Sentences with phrase «significant federal budget»

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In the last federal budget, Natural Resources Canada was allocated $ 2.5 million over the next two years to study regional clean energy cooperation, with the aim of identifying «the most promising electricity infrastructure projects with the potential to achieve significant greenhouse gas reductions.»

These retirement tax breaks amount to a significant loss of tax revenue for federal, state, and local government budgets.

Notwithstanding the Conservatives» repeated rejections of the PBO claim, last year's budget was an implicit admission that a significant portion of the federal government's deficit was structural.

Tax cuts have lifted business sentiment and the outlook for growth, with the Fed seeing a «significant boost to output over the next few years» from the tax law and a federal budget boost.

After inheriting a surplus the government immediately cut the GST by two points, and in doing so created a structural deficit and an unsustainable fiscal situation, which then required significant spending cuts in the 2010, 2011 and 20012 budgets in order to put the federal finances back on a sustainable path.

Those are two very small programs (combined, not even 1 % of teh federal budget) that have paid us significant benefits over the years.

But if Congress increases reimbursement rates without reforming the use of federal funds in school food budgets, the end result could be significant costs to taxpayers coupled with little improvement in the quality of meals served.

The state budget includes no significant new controls or oversight on how the Cuomo administration spends money on economic development projects, and that troubles many lawmakers after federal prosecutors accused eight men of bid - rigging schemes in earlier development projects.

Stung by the expiration of federal aid intended to help states balance budgets as they seek to recover from the recession that began in 2008, the final budget is also expected to include another cut in local aid to cities and towns and to call for reduced growth in the rate of spending on education and health care, although special education is one of the few areas in which significant investments appear imminent.

There is a great deal of uncertainty surrounding that budget as Governor Andrew Cuomo continues to consider what exactly to propose in terms of overhauling the state tax system in response to the new federal tax code, which has especially significant ramifications for New York, and in terms of a congestion pricing plan for New York City.

«She is encouraged that the Congressional Budget Office says the American Health Care Act will lower premiums by 10 percent, reduce the federal deficit by $ 337 billion, and lower taxes by $ 883 billion, providing significant tax relief for middle - income families and small business owners.

«The report also rightly identifies the significant risk to federal revenues, which is why the budget includes prudent language — long supported by rating agencies and good governance groups — to help the State manage mid-year deficits.»

The Massachusetts economy took a significant hit because of the federal budget cuts known as sequestration.

Newsday is reporting that «state lawmakers tucked into this year's state budget an extension of a law that grants a significant benefit to medical malpractice insurance companies operating in the red, such as Roslyn - based Physicians Reciprocal Insurers, a company linked to the federal probe of Sen. Dean Skelos.

As part of the budget deal announced earlier this month, Governor Andrew Cuomo highlighted the inclusion of new power his administration now has to adjust the state spending plan mid-year given significant federal cuts to New York.

He sought to cut the state's Medicaid budget by nearly 30 %, or $ 20 billion [47]($ 10 billion from the state's share, the other $ 10 billion coming from the county and federal shares)[48] by making significant cuts to benefits, reducing reimbursement rates, [49] requiring identification, fingerprints, and drug testing for individuals to receive benefits.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer says a bipartisan agreement he reached today on a two - year federal budget will provide a significant spending boost to Fort Drum, VA hospitals and community health centers in Upstate New York.

Despite steadily shrinking federal support for public housing, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has made significant gains in public safety and in balancing its annual operating budget under Mayor Bill de Blasio, who is up for reelection on Tuesday.

The president's budget proposes significant cuts to science - related programs across the federal government.

While NASA's $ 200 million funding reduction pales in comparison to cuts that would face some federal agencies under the proposed budget (which has to be reviewed and approved by Congress before becoming official), it would make significant changes to how those dollars are spent.

A large new public expenditure on childcare would have significant negative effects on the federal budget in the near term.

Although much of the funds affected by federal budget sequestration have been restored in Fiscal Year 2014, many school districts have suffered a significant loss of resources.

Education spending has still yet to recover from the Great Recession in many states.11 Because of state constitution balanced - budget provisions, when faced with significant federal funding cuts, states are forced to either further cut education programs or raise taxes.12 The idea of further raising taxes to backfill Trump's education funding cuts simply is not practical in states such as Maryland, 13 Illinois, 14 and New Jersey, 15 which are struggling to fund their current responsibilities.

Repurposed federal funds will result in a «reduction in general funding to the schools while having no significant overall impact on school budgets.»

Although public schools may still feel the repercussions from the 2008 recession, federal data showed a significant upsurge in state and local education spending in the 2014 - 15 school year — an increase that, if it persists, could eventually restore four earlier years of deep budget cuts, according to an analysis by The Hechinger Report.

Funding «victories» for education in the 2018 federal budget are significant, but perhaps more important is the bipartisan agreement in Congress that attention to these communities and to these issues is an ongoing national priority.

While the U.S. Department of Education's budget comprises only 2 % of all federal expenditures, federal education funds have a significant impact on the ability of schools to meet the learning needs of students.

Public schools that enroll a large percentage of low - income students stand to lose significant chunks of their budget, as well as a number of specialized federal programs for their students.

According to the Department, the requested 15 percent reduction would «provide significant resources to support CTE programs while also maintaining the fiscal discipline necessary to support the President's goal of increasing support for national security and public safety without adding to the Federal budget deficit.»

This program was mandated by the last federal budget, filling in a significant data gap in housing statistics.

With the federal budget now set for March 22, 2017, investors with significant accrued capital gains in their securities portfolios are wondering whether a hike to the capital gains inclusion rate could be in the cards on budget day and, if so, is there anything they can do it about now.

Under «Net Budget Impacts,» the Department presents its estimate that the final regulations will not have a significant net budgetary impact on the Federal government.

The proposal is not yet law, and such dramatic changes to the federal budget are expected to be met with significant opposition from Congress

With the big price tag attached to the federal government's omnibus crime bill C - 10 and budget cuts on the horizon, there were no significant spending commitments by the federal government.

Next week's federal budget is expected to make a significant investment in building up Canada's cyber defences and the funding package will cover measures to protect 2019 election from foreign interference Several government sources say up to $ 1 billion has been requested by federal departments to address a growing number of cybersecurity issues across multiple departments and agencies.

Managed a significant Federal Government budget associated with all USNA equipment expenditures, new purchases and, rentals per quarter and fiscal year.

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The 2014 Federal Budget measures to the wider community as well as discontinuation of funding to key Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander representative bodies creates significant barriers to improving the significant gap of quality of life between indigenous and no n - indigenous Australians.

Mundine's main messages to the conference were around the coming Federal Budget, saying he was aiming to convince the government not to make any overall cuts to Indigenous spending in return for significant savings to come from an «infrastructure audit» and in cutting a swathe through red tape which he says is the «greatest challenge» to Indigenous health policy and services.

And I happen to know the recent federal budget contemplates a significant number of civil service layoffs.

This uncertainty includes the upcoming and repeated challenge of raising the debt ceiling (this deadline was originally scheduled for early September, but got pushed out until December); enacting a federal government budget for fiscal year 2018 (the fiscal year began October 1st, but Congress extended last year's budget until December); and engaging in the first significant discussion of tax reform in 30 years.

This would greatly speed processing of these loans, which have seen significant delays in recent years due to federal budget cuts.