Sentences with phrase «provisions in the spending bill»

Tobacco lobbyists and their congressional allies are working to insert these harmful provisions in the spending bill Congress must pass by April 28 to keep the government open:

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Sponsors inserted in the laws a provision allocating $ 1 million to implement the laws, a shrewd way to make it harder to overturn the laws by referendum because Michigan's constitution bars challenges of spending bills.

But in general, if a fast - track budget bill contains a provision that doesn't have anything to do with federal revenue and spending than it's probably «extraneous.»

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.

Republican leaders are figuring out whether to include the provisions in a must - pass omnibus spending bill before a March 23 deadline.

If the bill does not meet the budget resolution's instructions to reduce the federal deficit, any provision that results in either increased spending or decreased revenue is removed until it does meet those targets.

But in December 2014, Citigroup was able to slip language into the must - pass spending bill that effectively repealed this critical Dodd - Frank provision and President Obama signed the bill into law.

As a result, provisions adjusting or extending discretionary spending limits could not be considered because the actual increase or decrease in spending would not occur until subsequent action on appropriations bills subject to the limits.

Theis says Jordan has always «been genial, and friendly with the media, but we always found it strange how he would ask for eight spending provisions in a budget bill, get five of them, and then vote against it.»

The most obvious mechanism, which House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will set out for the President - elect, will be a Reconciliation Bill by which, because such bills are exempt from filibuster provisions in the Senate, spending and revenue - raising decisions can be driven through not just the House but also the Senate on majority votes.

The White House said it was disappointed that the temporary funding bill continued a provision barring the Securities and Exchange Commission from taking action to increase transparency in public companies» political spending.

Congress included a provision in its October 2013 spending bill that reopened the government and authorized that furloughed employees receive «at their regular standard rate of compensation for the period of such lapse in appropriations, as soon as practicable.»

«Based on 2014 spending numbers, New York is one of about a dozen states, almost all in the Northeast, whose caps would be lowered as a result of this provision — potentially losing billions in aid,» said Bill Hammond, a health care analyst at the conservative - leaning Empire Center, an Albany think tank.

There are also other spending provisions, such as money for fishing tournament promotions and $ 768,000 as part of an annual state payment to the Buffalo Bills as part of a deal several years ago to keep the team in Western New York.

Faso applauded the Senate bill for keeping that provision, which he argues will lift a major property - tax burden on counties and force the state to rein in its Medicaid spending.

In essence, the Senate Republicans pared down Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's controversial budget bill to include only measures — including the collective bargaining provision — that spend no money.

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But now the program is ready for a comeback, thanks to a provision in the recently passed massive spending bill for 2005 that not only reinstates the H - 1B fee but raises it to $ 1500.

The House floor amendment to the FY 2013 Commerce, Justice, and Science spending bill, offered by Rep. Daniel Webster (R - FL), was approved with 232 votes in favor, of which Mulvaney was one (note the provision did not survive the Senate).

• Last Friday on ScienceInsider, Jocelyn Kaiser reported that «Congress took a small step toward expanding a requirement that science agencies make federally funded research papers publicly available,» in the form of a 1 - year provision found on page 1020 of the 1582 - page spending bill approved last week.

When Republicans took the House in 2011, they replaced the House rule with one that placed no restrictions on revenue provisions that increase deficits but prohibited reconciliation instructions that would produce a net increase in mandatory spending, regardless of the reconciliation bill's overall impact on deficits.

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.

The Senate had expected to pass an education, labor, and health and human services spending bill with few changes to its $ 32 billion in education provisions, but it was sidetracked by several health and labor amendments.

The U.S. Senate already supports this restriction with a provision that would limit the amount of time students spend preparing for and taking tests in its bill to replace the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).

Another important provision in the new rights bill is the ability of consumers to opt out of allowing a purchase on their credit card that will cause them to exceed the spending limit on their account.

But does this security issue relate to the main provisions of the climate bill, or more to how much the Pentagon and State Department spend on preemptive risk reduction as opposed to war - fighting, on the scope and focus of American foreign aid, on building prosperity and resilience in Africa and South Asia?

«The outrageous course of action pursued by the DEA in this instance contradicts clear Congressional intent regarding the cultivation of industrial hemp laid out in the Farm Bill and confirmed in the hemp amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill which prohibits DEA from spending money to block implementation of the Farm Bill hemp provision,» continued Eric SteensBill and confirmed in the hemp amendment to the Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill which prohibits DEA from spending money to block implementation of the Farm Bill hemp provision,» continued Eric Steensbill which prohibits DEA from spending money to block implementation of the Farm Bill hemp provision,» continued Eric SteensBill hemp provision,» continued Eric Steenstra.

The recently amended federal spending bill in the U.S. has provisions that substantially decrease the barriers to law enforcement agencies entitlement to a person's emails, documents and anything else available electronically, regardless of international borders.

The FY2013 spending bill sought to eliminate the Title X federal family planning program, prohibit Planned Parenthood health centers from serving women in federal health programs, block implementation of critical benefits under the Affordable Care Act, and revive the dangerous refusal provision that would allow any business or corporation to deny any essential health care service they object to, including coverage for birth control and cancer screenings.

As the nation's leading women's health care provider and advocate, Planned Parenthood strongly opposes several policy riders and budget provisions included in the spending bill released by the House Republican Appropriations Committee late last night.