After several attempts to craft information - sharing legislation, the latest one has found its way into the must -
pass federal spending bill.
Not exact matches
The senators originally promised to include the measures in a year - end
spending bill, but because Congress is only working to
pass a short - term extension of
federal government funding this week, Collins and Alexander say they will include the bills in an omnibus bill in January.
Sept. 30 marks the final day of fiscal year 2015 and members of Congress are working to
pass a bill that would allow U.S.
federal agencies to continue
spending money, thus avoiding the second
federal government shutdown in two years.
«Even if they did, or if Mr. Trump were able to
pass a major infrastructure
spending package, they would prove inflationary, causing the
Federal Reserve to respond with a faster pace of monetary tightening that would offset the positive effect on growth,» the Economist Intelligence Unit report says.
Under a continuing resolution
passed last week in place of actual
federal spending bills, Pentagon budgets are capped at 2015 levels, severely limiting the service branches» ability to start new programs or even shutdown programs they don't need anymore.
But the
spending bill, which is expected to add roughly $ 1.7 trillion to the
federal debt over the next decade,
passed the House a mere 17 hours after its 8 p.m. release Wednesday night.
This procedural tool would allow the chamber to
pass certain kinds of legislation which affects the
federal budget — including
spending on programs like Obamacare, Medicare, Medicaid, welfare, and Social Security — with a simple majority.
The provisions in the bill must directly affect the
federal government's
spending or revenue — it's a way to restrict what policies can
pass under the special privileges of reconciliation, which allows a bill to advance with only 50 votes instead of the usual 60.
The so - called Rohrabacher - Farr amendment was
passed as part of the broader resolution on the
federal budget — and it could get tangled up once more in the upcoming fight over
federal spending.
Until the
Federal government can
pass a budget (they haven't in almost four years), remove the 7 - year long ZIRP which penalizes savers and rewards debtors, and find a way to eventually remove the excess QEs and > $ 1 trillion annual
spending deficits, I will stay on the porch while the «big dogs» run.
Consider the Fed's hike in interest rates on March 21, the
passing of a massive $ 1.3 trillion
spending bill on March 23 that dramatically widened the
federal deficit, the resignation of former director of the National Economic Council Gary Cohn on March 6, the firing of former U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on March 13, the tariff tantrum between the U.S. and China on March 1 and Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe.
In just one month since the Parkland shooting, the gun control movement has made some small gains: The Florida state legislature
passed new firearm regulations, and the
federal spending bill signed by President Trump on Friday contains modest steps toward tightening the nation's gun laws, including the Fix NICS Act, which strengthens the background - check system for gun purchases.
They also folded a bill that strengthened the
federal background check system into an omnibus
spending bill
passed in March.
1) Repeal Obamacare; Pursue Patient - Centered Care 2) Stop the Tax Hikes 3) Reverse Obama's
Spending Increases 4) Scrap the Code; Replace It with a Flat Tax 5)
Pass a Balanced Budget Amendment 6) Reject Cap and Trade 7) Rein in the EPA 8) Unleash America's Vast Energy Potential 9) Eliminate the Department of Education 10) Reduce the Bloated
Federal Workforce 11) Curtail Excessive
Federal Regulation 12) Audit the Fed
Spent a week there in connection with a
Federal medical exam, which I
passed, so yes I do like the city of Pittsburg.
To fund the
federal government and avoid a government shutdown, while also specially carving out funding for the Department of Homeland Security, * this week Congress is on track to
pass the so - called «CRomnibus» — a combination of a continuing resolution and an omnibus
spending bill.
Though the town board
passed resolutions in 2014 declaring that independent reviews showed Singh's companies had
spent at least $ 11.7 million, the independent reviews provided by the town only account for $ 5.6 million and
federal prosecutors said Singh diverted loan money elsewhere.
Schools around central and northern New York will soon be able to apply for
federal funds to cover school safety and mental health training expenses - part of the recently
passed $ 1.3 trillion
spending plan
passed by Congress.
They are protesting the January 1973 Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion, Thousands of protesters converged in D.C. last week as the House of Representatives
passed a bill baring
federal spending on abortions.
Adjusting for this change, and for accounting complexities related to temporary
federal aid that is
passed through to localities, DOB projects total
spending is projected at $ 134.4 billion.
Although Rowland was convicted and
spent 10 months in prison on a non-campaign related
federal charge, public anger over political corruption in general pushed state lawmakers to
pass major campaign reforms.
The amount of money the
federal government has kicked in for infrastructure projects has gone down over the years and a long - term infrastructure
spending bill has yet to be
passed by Congress and the state is not helping much either.
A new amendment from Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D - NY) which would that would ban
federal contractors who discriminate against LGBT people attached to an energy and water
spending bill
passed the House late on Wednesday following days of fury from Dem... Read
And the Senate
passed a $ 1.3 trillion
spending package Friday that would encourage state and
federal authorities to provide more information to the national gun background check system.
So, to recap: The congresswoman is seeking more
spending by the
federal government here in New York to help with the post-Irene recovery — a move that would, if she and Cantor had their way, require additional cuts at a time when Washington is already polarized over reductions mandated by the debt ceiling deal
passed early this month.
But it did provide talking points for House Republican leaders who need conservatives support to
pass the measure: lower deficits, reduced
federal spending and tax cuts.
The money
spent to fund Obamacare's implementation in New York is
federal pass - through funds that is plugged into the budget.
«Since the receipt of SERAP's letter dated 17th March, 2017, and up till the filing of this suit, the government has so far failed, refused and / or neglected to
pass on to the Attorney - General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, information relating to the release and
spending of N388.304 billion London Paris Club Loan refunds to 35 States by the
Federal Government for appropriate legal action against the states.»
