Sentences with phrase «ratings than the president»

Vice President Selina Meyer is scoring higher ratings than the President in several popularity polls, which she hopes will boost her influence and help her curry favor with the Chief Executive.

Meanwhile, Governor McCrory continues to draw higher unfavorable ratings than President Obama.

Not exact matches

Colbert, much like Wolf, mocked Bush's apparent distaste for facts, hammered the administration's actions in Iraq, and described Bush's then - 32 % approval rating as «backwash» — all while the president was sitting less than 10 feet away.

In Trump's first six months in office, federal agencies issued rules at less than one - fifth the average rate under President George W. Bush.

A sea change in economic conditions has pushed interest rates considerably lower than they were in the past and are likely to stay there for a while, San Francisco Fed President John Williams said Friday.

«Anyone trading at any other rate [than 42,000] will be considered a smuggler,» said Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri.

The Federal Reserve appears to be ready to increase interest rates sooner than many economists were expecting, said Alan Krueger, former chairman of President Barack Obama's Council of Economic Advisers.

The Fed remains on track to raise rates three or four times in 2018, but any more than that would be unlikely, New York Fed President William Dudley said.

Knowing that if a compromise isn't reached between Speaker Boehner and President Obama, the result is a likely recession, should small - business groups back Boehner's insistence that the Bush tax cuts be preserved for everyone or should they acquiesce to the President's call for higher tax rates on people earning more than $ 200,000 a year?

President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner are unlikely to reverse several scheduled tax increases, including the 0.9 percentage point increase in the Medicare tax rate on wages and salaries of more than $ 200,000 for single filers ($ 250,000 for married filers); a 3.8 percent Medicare tax on unearned income of higher income filers; and an increase in the capital gains tax rate.

Four years ago, President Obama and Mitt Romney scored the highest ratings since the Reagan - Carter debate, pulling in more than 67 million for their first debate.

«While we are pleased the industry continues growing at faster rates than other sectors of the economy, we could be growing much faster, creating more new jobs and businesses, if Washington addressed the tax, spending and regulatory uncertainty plaguing the small business community in a meaningful way,» said IFA President & CEO Steve Caldeira.

As the New York Times's Peter Baker wrote in an article published February 12, using data compiled by the Brookings Institution, «Trump's 34 percent turnover rate in his first year is more than three times as high as President Barack Obama's in the same period and twice as high as President Ronald Reagan's, which until now was the modern record - holder.»

A 2009 study by the Midwest Political Science Association found that with all else equal, «nominations submitted by a Democratic president were significantly more likely to receive higher A.B.A. ratings than nominations submitted by a Republican president.»

As the congressional debate over President Donald Trump's tax overhaul begins, more Americans say tax rates on corporations and higher - income households should be raised rather than lowered.

Our new report uses more than 250,000 interviews with registered voters to provide insights at the national, state, and aggregated district level on President Trump's approval, key senator approval & re-elect ratings, generic ballot, and top issues for voters.

Together, they form the 12 - member FOMC, though presidents of districts other than New York only get a rotating policy vote, and thus considerably less say over interest rate policy.

The president went on to announce that the broad - based economic expansion in the eurozone accelerated more than expected in the first half of 2017; however, recent exchange - rate volatility could lead to uncertainty in price stability over the medium - term.

Amid the resulting outcry from real estate's leaders, President Kennedy softened the rules by lowering the tax rate on any asset held for longer than a year, but

President Obama has proposed raising it to 39 percent and has said he would consider a surtax on families making more than $ 1 million a year, which could push the top rate above 40 percent.

The rush of FED governors and District presidents to any microphone to undermine the chairman's views caused the market to pause and reconsider its stance on possible FED normalizing rates quicker than the «extended period» language presumed.

Despite Trump's complaints during the presidential race that the Fed was aiding Democrats in keeping rates ultra-low under President Barack Obama, his choices for a chairman and for other slots on the Fed's board have been moderates rather than hard - core conservatives who would favor a faster tightening of credit.

«Collectively, CFIB members process billions per year in card - based transactions allowing us to negotiate a much better rate than a small business would be able to get on their own,» said CFIB President Dan Kelly.

If passed in the Senate and signed into law by President Donald Trump, the measure will preempt state interest rate caps that now limit the annual percentage rates (APRs) on loans to no more than 36 percent.

One factor that could have influenced the carriers decision to suspend, rather than exit, certain products is «the possibility that interest rates might rise quickly later on, making those products suddenly viable once again,» says Robert Hanten, president of Solidarity Financial, Plymouth, Minn., and also president of NAIFA - Minneapolis.

Mike Fratantoni, MBA's vice president of research and economics, said the index dropped to its lowest «in more than a dozen years... as interest rates increased going into today's Federal Open Market Committee meeting.»

In a recent article on FoxNews.com, Parents Television Council president Tim Winter comments on a 2004 study from the Harvard School of Public Health showing evidence that today's movies contain significantly more violence, sex and profanity than movies of the same rating a decade ago.

