Proposed federal cuts to Medicaid funding threaten to eliminate more than $ 140 million in federal reimbursements to PA school districts, charter schools, vocational schools, and pre-school early intervention programs.
More than 100 nonprofit human services organizations from across the state are calling on legislators to reject
proposed federal cuts to social services programs.
But what is so interesting about this issue is that the Connecticut Post and the Democratic legislators who are being so articulate and outspoken in their opposition to
the proposed federal cut to low income fuel assistance were silent when, back in May, Governor Malloy announced that his Plan B budget would eliminate funding for Connecticut's Operation Fuel heating assistance program.
Not exact matches
The Trump administration already has relied on the House bill's healthcare spending
cuts in its
proposed federal budget.
And all of them argue that the
proposed tax
cuts, estimated to reduce
federal revenue by more than $ 1.4 trillion, won't increase
federal deficits, an assertion that's been contradicted by Congress's official tax scorekeeper.
«The Reserve Bank is attempting to slow the economy but the
Federal Government's
proposed tax
cuts may well have an expansionary impact.
But none of the broken things would be fixed by Donald Trump's
proposed budget, which does away with
federal subsidization of interest on student loans and eliminates the program that forgives loans for people who enter public service (including teachers)-- among other education - related
cuts.
In the United States, the
federal government has traditionally underwritten investment in early stage energy technology, but the White House has
proposed cutting that spending.
Steve Eisman, who disclosed owning Fannie Mae prefs in smalls, implied on TV this week that the DTAs could prove to be a catalyst for action, implying the US Treasury would be called upon to make the GSEs whole on the potential DTA value impairment due to the
proposed Federal corporate tax
cut.
Ryan's advocacy for
cutting taxes and trimming the deficit — he is the architect of the GOP's
proposed federal budget — married with his willingness to talk about fiscal belt - tightening in moral terms and his low - key social conservatism speak to a political moment in which the economic concerns of the Tea Party and the social focus of the Christian right have merged into a relatively cohesive anti-Obama movement.
This change — along with a proposal to end the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program,
cut federal work study in half and largely affect income - based student loan repayment plans — would need to be approved by Congress along with the rest of the
proposed budget.
It is instructive to note, however, that in the debates of 1964, proponents and opponents of the
proposed Civil Rights Act both listed all of the forms of
federal financial assistance that would be
cut off if the act passed, and neither side mentioned tax exemption.
NETWORK, a group founded by 47 Catholic sisters that speaks out on social justice issues in particular, will be hitting states like Iowa, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia in order to reveal «how
federal budget
cuts proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, (R - WI), and passed by the House of Representatives will hurt struggling families in these states,» a release by the group reads.
How Trump Administration's
Proposed USDA
Cuts Could Harm America's Multibillion - Dollar Wine Industry USDA budget cuts could impact U.S. wine exports Though grape growers aren't supported by federal subsidies, US wine makers could still be effected by potential cuts to the U
Cuts Could Harm America's Multibillion - Dollar Wine Industry USDA budget
cuts could impact U.S. wine exports Though grape growers aren't supported by federal subsidies, US wine makers could still be effected by potential cuts to the U
cuts could impact U.S. wine exports Though grape growers aren't supported by
federal subsidies, US wine makers could still be effected by potential
cuts to the U
cuts to the USDA.
De Blasio described it as «troubling» to witness the St. Petersburg subway explosion only weeks after Trump
proposed a $ 667 million
cut to the FEMA, which includes
federal funding for the NYPD's counter-terrorism efforts.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio
proposed an $ 84.86 billion executive budget that includes funding for the beginnings of a pre-K expansion, legal services for undocumented immigrants and more even as the city grapples with the potential of
federal budget
cuts from Trump.
At noon, the #NoCuts Coalition, an alliance of dozens of grass - roots groups, civic organizations, faith leaders and labor unions rally against the Trump administration's
proposed budget
cuts to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 26
Federal Plaza, Manhattan.
The group's Jeremy Saunders said the money is not just needed for New York's current needs, but also may be necessary if
proposed federal budget
cuts by President Donald Trump and the Republican - led Congress become law.
Proposed federal law would salvage millions for 9/11 survivors Congressman Jerrold Nadler has introduced a bill that could salvage millions of dollars for the 9/11 health bill, which faces significant financial
cuts amounting to approximately $ 300 million.
As New York State braces for
proposed federal budget
cuts that could have a devastating impact on health care, education and infrastructure investments across the state, more than 80 New York residents with incomes in the top 1 % have sent an open letter... (read more)
We applaud Governor Paterson's argument that, should New York receive a significant cash infusion from the
federal government for Fiscal 2010, the state should use those revenues to
cut back on significant
proposed tax and fee hikes, rather than restore or increase governmental spending.
According to Sisto, the
cuts Cuomo has
proposed add up to approximately $ 15 billion over the next two years after you factor in the commensurate loss of
federal funds.
Washington (CNN)- As the congressional «super committee» works in Washington to
cut America's
federal debt, a panel of tea party activists will meet at a Denny's restaurant in Orlando to
propose their own debt solutions.
The
proposed tax reform — a different version of which is making its way through the Senate — would deeply
cut corporate taxes, double the standard deduction used by most Americans, and limit or repeal completely the
federal deduction for state and local property, income and sales taxes.
