Sentences with phrase «of federal taxpayer money»

Doyle also urged the Wisconsin congressional delegation to lead the fight to repeal a federal law that bars the use of federal taxpayer money for experiments that destroy human embryos.

Not exact matches

In other words, Quebec and federal taxpayers are being asked to pony up to protect the financial well - being of the family, which, incidentally, received approximately $ 150 million in dividend payments from Bombardier over the last decade, even as the company has yet to repay all the money its borrowed from the federal government in the past.

Kleck just learned that almost immediately after the publication of his study, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a federal agency that receives more than $ 11 billion of taxpayer money every year, conducted its own study of the matter.

Tenney says the $ 15 million gondola planned for the New York State Fair is an unnecessary waste of taxpayers» money, and she'll oppose granting the federal approval needed for the project.

A bill introduced Thursday night by Sen. Simcha Felder would change the state's tax law in order to address the federal tax overhaul that caps the amount of money taxpayers can deduct in state and local taxes at $ 10,000.

The campaign in Oregon drew a lot of national attention over accusations that federal taxpayer money was being used to fund anti-legalization events.

Thanks to a new state law, East Hampton taxpayers will have the right to force a vote on whether the town should accept money for East Hampton Airport from the Federal Aviation Administration, which imposes rules on how airports function as a condition of providing funding.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is investing $ 750 million of taxpayer funds and the hopes of a community desperate for an economic recovery in a company that is losing money, weathering two federal investigations and facing, by its own admission, an uncertain economic future.

Schumer says he and other members of Congress are battling for the federal government to help local governments and taxpayers deal with aging water and sewer lines by making more money available.

«The loss of money to taxpayers in New York state through federal actions, will absolutely have enormous ramifications,» said Krueger, who predicted it will result in a loss of «billions and billions» of revenue for the state to fund key programs.

The Empire Center's E.J. McMahon said an analysis of federal data on wages paid finds the law's interpretation is outdated and that New York may be paying more in taxpayer money than is necessary — up to 25 percent more for some projects in some regions of the state.

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Mr. Fischer claims that because Mr. Cruz is receiving federal funds for his campaign, «any «fraudulent» or otherwise ineligible candidate causes the waste and squandering of U.S. taxpayer monies.»

Cuomo seemed to be of two minds about Alain Kaloyeros, who is facing both state and federal charges alleging that he engaged in bid rigging on contracts worth millions of dollars of taxpayer money and has been suspended without pay from his post as president of SUNY Poly.

Just as in the aftermath of 9/11, it is once again the onus of the federal, state and city governments to determine how to allocate taxpayer money to the businesses and residents — who have this time suffered from the devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy.

ALBANY — A federal proposal to provide two years of free community college for all students could actually save New York taxpayers money, a high - ranking legislator told POLITICO New York.

«The full or partial repeal of SALT would upset the carefully balanced fiscal federalism that has existed since the creation of the tax code, and it will result in unprecedented double taxation on taxpayers, forcing them to pay a federal tax on monies already paid in state and local taxes,» the letter states.

MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT — Assemblyman Sheldon Silver was the greedy architect of two scams that robbed taxpayers of money and abused his official position to secretly net millions for himself, prosecutors said in federal court Monday morning, during closing argFEDERAL COURT — Assemblyman Sheldon Silver was the greedy architect of two scams that robbed taxpayers of money and abused his official position to secretly net millions for himself, prosecutors said in federal court Monday morning, during closing argfederal court Monday morning, during closing arguments.

«The loss of money to taxpayers in New York state through federal actions, will absolutely have enormous ramifications,» said Kruger, who predicts it will result in a loss of «billions and billions» of revenue for the state to fund key programs.

Now critics are saying that the Democrats» pro-Malloy mailings will undo the original promise of the public financing system — because the special - interest money will flow into the state campaign through the party's «federal account» even as taxpayers continue to pay for campaigns that were supposed to be kept «clean» of contractors» money.

In the related case in Federal District Court in Brooklyn, prosecutors accused Ms. Huntley of herself pocketing taxpayer money from her other nonprofit agency, Parents Information Network Inc..

A former New York State senator pleaded guilty on Wednesday to falsifying evidence in an attempt to cover up the theft of taxpayer money from a nonprofit agency that she founded, ending a prominent corruption case that included charges in federal and state courts.

Some have also argued that at the very least this new discovery means that federal taxpayers should not fund the destruction of embryos for research (which could proceed in the private sector) and public money should support this new alternative.

Federal research agencies have an obligation to explain to American taxpayers why their money is being used on such research instead of on more worthy projects.»

There's the ongoing special - counsel investigation into whether the Trump campaign aided a Russian campaign to aid Trump's candidacy and defeat his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton; there's the associated inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice when he fired former FBI Director James Comey, whom he had asked not to investigate his former national - security adviser; there are the president's hush - money payments to women with whom he allegedly had extramarital affairs, made through his personal attorney, Michael Cohen, and facilitated by corporate cash paid to influence the White House; there is his ongoing effort to interfere with the Russia inquiry and politicize federal law enforcement; there are the foreign governments that seem to be utilizing the president's properties as vehicles for influencing administration policy; there's the emerging evidence that Trump campaign officials sought aid not only from Russia, but from other foreign countries, which may have affected Trump's foreign policy; there are the ongoing revelations of the president's Cabinet officials» misusing taxpayer funds; there is the accumulating evidence that administration decisions are made at the behest of private industry, in particular those in which Republican donors have significant interests.

Instead of sending federal taxpayer money to private schools, Congress should invest these dollars in the public schools that serve all students regardless of gender, disability, economic status, or educational achievement.

If state and federal lawmakers didn't leech away that big a percentage of what teachers earn, that money could go to the teachers who earned it without having to take even more from the taxpayers who provide teacher salaries.

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.

NCPE believes that instead of sending federal taxpayer money to private schools, these funds should be invested in the public schools.

For those who don't know, the lender is where the money comes from, which is the Department of Education if a borrower is applying for federal student loans (or actually, taxpayers).

That means that by making money off of student loan borrowers, the federal government is reaping profits from their loan repayments and then subsequently making more money off those borrowers than other taxpayers.

Some taxpayers who filed complaints with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that, after signing up with some of these companies and paying thousands of dollars in upfront fees, the companies took even more of their money by making unauthorized charges to their credit cards or withdrawals from their bank accounts.

Taxpayers loan the government money in the form of purchasing a bond and in return the federal reserves guarantee a return on investment, as well as the principal not being diminished.

The resulting report looked into the amount of money lost to taxpayers from leaks during careless gas drilling on federal lands.

For more on the $ 7 billion per year in taxpayer money currently being given away to the oil, gas, and coal industries to extract on public lands, see our recent report: «Unequal Exchange: How Taxpayers Shoulder the Burden of Fossil Fuel Development on Federal Lands.»

My commonsense amendment saves taxpayer money and gets the federal government out of the business of subsidizing expensive toilet exchanges that yield highly questionable returns.

(We've noted this before, most recently last week discussing how much money the federal government was paying corporate law firms, out of taxpayer funds, and by the hour):

Bush is also a strong proponent of putting more money back into the pockets of taxpayers through cuts in federal income, capital gains, and estate taxes, all positions backed by NAR.