Sentences with phrase «over aid spending»

The foreign secretary backed president Hamid Karzai's proposal to be given more control over aid spending in the country in return for intensified training of Afghan security forces.

Not exact matches

Branson could spend all of his time on Necker Island, but he's using his billions and voice (he's got over 2 million followers) to try and solve some of the world's biggest problems, like the HIV / AIDS pandemic and global warming.

-- Member of Parliament David Yurdiga «The federal government thinks that it is acceptable to run a $ 30 billion deficit and spending billions on foreign aid and international climate change projects, as well as on newcomer settlement programs all the while cutting over $ 100 million from the three northern territories over the course of the next five years.

The U.S. Senate reached a bipartisan deal on stopgap spending designed to avoid a government shutdown and defuse a fight over aid to victims of natural disasters.

In tiny El Salvador, a country the size of Massachusetts, the U.S. government spent about $ 700 per minute ($ 1.4 million per day), largely on military aid, over the past ten years fueling a deadly civil war and in effect paying the military slayers of the six Jesuits in November 1989.

With a Champions League berth almost secured it appears Louis van Gaal is now ready to spend big over the summer to aid Man United's push for major honours according to the Metro.

The money raised by the taxes in part would go toward a potential boost in education spending, an apparent sticking point in the talks as lawmakers and Cuomo fight over what's known as foundation aid in the budget.

We send over $ 9 Billion to the City of New York in State aid... It is eminently reasonable for a parent or a City Council Mmeber to say «where are you spending the money?»

Over the past four years, school aid has grown at an average annual rate of 4.4 percent, while the Department of Health's Medicaid program has increased 3.3 percent annually on average.5 To maintain overall growth of about 2 percent per year in total state spending, all other spending growth has been held to only 1.0 percent per year on average.

«While total state spending has been held to 2 percent annual growth and most state agency budgets have remained flat, school aid has increased by 27 percent over the last five years, proving that it's already a funding priority,» Peters said.

Discussion over how to spend the settlement cash has included suggestions from the state Legislature that include boosting education aid, as well as funding new infrastructure projects.

It follows Afghan president Hamid Karzai's pledge at yesterday's Kabul conference that Afghan security forces would lead military operations across the country by 2014, in return for control over half of all aid money spent in Afghanistan.

As Gov. Andrew Cuomo raises the possibility of an «extender» budget blamed on federal government - level uncertainty over potential cuts in spending to the state, the Fiscal Policy Institute has released a report examining the impact of D.C. aid to New York state and local governments.

He's said he'll recommend an increase in school aid by perhaps as much as five percent over last year, but he's also promised to not raise overall spending in the state budget above two percent.

The $ 145.3 billion spending plan increases school aid next year by just under $ 1 billion (which school boards say is not enough) and over the next five years commits to build thousands of units of affordable housing for the homeless, contribute $ 8.3 billion to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, spend $ 22 billion on upstate roads and bridges, cut taxes for small businesses and create a rebate for Thruway toll payers.

Democrats argued that it's too late and the state would lose over $ 1 billion in federal aid already spent by schools on implementing Common Core.

Democrats argued that it's too late for that, and the state would lose over $ 1 billion in federal aid already spent by schools on implementing Common Core.

In a little over a month, voters in most school districts go to the polls to decide yes or know on that district's spending plan and five of them in Erie County have less state aid to work with in the recently approved state budget In Erie County, Sweet Home sees the biggest cut in overall state...

In the report, the group takes issue with how Cuomo interprets the decade - old ruling for education spending and the governor's rhetoric touting increases in education aid over the years.

After House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said any extra spending for disaster aid should be offset by cuts elsewhere, Democrats have pounced on the statement (for an argument why Cantor's statement isn't crazy, Dave Weigel has an interesting take over at Slate).

The New York State Educational Conference Board, a coalition of state education organizations, is calling for a $ 2 billion increase in school aid in the 2018 - 19 state budget, despite a looming deficit and uncertainty over federal spending.

Democratic lawmakers expressed disapproval for the education reform measures included in the spending plan, which boosts school aid by $ 1.3 billion over last year.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's budget this year increases education aid by about $ 990 million, with $ 2.1 billion being spent over the next two years and also ends the education cuts known as the gap elimination adjustment.

While the annual spending document has long produced disagreements over taxes, school aid and hospital reimbursement rates, fights about other public policies — often with minimal fiscal impacts — have now become flash points and stumbling blocks.

The proposed budget calls for state spending to grow less than 2 percent over this year, excluding the federal aid for Superstorm Sandy and the Affordable Care Act.

