Sentences with phrase «rejected spending increases»

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Before followers of Mr. Summers» thesis rush to increase government spending, policymakers might consider the extent to which their imperfect understanding of economic reality, burdens of business regulation, and policy churn cause a business to reject new investment.

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

we spent what seemed to be weeks negotiating the purchase of La Caz, and that tactic revolved around bidding the lowest figure possible, having it rejected and increasing the bid incrementally.

Just months after voters rejected spending for park improvements, the Arlington Heights Park District is again asking for a tax increase to finance a revised plan.

The budget resolution backed by Republicans in the state Senate on Thursday rejects $ 1 billion in tax increases while also seeking to spend $ 265 million on fighting the opioid addiction epidemic and bolster school security in the wake of a high school shooting in Florida.

Meanwhile, the final 2018 budget deal added $ 547 million in spending beyond what Cuomo had proposed, while rejecting $ 171 million in tax and fee increases he had sought.

Congress has not only rejected the president's proposal to cut the National Institutes of Health as part of a broad reordering of priorities, away from science and social spending; lawmakers from both parties have joined forces to increase spending on biomedical research — and have bragged about it.

All three main parties are committed to an agenda of cutting public spending and reject the case for increasing public investment.

ALBANY — The Business Council is applauding the Senate Majority for its attempts to rein in spending and its announcement that it will reject both the $ 1.7 billion in tax and fee increases included in the Executive Budget, and the Assembly Majority's proposed $ 1.5 billion increase in the state's personal income tax.

This year, Cuomo has put the proposal to increase the minimum wage to $ 8.75 an hour into his budget in January, giving Republicans the choice of accepting the idea or potentially rejecting the entire state spending plan.

In a news release sent out by Cuomo's office, he called the deal «a responsible budget agreement that lives within the 2 percent spending cap, rejects tax increases and meets the needs of every region of this state.»

But on Monday, Mr. de Blasio was the one rebuffing calls for increased spending, as he repeatedly rejected state officials» calls for the city to contribute more money to the deteriorating subway system.

«Professor Teachout supports higher taxes on energy and she rejects New York's property tax cap, which protects taxpayers from runaway spending increases,» said Dain Pascocello, spokesman for the Faso campaign.

He has rejected imposing tax increases and borrowing, meaning he would have to rely largely on spending cuts to close a yawning deficit next year.

Labour is in an impossible position over spending plans: if they match them, they lose the ability to set out a robust criticism of the government's deficit reduction programme, but if they reject them David Cameron and George Osborne will attack them for planning to increase spending.

After spending the August recess traveling the country to promote his long - sought goal of rewriting the tax code, Mr. Ryan returned to the Capitol last week and promptly rejected a plan by Democratic congressional leaders to tie a three - month increase in the nation's statutory borrowing limit to a package of hurricane relief.

While the Trump Administration has proposed deep cuts to nondefense discretionary spending to allow a defense increase, that approach has been widely rejected, if for no other reason than it would require the politically impossible hurdle of 60 votes in the Senate.

Throughout all this, legislators continue to reject the deep cuts sought by the Trump Administration, opting instead for smaller reductions with some targeted increases, with the possibility alive that additional funding could be added later in the process should Congress reach a spending deal.

President Donald Trump today signed into law a $ 1.3 trillion spending package that largely rejects deep cuts to research agencies proposed by the White House and, in many cases, provides substantial increases.

The good news for the research community is that the 211 - to - 198 vote by the House largely rejects deep cuts to science programs proposed by President Donald Trump earlier this year — and even calls for spending increases at a few agencies, including $ 1.1 billion more for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Trump's draconian budget request — which suggested drastic cuts to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), among others — was rejected by Congress, and a spending bill that increases funding for science at many federal agencies was signed into law.

House and Senate appropriators rejected the president's proposed discretionary spending cuts with the House Appropriations Committee approving a $ 1.3 billion increase for NIH, and the Senate panel approving a $ 2 billion increase for the health agency.

The Committee definitively rejects this short - sighted proposal, and instead increases investment in this transformational program and directs the Department to continue to spend funds provided on research and development and program direction.

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The other reason you may get rejected for an increase would be due to your spending history.

Spending months to find the perfect home in your price range, only to have your mortgage application rejected, or a home inspection turn up expensive repairs, is a nightmare - one that is coming true with increasing frequency, according to a new report from real estate listings website Trulia.