Sentences with phrase «of picking up the tab»

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«His $ 1.5 trillion plan expects state, local and private partners to pick up more than 85 percent of the tab.

Non-Prime users spend a little more than half that ($ 700), but they may be picking up the tab elsewhere, like in the cost of gas to shop in - store, the higher price of items from big - box retailers, and shipping from other stores.

Right now, the government covers about three - quarters of those premiums, while the lawmakers and their staff members pick up the rest of the tab.

Of course, at $ 255 a person (excluding beverages), you need to have a fat wallet or fat expense account to pick up the tab at this Michelin three - star restaurant.

I put on my auditor look of disdain, and retort, «That's why I'm not picking up this tab.

Pearce, who studied hydrography as an undergrad (the science of mapping bodies of water), managed to pick up the tab for his # 10,500 ($ 16,000 USD) degree on his own, in part thanks to a hotel that gave him free lodging in exchange for work.

Arthur Milnes, a Sir John A. buff and senior fellow at the Queen's University Centre for the Study of Democracy, says that the Brewing Company will pick up Mr. Chrétien's tab should he make an appearance in the Eastern Ontario city today.

If you've relied on your employer to pick up most of your health care tab, retirement could be a rude awakening: Only 25 % of large companies offer health care benefits to retirees, according to a 2017 employer survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

However, there has been some disagreement on who should pick up the tab for the bulk of the proposed infrastructure improvements.

World Youth Day organizers say the final tab for the trip could cost as much as 350 million reals ($ 156 million) with pilgrims picking up 70 percent of the tab.

It could, of course, be that Bilic has guaranteed improved results after the warm weather break in Dubai or else he has to pick up the tab.

The three previous resodding jobs have cost more than $ 250,000, a tab picked up mainly by promoters of the events that have torn up the turf.

Last year, the city paid $ 462,000 to upgrade equipment at Garfield Park, with the state picking up $ 200,000 of the tab.

«We can't carry on as we are, expecting the next generation of taxpayers to pick up the tab,» Treasury committee chair Andrew Tyrie said.

The Shoreham - Wading River Central School District is facing backlash after taxpayers learned at a recent meeting that the district contributed nearly $ 153,000 toward the high school senior class trip in March to Disney World, picking up most of the tab including airfare and hotel rooms.

But as the costs of departure come in, workers who voted to quit picking up the tab, not the Ritz crowd who led the campaign with disinformation and lies, Ukip won't look so clever.

The question of who is picking up Joe Percoco's legal tab is of particular interest because of his close relationship with Cuomo, whose name has surfaced repeatedly in the federal corruption trial of his former top aide.

«No one has a crystal ball, but I think we'll see some, my hope is, we'll see some federal action on this sooner or later, so some of what's being discussed is a dire consequence, having a special session, some of the things we're talking about, probably, hopefully will not come to pass,» DiNapoli said when asked if the mayor should, as the governor maintains, pick up the tab for H+H funding, or, as the mayor insists, the state should pony up the $ 380 million it is currently withholding from the system.

As for paying for hotels, dinners and meetings, as a campaign and office, we have a strict policy of never allowing a constituent, lobbyist or other party to ever pick up a tab, we pay for all meetings to avoid any question of impropriety.»

NEW YORK (AP)-- The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island will be open for visitors Monday, with New York state picking up the tab for the federal workers.

And since much of the tax rises have been by stealth, the poorest are picking up a lot of the tab.

«It's utterly unprecedented in the United States,» said Paul Sonn, legal co-director of the National Employment Law Project in Washington, D.C. «We're not aware of any state that has adopted a tax credit remotely resembling this one, which will have the taxpayer pick up the tab for the cost of the minimum wage increase for a certain category of worker.»

The state also will pick up the transportation tab for children of all ages who live in disadvantaged areas, thanks to a $ 500,000 program included in the new budget.

«This State of the State is probably the best arrangement for New York City in decades,» he said during a morning interview on the Brian Lehrer show, calling it «absurd» to expect the state to keep picking up the tab while also funding new programs.

Collins» plan, which would force New York to pick up the $ 2.3 billion tab that upstate and Long Island counties now contribute to the health care plan for lower - income state residents, was included late Monday in the last - minute package of amendments that House Speaker Paul Ryan put together to build support for the controversial Republican health care legislation.

«Established 40 years ago, the government was supposed to pick up 40 % of the tab.

The state also will pick up the transportation tab for children of all ages, from kindergarten to high school, who live in disadvantaged areas, thanks to a $ 500,000 program included in the new budget, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said in a statement.

