Sentences with phrase «recent federal proposal»

Not exact matches

A recent AP - NORC poll of U.S. adults, conducted during and after the collapse of the GOP proposal, found just 52 percent called it a federal government responsibility to make sure all Americans have coverage.

While most of his proposals — «to abandon the gold standard, let international exchange rates float, use federal surpluses and deficits as macroeconomic policy tools that could counter cyclical trends, and establish bureaus of economic statistics (including a consumer price index) in order to facilitate this effort» — are now conventional practice, his critique of fractional - reserve banking still «remains outside the bounds of conventional wisdom» although a recent paper by the IMF reinvigorated his proposals.

What's more, New York also stands to lose a big chunk of its federal Medicaid funding if Congress ever manages to get a deal on repeal and replacement of Obamacare, with the most recent proposal — Cassidy - Graham — calling for block granting those funds, in a move that would hurt New York more than any other state, Cuomo said.

Cuomo held several events in recent days warning against federal proposals that could cost the state billions.

In recent weeks, as Nixon began her upstart campaign, Cuomo has been talking about a budget proposal that would require school districts within cities with a population of more than 125,000 people — New York City, Buffalo, Syracuse, Yonkers and Rochester — to submit an annual plan detailing the allocation of local, state and federal funds by school building.

Approved unanimously at the April 25, 2013 Erie County Legislature session, the resolution will be sent to federal representatives, encouraging them to continue to fight against a recent proposal that could result in an increased cost for motorists and pedestrians to travel into the United States.

The proposal is among a menu of ideas back by Cuomo in recent days to alleviate the ongoing struggles at Penn, which includes asking President Donald Trump's administration for federal aid in the wake of the ongoing repairs to upgrade tracks.

The proposals are aimed at countering what Cuomo has said will be the harmful impact on the state from the recent Republican - led federal income tax overhaul.

Despite a recent budget proposal from the Obama administration to increase spending on federal R&D by 7 % next year, dollars flowing to research have largely been flat in recent years, and declining when inflation is taken into account.

The proposals would also eliminate education - related programs that the Reagan Administration has unsuccessfully sought to kill in recent years, including impact - aid «B» payments to districts where parents live or work on federal land — saving $ 100 million — and the Women's Educational Equity and Follow Through...

The second option — devolving recently accumulated federal power to the states — underlies recent reauthorization proposals for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that allow each state to establish its own accountability system and that require teeth only for the very lowest - performing schools.

Trump's recent proposals would affect this federal funding in other ways.

Trump's recent proposal to eliminate Title II, which was advanced last month by a House Committee on Appropriations, 16 entirely puts at risk these evidence - based reform efforts, which are up to states to implement.17 Advocates must work to minimize cuts to Title II and other federal programs to ensure that states and districts have operating funds and the ability to implement innovative policies and programs with fidelity.

And like its federal cousin, which is supported by 83 percent of union households, a recent Susquehanna poll found that a majority of union households favor the Pennsylvania proposal.

During his recent testimony before the House Education Appropriations Subcommittee, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan blasted House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan's (R - WI) FY13 budget proposal to slash federal spending, which the White House estimates would result in a more than 5 percent cut -LRB-- $ 784 million) to Title I grants (currently $ 14.5 billion) in FY13 and a 19 percent cut -LRB-- $ 2.7 billion) in FY14.

President Donald Trump's recent proposal to eliminate the 21st Century Community Learning Centers» grants from the federal budget, which also fund summer and after - school programming nationwide, could leave children and youth without access to vital programs that support their personal and academic development, and keep them safe during the summer months and after - school hours.

Hence federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's recent proposal to reform the CPP with that goal in mind.

Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary of actions affecting import and export of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.

The United States» federal coal leasing program has come under increased scrutiny in recent years, as communities impacted by coal mining and export proposals, taxpayer advocates, and environmental groups have questioned the ability of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to ensure a fair return to US taxpayers and adjust to newer challenges such as climate change and coal export proposals.

As with recent criticism of the federal courts, nearly all these anti-court proposals are motivated by perceived activism on the part of state court judges.

Here's what you need to know about recent federal policy changes and proposals, so you can speak out.

Since the recent federal election there has been much discussion (and as my colleague Eugene Kung notes, an abundance of open letters) about the Liberal party's election promise to «review Canada's environmental assessment (EA) processes and introduce new, fair processes» for reviewing projects (or re-reviewing them, as in the case of major proposals like the controversial Kinder Morgan and Energy East oil sands pipeline and tankers projects).

These most recent laws, regulations, and legislative proposals come against the backdrop of decades of privacy - enhancing statutes passed at the federal level to enact safeguards in fields ranging from government data files to video rental records.

With the federal government's recent release of a series of tax planning proposals (see Tax Planning Using Private Corporations), they read squarely as an attack on small business, family business, and real estate investors.