Sentences with phrase «than the federal government since»

He noted that the plea by the Lagos State Government that the assets should be forfeited to the state rather than the Federal Government since the funds allegedly diverted belonged to the state.

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More than 100 businesses and religious organizations have sued the federal government to be exempt from the ACA's contraceptive requirements since Obamacare became law in 2010.

The Federal Reserve's ultra-low interest - rate policy since the financial crisis may have lent support to a listless economy and made the government's massive debt a lot easier to finance, but it's been more than hard on retirees and conservative savers.

The credit has been extended 16 times since 1981, but it would cost the federal government more than $ 22 billion over the next 10 years, and it is the most expensive of the tax provisions being considered for renewal, says Rosenberg.

debt obligations of the U.S. government that are issued at various intervals and with various maturities; revenue from these bonds is used to raise capital and / or refund outstanding debt; since Treasury securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, they are generally considered to be free from credit risk and thus typically carry lower yields than other securities; the interest paid by Treasuries is exempt from state and local tax, but is subject to federal taxes and may be subject to the federal Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT); U.S. Treasury securities include Treasury bills, Treasury notes, Treasury bonds, zero - coupon bonds, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS), and Treasury Auctions

Since 2012, the government has closed or consolidated more than a dozen federal libraries at Parks Canada, Environment Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Foreign Affairs, Citizenship and Immigration and Canadian Heritage (see sidebar).

Since January 2014, the federal government has enforced rules on new mortgages, requiring borrowers to maintain debt loads less than 43 %; and lenders to cap loan fees as a percentage of total loan size.

The carbon tax has remained at $ 30 / t since 2012 and the previous Liberal government showed no inclination to increase it further other than to match the federal carbon price floor in 2021.

The federal government's excess revenues from Social Security receipts (since Social Security receipts are currently greater than expenditures) are not saved but instead are reallocated to fund other government programs.

Since Non-GMO labels are not regulated by federal government, The Non-GMO Project verifies these products based on their best practices, which includes a GMO presence of less than.09 %.

It's been more than three decades since the city of Syracuse signed a consent decree with the federal government outlining the city's hiring practices when it comes to minorities.

The governor has not been to the nation's capital to lobby the federal government in more than four years, since a visit in 2012 to press for disaster aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

«This year (2016) for instance, since the Federal Government does not want a situation where youths who are done with tertiary education hang out longer than necessary before having their chance to serve, we were given 260, 000 corps members to mobilize,» she told The Guardian.»

For the ninth time since 2005, the science advocacy group sent out a survey to more than 63,000 federal scientists across 16 agencies to gather information about what's happening inside the federal government in relation to scientific integrity.

When DeVos was testifying before the Senate in January 2017, the federal government still had a greater hand in public education than it did at any point before No Child Left Behind, but it had also recently experienced the greatest rollback in its oversight since an era of almost continual expansion that began in 1965.

Since 1982 the federal government has recognized more than 4,000 exemplary schools through its Blue Ribbon Schools Program.

School facilities is second only to highways as the largest sector of public infrastructure spending, but it's been more than 20 years since the federal government conducted a comprehensive review of the nation's school buildings.

This is a fact that the U.S. Supreme Court made clear more than a century ago in Hunter v. Pittsburgh and has since been affirmed by the federal government through No Child, which holds states accountable for the quality of education provided with the use of federal dollars.

I had a successful career as a practicing attorney, but since I worked for the federal government, once my writing became more than a hobby, I became subject to certain restrictions on outside employment.

Since 1957, the MI industry has helped more than 25 million families become homeowners while protecting the taxpayers and the federal government from mortgage credit risk.

The maximum federal deduction, $ 2,500, has not changed since 2001, but between 2007 and 2016, student loan balances increased by 106 percent in real terms and the cost to the federal government of the deduction more than doubled — rising 107 percent, after adjusting for inflation.

Since 1975 when the «Lemon Law» (the Magnuson - Moss Warranty Act) became federal law, the government has stepped up to provide greater consumer protection for the unlucky few who have more than... [Read more...]

The 3 - level of government Climate Emergency Declaration petition and campaign targets all levels of government since individual states or territories could declare a climate emergency earlier than the federal government might.

This is important, market - driven progress on climate, which API and its member companies consider an important issue for constructive engagement — engagement that also is seen in approximately $ 90 billion in oil and natural gas industry investments in zero - and low - emissions technologies since 2000, nearly as much as the federal government and more than twice that of the next largest industry sector.

According to a new white paper by DeSmog Canada, TransCanada Corporation, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, has spent more than $ 4 million lobbying U.S. federal lawmakers and government department staff since 2010.

With more than 1.8 million employees, $ 500 billion in annual purchasing power, and 500,000 buildings to operate, the federal government has been a leader in reducing energy use since Obama signed a 2009 executive order to cut waste.

«Indeed, since 1981, when the failed windfall profits tax was first enacted, federal, state, and local governments in the U.S. have collected more in taxes from the oil industry than the industry has earned in actual profits for its shareholders.

The budget showed federal government revenues in the coming year would be $ 3.4 billion lower than anticipated just four months ago, reflecting the weakest two quarters of economic growth since the 2008 - 09 recession and a steep discount on Western Canadian oil prices.

I would ban Spam, and I would get it done faster than our federal government who have let spam control legislation sit in since the first introduction of Senate Bill S - 23 on September 17, 2003.

Medical Device Summit reports that the industry has already paid more than $ 1 billion to the Federal government since the device tax was implemented at the beginning of 2013.

It's been more than 100 days since Congress missed its deadline to pass a long - term spending bill for the federal government.

Since they were seized by the federal government and bailed out with more than $ 200 billion in taxpayer funds, government - sponsored entities (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have been in a kind of limbo.