Sentences with phrase «spending policy bill»

Debate stretched longest on a spending policy bill that overhauled the evaluation system for educators and tightened disclosure requirements for policymakers and legislators.

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The omnibus spending bill signed in March may be the last «major» policy enacted this year, experts said.

That might explain why Trudeau and Finance Minister Bill Morneau continue to say they will stick to their spending plan rather than tighten fiscal policy amid the expansion.

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.

Next up are likely attempts to insert a policy rider on a spending or budget bill to defund DOL's rule, Hauptman continued, as well as attempts «to delay implementation» of the rule.

The Cruz amendment will first have to survive the so - called «Byrd Rule,» which is supposed to limit the bill to policies that directly affect federal revenue and spending.

Importantly, reconciliation legislation can include provisions with costs, such as tax credits for health insurance or other tax and spending policies replacing Obamacare, as long as the net effect of the bill complies with the reconciliation instructions and does not increase the deficit beyond the budget window.

Speaking at an event at think tank Policy Exchange she said: «We can not spend the next 18 months voting down every one of the Tories» EU bills.

And, on the same line, there will be no policy dictating the bills, so decisions will be made almost at random: what happens when the first two bills of the year spend the whole year's budget?

Renewed support for the bill from the Assembly and Gov. Andrew Cuomo's $ 152 billion spending proposal comes amid a broader response to the immigration policies of Donald Trump's administration.

With time running out, Congress today easily approved a short - term spending bill that would prevent a partial federal government shutdown over the weekend, but departed in advance of the president's first 100 day milestone (tomorrow) with addressing two of his top policy priorities: health care and a year - long budget deal.

«Bill Owens is just the latest Democrat who would rather hang»em up than have to spend the next year defending Obamacare and other Democratic economic policies that haven't evolved since Jimmy Carter was president,» NRCC spokesman Ian Prior said.

The Democratic governor confirmed Tuesday that several of his policy proposals would be dropped from the spending plan, which must be agreed to by March 31 and in which Cuomo has a higher degree of leverage over lawmakers by inserting language they can not change into appropriation bills.

EDIT: Democrats and Republicans agreed on an omnibus spending bill yesterday, and it seems to contain the following policy riders:

Now last time we had to pass an appropriations bill, at the end of September of last year, Republicans attached a policy rider to the bill which would have defended all of Obamacare's discretionary spending, although after the ensuing shutdown this was negotiated down to a policy rider that expedited income verification for Obamacare subsidies.

The conference's deputy leader, Sen. Mike Gianaris, meanwhile, is among the lawmakers questioning Cuomo's use of inserting major policy measures into his $ 142 billion spending plan by tying them to appropriations bills.

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New York City Public Advocate Bill DiBlasio takes to the Nation today to explain why he launched Advocate.NYC.gov / corporate - spending in the wake of the Citizens United decision, a website that tracks corporations» political spending policies.

The Fiscal Policy Institute has long supported government transparency and accountability, especially in regards to New York's out - of - control economic development spending, and is pleased that the New York State Senate has passed these bills.

The Silver plan also eliminates the governor's existing legal authority to insert policy language in spending bills, giving up a crucial power of the governor while offering little in return.

In his questions to Recchia, Grimm sought to portray his rival as a tax and spent progressive who would serve as a rubber stamp for the policies of President Barack Obama and Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Last week, the White House delivered a framework for an immigration bill that would give 1.8 million Dreamers a path to citizenship but would also spend $ 25 billion on security, including a wall, limit family reunion policies and end the visa lottery.

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio and other mayors from around the state were in Albany in their annual attempt to influence state policy and spending.

The $ 1.1 trillion spending bill approved by the Senate Saturday includes emergency funding and dozens of policy riders that will affect policy throughout the government.

A package of bills that make up the $ 153.1 billion spending plan passed the Senate after it failed to meet an April 1 deadline due to heated exchanges between Democrats and Republicans over several key policies.

«I have been vocal in my opposition to many of the mayor's policies,» Malliotakis said, criticizing him for his policies on property taxes, water bills, spending, his plan to open 90 homeless shelters across the city, and sanctuary cities, among them.

As the state and federal governments continue to pursue policies that threaten the city's fiscal future, Mayor Bill de Blasio again said he is investing in making New York City the «fairest big city in America» as he proposed spending $ 88.67 billion for the next city fiscal year, which begins July 1.

Taking a step further than his predecessors, Cuomo has wedged policy proposals — including an increase in the minimum wage last year — into the Article VII bills that detail state spending.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday proposed an $ 84.9 billion operating budget for New York City that included new spending to provide legal services to immigrants — a nod to changing federal policy under President Trump.