Rosina reports a fill and order accuracy rate of more than 99.6 percent, which Corigliano and his brother, Frank Corigliano — the company's executive vice president — attribute to the company's use of forecasting, tracking and reporting tools.

In his seven years as president, President Houshmand has implemented many programs and initiatives to decrease the cost of higher education, including creating a $ 25,000, four - year bachelor's degree program, awarding more than $ 27 million annually in scholarship funds and waivers, and committing to capping tuition and fee increases at or lower than the rate of inflation for hipresident, President Houshmand has implemented many programs and initiatives to decrease the cost of higher education, including creating a $ 25,000, four - year bachelor's degree program, awarding more than $ 27 million annually in scholarship funds and waivers, and committing to capping tuition and fee increases at or lower than the rate of inflation for hiPresident Houshmand has implemented many programs and initiatives to decrease the cost of higher education, including creating a $ 25,000, four - year bachelor's degree program, awarding more than $ 27 million annually in scholarship funds and waivers, and committing to capping tuition and fee increases at or lower than the rate of inflation for his tenure.

Flexible Packaging Overview by Danny Beard, President - Packaging Specialists The global flexible packaging industry had a strong year in 2017 with a sales growth rate significantly higher than U.S. GDP.

«Do not forget one thing — the ratings of the final of the Olympic Games are way higher than the ratings of the final of the Stanley Cup,» IOC President Jacques Rogge told SI.

The bill, a priority for the president and first lady Michelle Obama, would boost spending on child nutrition $ 4.5 billion over 10 years and raise federal reimbursements for school lunches more than the inflation rate for the first time since 1973.

ilmette Harbor Association Board President Jim Dominik said Wilmette is a small harbor of 290 moorings with fewer amenities than other area marinas and isn't in a good position to increase rates.

The district, by selling the bids earlier in the year, gained a lower interest rate than if it had bidded the bonds in the fall, as it does customarily, according to Park Board President Kathryn Graham.

Even the figures quoted by the President as the growth rate for 2016, is higher than the West African average especially when note is taken of recessions in the Nigerian and other economies.

President Donald Trump's approval rating stands at 40 percent in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, slightly more than his 36 percent approval rating when last measured in January.

«There is nothing worse than preferential rent when market rate is hovering,» said Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, who was also in attendance.

This is the biggest number Melania Trump has experienced in any CNN polling, and higher than any favorability rating earned by President Donald Trump in CNN polling history going back to 1999.

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, my fellow Americans: Today in America, a teacher spent extra time with a student who needed it, and did her part to lift America's graduation rate to its highest level in more than three decades.

The Perez Chapel International founder's rating of the President is comparatively higher than two other recent ratings of two prominent Ghanaians — Prof Agyeman Badu Akosa and Mr Ace Ankomah.

They are consistent with prior Gallup polling showing Trump having a much lower favorable rating than prior presidents - elect and a much lower approval rating for how he has handled his presidential transition.

Whether he can find a way to revive a listing press operation may determine more than whether the president's approval ratings ever notch above 50 percent again.

«I think that we should completely eliminate schools under trees... I remember that in 2010 when we did the survey, it was said that there were 4, 200 schools under trees; since then, we've kept taking them out and I must say we've taken out more than 1, 700 schools under trees; and I believe that over the next five years, up to 2020, if we should continue at the rate we are going, we should be able to take out all the 4, 200 schools under trees,» President Mahama said in an interview with Radio BAR as part of his «Accounting to the People» tour.

«The table on the screen shows that contrary to the claims by the president, except for the fiscal deficit, on virtually every single indicator such as GDP growth, inflation, exchange rates, exports, Eurobond interest rates, debt to GDP ratio, and so on, the performance of the economy in 2013 was better than 2014 and 2015.

Nearly 116K More Bronx Residents Are Employed Today Than When Borough President Diaz First Took Office The Bronx's unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest number ever recorded in the modern era.Unemployment in The Bronx fell to 5.7 percent in March -LSB-...]

E.J. McMahon, president of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a business - backed think tank, testified that there was no other state pushing for an increase so large, and said that the minimum hourly rate would climb from $ 9 to $ 15 in six years — a faster rate than previous hikes.

The main difference is that Mr Trump's approval ratings among non-Republicans are much lower than other presidents.

Contrary to the claims by the President, except for the fiscal deficit, on virtually every single indicator such as GDP growth, inflation, exchange rate, exports, Eurobond interest rates, debt / GDP ratio, etc. the performance of the economy in 2013 was better than in 2014 and 2015.

President Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to raise rates on households making more than $ 250,000 a year.

While urging President Buhari to stop deceiving himself and short - changing Nigerians, especially States and Local Councils in the country with his Forex Policy, Fayose who said there was no time in the history of Nigeria that the gap between dollar official rate and open market rate was more than N200.