Congress earlier this month approved a two - year
spending plan after
passing two midnight deadlines leading to a temporary and limited shutdown of the
federal government.
AN ORDER OF MANDAMUS compelling the Respondent to urgently compile and
pass on to the Attorney - General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, information relating to the release and
spending of N388.304 billion London Paris Club Loan refunds to 35 States by the
Federal Government, so that the Attorney - General of the Federation can take steps to initiate legal action against the States that allegedly diverted and mismanaged the funds with a view to compelling the states to widely publish, including on a dedicated website, details of
spending of the funds by them.
Short - Term Fiscal 2018 Continuing Appropriations — Vote
Passed (235 - 193, 5 Not Voting) The House passed the joint resolution that would provide funding for federal government operations and services at current levels through Dec. 22, 2017, at an annualized rate of $ 1.23 trillion for federal departments and agencies covered by the 12 unfinished fiscal 2018 spending
Passed (235 - 193, 5 Not Voting) The House
passed the joint resolution that would provide funding for federal government operations and services at current levels through Dec. 22, 2017, at an annualized rate of $ 1.23 trillion for federal departments and agencies covered by the 12 unfinished fiscal 2018 spending
passed the joint resolution that would provide funding for
federal government operations and services at current levels through Dec. 22, 2017, at an annualized rate of $ 1.23 trillion for
federal departments and agencies covered by the 12 unfinished fiscal 2018
spending bills.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- The House moved swiftly early Friday to reopen the
federal government and
pass a $ 400 billion budget deal, overcoming opposition from both liberal Democrats and tea party conservatives to endorse enormous
spending increases despite looming trillion - dollar deficits.
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«That debate was at full boil last week, when the U.S. House of Representatives
passed the America COMPETES Act, which sets policy for NSF and two other
federal research agencies, and the House Appropriations Committee adopted a 2016
spending bill that includes NSF,» Mervis wrote.
The total 2010 budget for the department as a whole would grow to $ 26.3 billion from $ 24 billion in 2008; the projection for 2009 is $ 33.9 billion, plus a whopping $ 39 billion for energy programs under the stimulus package recently
passed and $ 1.6 billion for the Office of Science, which
federal bureaucrats plan to
spend primarily on building scientific facilities.
But the fate of that NASA - funded education program and many others was very much up in the air until this week, when Congress
passed a $ 1 trillion
spending bill to fund the
federal government through 30 September 2015.
After the Senate's failure to
pass a short - term
spending measure late Friday triggered the first government shutdown since October 2013, Holt outlined the implications on
federal research and development
spending.
The Senate's failure to
pass a new stopgap
spending measure late Friday triggered a partial government shutdown — the first since October 2013, beginning the shuttering of «non-essential» agencies throughout the government, furloughing
federal workers and closing
federal facilities.
The
spending bill, expected to be attached to a continuing resolution for all
federal agencies that must
pass by Friday to avoid a government shutdown, funds NASA at $ 17.8 billion for FY 2012.
OMB's role in the budget process does not end when Congress
passes and the President signs the annual appropriations bills (or, in more recent years, the continuing resolutions to provide funding for a limited period of time after the fiscal year until the appropriations bills are agreed upon).195 OMB is intimately involved in budget execution — the way
federal agencies carry out their work under the budgetary authority they have been granted.196 OMB affects budget execution through two different levers: the formal specification lever, through which it «apportions» and otherwise defines how agencies
spend the funds Congress has appropriated, and the informal monitoring lever, through which it oversees agencies» implementation of their programs.
In this system, what
passed for accountability was the ability to provide detailed reports of planned and actual
spending of
federal funds — in other words, a system of accounting, not of accountability.
The Senate
passed a nearly $ 32 billion
spending bill for education and other social programs last week, but Democrats and the Clinton administration were outraged by a provision in the bill that would transform most
federal education funding into block grants.
Washington — House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill last week sharply criticized a Senate -
passed deficit - reduction measure that could drastically reduce
federal education
spending.
The omnibus appropriations bill
passed by Congress in late March flouted the White House's proposal by increasing, rather than decreasing,
federal spending.
The association contends that under the
federal 1995 District of Columbia School Reform Act (SRA), which was
passed under Congress's constitutional authority over the district, charter schools are entitled to equal per - pupil
spending.
More than a decade has
passed since Ohio bolstered its involvement in Head Start by adding $ 4 million in state money to the
federal dollars
spent on the comprehensive preschool program for poor children.
Consistent with these reports, the House of Representatives has
passed a budget resolution that calls for a more than 8 % cut in
federal spending.
The
federal government has increased
spending on education by 300 % since ESEA was
passed with nothing to show for it; student test scores have remained flat.
Then in 2010, a year after Schwarzenegger and the Democrat - controlled state legislature took advantage of the leverage given to them by the
federal Race to the Top initiative and
passed a series reforms (including the nation's first Parent Trigger law and requiring the state's teacher database to be tied to its student data system in order to allow for the use of student data in evaluating teachers), the NEA and AFT
spent big to back once - and - future governor Jerry Brown's return to the top office, and successfully back traditionalist Tom Torlakson as state schools superintendent (while defeating longstanding Gloria Romero, the former state senate honcho who worked with Schwarzenegger to
pass the reforms).
And when lawmakers in the 113th Congress take office in early January, they also will confront a yawning shortfall in the Pell Grant program, which helps low - income students attend college; grapple with a planned rise in student - loan interest rates; and
pass a
spending bill financing the
federal government for the remainder of the 2013 fiscal year.