Washington (CNN)- Democrats who lead the Senate are expected this week to take up a debt ceiling bill that would not include any policy changes or spending cuts demanded by Republicans, according to a Senate Democratic leadership aide.

Washington (CNN)- The Senate's Democratic leadership is expected to offer a debt ceiling bill that would not include any of the policy changes or spending cuts demanded by Republicans, a Senate Democratic leadership aide told CNN.

A quick Google search on Labour and Ed Miliband policies produced these results: - On Welfare - • Ed Miliband sets out plans to cut benefits for young jobless • Ed Miliband to promise Labour cap on welfare spending • Miliband admits public anger at «something for nothing culture» • Labour leader pledges to match Tory plan to cut welfare bill On Immigration - • Ed Miliband's nod to Ukip: We understand people's fears on immigration • Ed Miliband: it's not prejudiced to be concerned about immigration • Labour leader tries to reach out to Ukip voters • LABOUR leader Ed Miliband pledged to tackle the issue of immigration

They get major policy and spending bills approved or killed, and help Democrats and Republicans get elected to the Legislature.

«That debate was at full boil last week, when the U.S. House of Representatives passed the America COMPETES Act, which sets policy for NSF and two other federal research agencies, and the House Appropriations Committee adopted a 2016 spending bill that includes NSF,» Mervis wrote.

The big policy news this week is the U.S. spending bill, which last night survived a vote in the House of Representatives unscathed but by just 13 votes.

The massive spending bill also includes several policy and tax provisions.

A massive fiscal 2018 federal spending bill unveiled by congressional leaders Wednesday night includes a provision urging the heads of EPA, the Energy Department and the Agriculture Department to adopt policies that «reflect the carbon - neutrality of forest bioenergy and recognize biomass as a renewable energy source.»

And progress over spending bills — including the Zika supplemental funding, the fate of which is still to be determined [Sept. 30 update: Congress has approved $ 1.1 billion in Zika funding as part of its continuing resolution]-- has been marred by policy riders on a wide range of topics from both parties in both chambers.

Both are «authorizing» bills, which mean they can set policy and suggest spending levels, but don't actually appropriate funding (authorized funding levels are often higher than what Congress actually approves).

There's no policy board, but the bill's co-sponsors, Senators Cory Gardner (R — CO) and Gary Peters (D — MI) borrowed liberally from the Academies report's suggestion to conduct several pilot projects aimed at cutting down on the amount of time federally funded researchers spend on administrative tasks.

For instance, first - wave reforms were sometimes part of omnibus education bills that included other policy changes, such as increased spending on K — 12 education.

The Times can say that using standardized test scores to evaluate teachers is a sensible policy and Obama can say it and Education Secretary Arne Duncan can say it and Emanuel can say it and so can Bill Gates (who has spent hundreds of millions of dollars to develop it) and governors and mayor from both parties, and heck, anybody can go ahead and shout it out as loud as they can.

The Illinois Senate Education Committee voted to send several bills to the full Senate that will rein charters in and hold them accountable for their discipline policies, spending, and other problems.

The program ended when Congress failed to appropriate funds for its continuation in the 2015 federal spending bill.14 In some sectors, there is increased debate about whether federal funds for education are best allocated through formulas or competitive processes, with opponents of competitive grants citing a desire to reduce federal influence in favor of state and locally - driven education policies.

At that point, the unlikely alliance of Sen. Mitch McConnell, R - Ky., and Sen. Barbara Boxer, D - Calif., will try to pass their 1,000 - page compromise bill to boost highway spending over the next three years and set transportation policy through 2022.

Our recommendation is that we should abandon the sky - is - falling and phantom job loss tactic, and lobby the administration with several «asks,» that could include: MLP / REIT status for solar companies; fast - track permitting; reducing environmental studies; tax - free manufacturing zones in the interest of U.S. national security and to revitalize certain cities; a revision of accounting rules that penalize solar project owners; federal policy allowing net metering for homeowners and community solar projects; including solar in the upcoming infrastructure spending bill; and finally increased PV deployment on federal buildings.

Just in time to make it home for the holidays, Congress passed an omnibus spending bill that keeps the government open for another year and included a number of policy priorities for both parties.

McConnell's made it clear for some time now that «whatever he can» means attempting to force through restrictions on the Obama administration's policies by attaching riders to spending bills.

On the budgets that people have to survive on in this economy, it is hard to imagine spending money on an additional bill by taking on a renter's insurance policy.

This in turn has made these policies much less palatable to consumers, who face the unappetizing choice of spending a substantial chunk of change now on a policy that they may never need or risk getting crushed under exorbitant bills from a managed care provider at some point in the future.