launch.

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Halting the expansion of the dangerous pilot program and bringing it to an immediate end is the only conscientious and compassionate choice for the USDA, a federal agency that has the opportunity, and the responsibility, to put animals, consumers, and workers above powerful pork industry interests.

High school lunch programs have offered students a choice of foods since federal legislation mandated it in 1975.

While food companies are required to follow label regulations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the Federal Trade Commission oversees food advertising and marketing, it can be confusing to make healthy choices without understanding the definitions of terms in those regulations.

The bill has met with opposition in Congress in part because it presents the terrible choice of increasing school food spending at the expense of SNAP, i.e., the federal food stamps program.

The kids tell me the food sucks now lol but they do nt see the bigger picture either... while it was a different era for us when us parents were in school; the fundamental rights shouldve remained the same... which is give the kids their choices... the Federal Gov can INCLUDE nutritious items on the free lunch menus while including more choices for them instead of reducing them to avoid social stigmas within the student body of the schools... Kids can be so cruel... Ive lived that first hand... I'm wondering who to contact to protest these changes.

Of particular note was Vilsack's announcement of an additional $ 8 million in federal funding for schools to assist with professional training as well as implementation of the «Smarter Lunchroom» techniques, which are proven to nudge kids into making healthier choiceOf particular note was Vilsack's announcement of an additional $ 8 million in federal funding for schools to assist with professional training as well as implementation of the «Smarter Lunchroom» techniques, which are proven to nudge kids into making healthier choiceof an additional $ 8 million in federal funding for schools to assist with professional training as well as implementation of the «Smarter Lunchroom» techniques, which are proven to nudge kids into making healthier choiceof the «Smarter Lunchroom» techniques, which are proven to nudge kids into making healthier choices.

The Marathon was rigorously tested to meet Federal Safety Standards, so there is no doubt that it is one of the best infant convertible car seats and it is an excellent choice for parents who take care about safety and comfort of their children.

Skelos, speaking with reporters, praised Flanagan as a «great leader» and good choice to succeed him as majority leader while he faces six counts of federal corruption charges.

In the past, the Senate deferred to the president's choice of justices, as well as other federal judicial officers, but since the Nixon administration that deference has declined and appointments have been seen as more political, particularly following the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearings on the appointment of Clarence Thomas.

And by your vote, you will have reaffirmed the ideal of a union where we are together by choice, not banned from leaving as in the kind of federal state born with the American civil war, 150 years ago.

In between are the choices for both of New York's federal Senate seats, state comptroller and attorney general and state Supreme Court, County Court and Family Court judgeships.

ALBANY, NY (12/23/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson today announced he has signed into law S.7034 - A / A.8735 - A, which will increase the amount of exemptions in bankruptcy proceedings and money judgments and provide a choice between State and Federal exemptions.

On March 5, 2018, Dunlap announced that a sufficient number of valid signatures had been submitted to place the referendum on the ballot, meaning that ranked - choice voting would be used for federal and state offices in the June 2018 primary election.

More than 39,000 households benefit from Section 8 Housing Choice vouchers, which are completely funded by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to the analysis.

Also, the federal Voting Rights Act requires that new boundaries be drawn in a manner which provides minority communities with opportunities to elect representatives of their choice.

The scanner then records the voter's choice and the physical evidence of the ballot will remain — one of the main stipulations of the federal act, which was passed in part as a response to the confusion over the Florida ballots in the 2000 presidential election.

Prosecutors also said Silver's arrest was handled «with great sensitivity — from the choice to allow the defendant to surrender, to the decision to drive the defendant to the courthouse as opposed to having federal agents walk the defendant across the plaza, to the use of an unmarked car to handle the transport.»

Speaking during the visit, the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger, Dr. Abubakar Dzukogi said Odigie - Oyegun choice was informed by many successes recorded by the APC - led administration.

Badeh is standing trial alongside Iyalikam Nigeria Limited before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja for allegedly abusing his office as Chief of Defense Staff by using the dollar equivalent of the sum of N1.4 billion removed from the accounts of the Nigerian Air Force to purchase properties in choice areas of Abuja between January and December, 2013.

«But please note that if after seven days the constitutional procedure is not complied with, we shall have no choice but to initiate legal proceedings to enforce the decision of the federal high court and set aside the 2018 appropriation bill.