It's one of many so - called unfunded mandates that have long been a source of contention for local governments, which are left to pay picking up the tab for the decisions that are made at the capitol.

It's the taxpayers picking up the tab for Medicaid,» said Martin Golden (R - Brooklyn), a member of the state Senate Health Committee.

In the case of the Baker administration's June excursion, Combined Jewish Philanthropies, not a state agency, picked up the $ 25,000 tab for five of the six Baker aides who attended.

As long as the football clubs pick up the tab for this bit of tax evasion and the treasury benefits, I am not too bothered.

I agree with you, Richard, that there is much less of a problem is clubs pick up the tab for the extra tax (and I am relieved to think that Arsenal's sensible financial management over the last few years ensures they would not subsequently collapse..)

Original plan was that right about now Harry Potter and his Spiralized Face would be with yours truly in Bumshunter's of Mayfair, my favourite English restaurant of all time if I'm not picking up the tab.

Even so, some local officials want the state and federal governments to pick up the full tab of the storm recovery bill, insisting that to require them to pay their 12.5 percent share would break the bank for already over-taxed property owners.

«At least Collins is consistent in his glaring hypocrisy,» the editorial added, referencing Collins» proposed amendment that would have forced state taxpayers to pick up the tab that upstate counties now pay for a share of Medicaid costs.

But last year, the renewal of NY / NY became the casualty of yet another squabble between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mr. de Blasio — with Mr. de Blasio asking Mr. Cuomo to increase the number of units to be built in the city, and with Mr. Cuomo demanding that Mr. de Blasio pick up more of the tab — calling for a 50/50 split of the cost instead of the state paying 80 percent, as it has done in the past.

While the counties are calling for the state to pick up more of the TC3 tab, the college is looking to expand programs and services in order to remain competitive among local students.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Nikolas Cruz could be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, his public defender said Wednesday as the Florida school shooter appeared at a hearing to determine if taxpayers will pick up the tab for his defense.

The National Union of Students (NUS) President Aaron Porter, who wrote a piece for Channel 4 News asking Lord Browne if he would like to start his adult life with debts of # 40k last week, said: «If adopted, Lord Browne's review would hand universities a blank cheque and force the next generation to pick up the tab for devastating cuts to higher education.

Mr. Bernardo in his UCIDA (Ulster County Industrial Development Agency) application promised 51 full time jobs (26 the first year and 25 the second year) to be maintained over ten years in return for a PILOT program (Payment In Lieu Of Taxes) which meant he avoided paying sales tax and a good amount of property and school taxes for ten years while we taxpayers picked up his taOf Taxes) which meant he avoided paying sales tax and a good amount of property and school taxes for ten years while we taxpayers picked up his taof property and school taxes for ten years while we taxpayers picked up his tab.

ALBANY — If politicians are accused of a crime in New York, their friends can pick up the tab — and it's all legal.

Bu tfear not, rest assured that the USA taxpayers are picking up the tab for all of this campaign fund raising.

Another donor, Thomas Lane, picked up the $ 2,500 tab for Rice's ticket to the March 29, 2015, gala for the opening of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute in Boston.

«It's outrageous, quite frankly, that Collins and Faso were buying votes and giving the IOU to the state of New York,» the governor said, adding that if Congress wanted to relieve New York counties of Medicaid costs, they should have had the federal government pick up the tab.

You led the opposition to starve MTA of congestion pricing and other funds, and now you're posturing as a champion of schoo kids in NYC, spanking MTA for resisting picking up the tab for student MetroCards that are clearly the State's (and City's) reponsibility.

As Tuesday's water quality hearing began, the state commissioners of health and environmental conservation sent a letter to the EPA requesting that the agency pick up the tab for expenses related to the Hoosick Falls response not covered by the polluters.

In response to a question from TPMDC, House Minority Leader John Boehner backed Tom Donohue, President of the Chamber of Commerce, in saying taxpayers should help pick up the tab.

The Republican National Committee is picking up at least some of the legal tab for President Trump during the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, according to a...

The state's counties currently pick up 13 percent of the total cost of Medicaid, a tab that is expected to top $ 8 billion in the coming fiscal year, though much of that is in New York City.

About 1,500 of the city's 36,000 police officers are deployed full - time to prevent terrorism, and much of the tab is picked up by the federal government, which helps pay for security cameras, chemical - detection equipment, bomb - sniffing dogs and intelligence gathering.