BY DUNCAN OSBORNE While Mayor Bill de Blasio is
proposing to increase spending by roughly $ 2 billion in the city fiscal year that begins on July 1,
cuts in
federal and state support for the city may force the mayor to curtail those plans.
PLATTSBURGH — With millions of dollars in
federal arts funding on the chopping block, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - N.Y.) appeared at the Strand Center Gallery in downtown Plattsburgh on Friday to rail against President Trump's
proposed cuts to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
Others, like New York, are not expected to pursue the option to drop coverage programs — but still, the
proposed federal budget
cuts may force some difficult decisions.
To raise revenues, Cuomo
proposed requiring extending sales tax collections on online sales, imposing a surcharge on certain health insurers who received a windfall from
federal tax
cuts, tapping hundreds of millions of dollars in proceeds from lawsuit settlements and raising taxes «e-cigarettes» and taxing opioids (2 cents per milligram prescribed to go to anti-addiction programs).
The
proposed cuts in Medicaid, the health insurance program for low - income and disabled people, would shift $ 4.5 billion in costs from the
federal government to New York, its counties and safety net hospitals.
Mayor Bill de Blasio issued a sharp rebuke to the White House on Friday for what he called an «underhanded» and «inappropriate» attack on U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, in a disagreement between New York elected officials and the Obama administration over
proposed federal budget
cuts to local anti-terrorism funding.
State lawmakers and the governor are discussing whether to spend billions of dollars on water quality upgrades and projects and Cuomo, too, has decried the
proposed federal budget
cuts as having a negative impact on New York.
The council questions Cuomo's claim that schools have received «tremendous» increase in funding over the past decade, noting, for example, that aid increased 1.9 percent in 2009 - 10 largely because
federal stimulus cash averted the need for layoffs that would have been caused by the $ 1.1 billion worth of
cuts proposed by then - Gov.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday is hammering away again at the effort on the
federal level to replace the Affordable Care Act, slamming the bill in the U.S. Senate for
proposed funding
cuts to heroin and opioid treatment programs.
The governor released a lengthy statement blasting the
proposed cuts by Republicans in the
federal government, saying that has made for «difficult and unusual times» in New York and in the United States.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio slammed the White House for its «underhanded» and «inappropriate» attack on U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, in a disagreement between New York elected officials and the Obama administration over
proposed federal budget
cuts to local anti-terrorism funding.
Katko also did not like the budget's
proposed cuts of billions of dollars from Medicaid and the
federal food stamp program, which would shift the burden to states like New York.
If enacted, the state would deposit the tax revenue in a
proposed health care shortfall fund that would offset losses to New York from
cuts in
federal health care funding to the state.
He also will
propose a major retooling of the state tax code to deal with the
federal tax changes and seek increased reserves in anticipation of further
cuts from the feds.
The governor, who has feuded with de Blasio since 2015, also
proposed cutting $ 11 million in state aid to the city's health department, arguing that the city is more readily able to access
federal funds compared to the state's county governments.
The Trump administration
proposed the most sweeping changes to the
federal tax code in decades, outlining a framework that would
cut individual and corporate taxes, eliminate widely used exemptions and deductions and tilt the U.S. closer to the type of tax system embraced by other industrialized nations.
The
proposed federal regulation would also
cut funding for schools with Common Core participation rates under 95 percent, according to Killian.
The city is also at risk of losing some of the roughly $ 7 billion in direct
federal aid it may receive — the Trump administration and Republican Congress» priorities mostly do not match de Blasio's, and there have already been both threats to withhold funding and
proposed cuts to the city.
But concerns are being raised, both in the Reuters report and among county officials, that
proposed federal budget
cuts will put lead programs at risk.
«When you add up the impact, if they would repeal or significantly amend the Affordable Care Act, Obamacare, and the
federal budget
cuts that are being
proposed, that would directly impact New York state and local governments,» DiNapoli says.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, under the guise of bracing for the impact of
federal cuts to health care spending,
proposes a 14 percent tax on New York health insurers in his 2018 - 19 budget.
A Cuomo administration budget official said the
proposed payroll tax also could be used to raise more revenue by seizing some of the tax
cuts promised to corporations and the wealthy under the
federal tax law, as a way to shore up state finances.
The mayor deflected questions about those findings at a news conference in City Hall on
proposed federal budget
cuts.
UFT members from Districts 13, 14 and 17 as well as high schools from those areas heard UFT President Michael Mulgrew speak about the
proposed federal education budget
cuts, the attack on unions by far - right privatization advocates, the dangers to hard - won benefits if a state constitutional convention is held in 2018 and other pressing issues.
The president's budget
proposes significant
cuts to science - related programs across the
federal government.
The
proposed cuts include $ 269.78 billion from energy programs, including $ 158.7 billion of fossil fuel subsidies; $ 167.09 billion of agricultural subsidies, including $ 89.82 billion of
federal crop insurance disaster aid; $ 212.02 billion of transportation subsidies, including $ 125.80 billion of general revenue transfers to the Highway Trust Fund; $ 101.8 billion of
federal flood, crop and nuclear insurance subsidies; and $ 24.99 billion from wasteful or environmental damaging public lands and water projects.