Last year, roughly $ 19 billion was spent to combat HIV / AIDS in low - and middle - income countries, which are hardest hit by the epidemic, and just over half that money came from the countries» own budgets.

President George W. Bush pointed out in his memoirs that federal - aid - to - education spending over the decades had not been improving the education of children from less - educated households.

That's a huge expansion of federal higher education spending; for comparison, the Congressional Budget Office projects that the Pell Grant program, the biggest part of the federal financial aid budget right now, will cost $ 380 billion over the next 10 years.

Walker's 2015 - 17 spending plan holds general school aid and revenue limits virtually flat over two years.

The two proposals come forward as lawmakers consider legislation sponsored by the California PTA that would strengthen requirements that schools engage parents in spending decisions over the use of billions of dollars in state aid to targeted students — English learners, low - income students and foster youth.

The library system created a Drupal website that allowed librarians across 22 school districts to pool together a portion of their individual library materials aid while maintaining control over spending through a participatory selection process.

Today, he'd spent the first five minutes going over our homework assignment, then given us the rest of the period to work on it, while he shut off his hearing aid and did his crosswords.

The restrictions are few, and the potential benefits can be significant for the account holder, including certain tax advantages, potential minimal impact on the financial aid available to the student, and control over how and when the money is spent.

Initial reports on the CBO score stated that the bill will decrease spending to federal student aid by $ 14.6 billion over the next 10 years.

So rather than cutting the budget by $ 14.6 billion, spending on federal student aid would actually increase by $ 2.2 billion over the next 10 years, according to Delisle and Cooper.

In a recent opinion piece, Delisle and Cooper wrote that a closer look at the CBO score reveals that rather than cutting funds to student aid, the Prosper Act will actually increase federal spending over the next 10 years.

And last week, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its official score of the bill.Initial reports on the CBO score stated that the bill will decrease spending to federal student aid by $ 14.6 billion over the next 10 years.

You could spend hours poring over each and every ETF on the market before you decide where to place your money... or you could enlist the aid of someone like Robin Carpenter, editor of Cabot ETF Investing System, who follows ETFs for a living.

Over the years she has walked, trained, and pet sat for many dogs, she has volunteered at animal shelters, caring for and aiding in the pet training process and has spent many years volunteering with Canine Companions for Independence.

Archie, a feral kitten who was brought to Mid Hudson Animal Aid in Beacon, New York, has spent his entire life in the shelter, passed over by countless adopters who were looking for a cuddlier cat to bring home.

Having a robust team will make later encounters much easier, though without the aid of a guide you can expect a lot of time to be spent failing over and over as you pinpoint what your weak links are (with something as simple as the «star sign» of a character playing a huge role in whether they'll survive or die horribly in a given encounter).

Since 1970, the rich countries have spent over $ 4 trillion (2008 dollars) on foreign aid with not that much to show for it.

By way of comparison, consider that the rich countries currently spend a little over $ 100 billion per year in foreign development aid.

By contrast, despite spending over $ 2 trillion in 5 decades, aid programs have much less to show in terms of poverty reduction — or its ancillary benefits, e.g., reductions in hunger, disease, better health care and education, and greater adaptive capacity to deal with climate change and natural disasters — than does fossil fuel - powered economic development.

The Irish Government has announced plans to spend $ 22 billion over the next four years to aid the country's journey to a low - carbon and climate resilient economy.

Criminal Defence represents by far the largest element of our remaining legal aid spend, where we are still spending over a billion pounds a year.

Legal Feeds Ontario tops legal aid spending as revenue lags Legal Aid spending in Canada is up 15 per cent over the last four years to $ 780 million in 2011, but revenue has only increased by seven per cent, according to new numbers from Statistics Canaaid spending as revenue lags Legal Aid spending in Canada is up 15 per cent over the last four years to $ 780 million in 2011, but revenue has only increased by seven per cent, according to new numbers from Statistics CanaAid spending in Canada is up 15 per cent over the last four years to $ 780 million in 2011, but revenue has only increased by seven per cent, according to new numbers from Statistics Canada.

Among other things, the 25 - page report, entitled «An Agenda for Justice,» recommends an $ 18 - million increase to the budget of the Legal Services Society over the next election cycle to bring per - capita legal aid spending in B.C. in line with the Canadian average.

Bob Ambrogi: There does still seem to be concern from conservative corners in particular something that's been expressed any number of times over the years, the legal aid lawyers spend too much time litigating, political and social causes and not enough time representing those that they're intended to serve, what do you say to critics of the LSC who raised that issue?

The starting point is that government spends just over # 1 billion every year on criminal legal aid.