Sentences with phrase «use of federal funding for»

Katko said through a spokeswoman that his vote reflected longstanding bipartisan support for the Hyde Amendment, prohibiting the use of any federal funds for abortion.

In 2001, President George W. Bush limited the use of federal funds for research done with new ESCs.

First, promising to restore the integrity of science while seeking vast medical benefits for many, President Obama repealed the restrictions set by President Bush on the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research.

The new NIH guidelines do not permit the use of federal funds for creating new human embryonic stem cell lines.

On March 9, 2009, President Obama lifted the ban that had previously restricted the use of federal funds for embryonic stem cell research on cell lines that had been created after August 9, 2001.

It authorized the use of federal funds for pet - friendly emergency shelters.

29 Jan > Act S. 310 To prohibit the use of Federal funds for the costs of painting portraits of officers and employees of the Federal Government congress > Dubai art collector loses Dh1.3 m of works in Address Downtown fire thenational

With the late - summer ice edge located farther north than it used to be, storms produce larger waves and more coastal erosion.5 An additional contributing factor is that coastal bluffs that were «cemented» by ice - rich permafrost are beginning to thaw in response to warmer air and ocean waters, and are therefore more vulnerable to erosion.22 Standard defensive adaptation strategies to protect coastal communities from erosion, such as use of rock walls, sandbags, and riprap, have been largely unsuccessful.23 Several coastal communities are seeking to relocate to escape erosion that threatens infrastructure and services but, because of high costs and policy constraints on use of federal funds for community relocation, only one Alaskan village has begun to relocate (see also Ch.

We also advocate with federal agencies to eliminate barriers to the use of federal funds for civil legal aid and with Congress to expand opportunities for non-LSC funding for civil legal services.

While the use of federal funds for abortion has been banned since the 1970s, and for the entire history of the family planning program, that is only a technicality to Pence and his anti-abortion allies.

The new legislation is unnecessary because the Hyde Amendment already prohibits the use of federal funds for abortion except in extreme, rare circumstances.

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These programs provide free one - on - one mentoring and low - cost training opportunities for their clients in locations around the country, using a combination of federal funds, state and local government contributions, and private sector resources.

She'd also use federal dollars to fund a national paid family and medical leave program, which would give every worker some portion of their paycheck for up to 12 weeks.

Phase I funding — which allows up to $ 250,000 for an academic idea, such as decoding the genetic sequence of a protein or studying targeted drug delivery by using magnetic nanoparticles — is available from federal funding and foundations.

Boston and Washington, D.C., for example, use a mix of federal, state, and city money to fund their programs, while New York City's bike - sharing initiative is financed entirely by private means.

The federal funds rate is the rate that banks use to set the prime rate, their own lending floor for everything from credit cards to lines of credit and commercial loans.

The fed funds are used to control inflation for a better economy and are set up by the Federal Open Market Committee of the Federal Reserve System.

While the Federal Reserve decided in December to increase short - term interest rates, that hasn't yet translated into significant increases in deposit rates paid out by banks on safe, federally insured deposits — the kind of accounts consumers might want to use for an emergency fund or for parking cash they expect to use in the next month or two.

The platform states they would pay for this program by consolidating fragmented support for childcare and by «using a combination of existing federal and provincial program funding, plus new funding.»

Before you scream too loudly over this move by President Obama, keep in mind that the prohibition for using federal funds under the executive order by President Bush did not stop the practice of harvesting stem cells from unused embryos in fertility clinics.

Some of these centers (fewer than half) offer abortion services, but none actually uses federal funds to perform abortions, since using those funds for that purpose is already illegal.

As we read this history, the furor over stem cells was fueled by numerous factors: the near - universal human desire for magic; patients» desperation in the face of illness and their hope for cures; the belief that biology can now do anything; the reluctance of scientists to accept any limits (particularly moral limits) on their research; the impact of big money from biotech stocks, patents, and federal funding; the willingness of America's elite class to use every means possible to discredit religion in general; and the need to protect the unlimited abortion license by accepting no protections of unborn human life.

Many practical proposals were presented, including requests for more community development block - grant funds, the use of empty federal buildings, the release of surplus food from federal depositories and relaxation of SSI restrictions.

A recent law prohibits federal funds from paying for most abortions, but Planned Parenthood — which, among other services, is a major abortion provider (3 percent of their services are abortions)-- has received hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding — legally, much of that can not be used on abortions.

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I am going to weigh in, being a catholic and the whole shabang... First of all this is not infringing on anyone's right to practice their religion... Requiring insurance companies to provide contraception for women does not mean the woman has to use it or purchase it... Catholic hospitals take federal funds for their patients, therefore they are not exempt from employment laws... If the Catholic Diocese doesn't want to provide the insurance claiming religious beliefs, then they can no longer accept federal funded patients... They also know that they will be subjected to discrimination lawsuits based hiring and religious discrimination — non-catholics work there, and therefore are being denied healthcare due to catholic beliefs... Majority if not all Catholic women do, have, or had used contraception in their lifetime... God does not nor does the bible say anything about contraception, since it had not been invented yet — so this is a man - made law, made by a bunch of men, who have never had a menstrual cycle — and the pain that comes with it....

The House is considering a continuing resolution, a bill used to fund the federal government for the remainder of the year.

While federal funds can not be used for abortions, Planned Parenthood reports that half of its patients use Medicaid to cover other services like birth control.

In addition, if the district is determined to be the owner of the lake, the district may be eligible for grant funds through the federal Conservation 2000 program, which could be used to assist in lake cleanup efforts, she added.

When asked how schools paid for the ovens, Carithers noted that in addition to using the funds from the sale of the fryers, the grants appeared to be an effective catalyst to motivate many schools to find creative funding methods from local, state, and federal sources.

However, the $ 335,000 set aside for the renovations comes from a special bond fund that must be used by the end of the year or the Park District could lose the money because of federal laws.

Hillary Clinton is supporting a Democratic congressional candidate's use of campaign funds on child care, writing a letter in support to the Federal Elections Commission that also highlights the number of women who are running for office in the 2018 midterm elections.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Aaron Schock, R - Ill., has repeatedly spent taxpayer and campaign funds to rent aircraft that are not certified charter services, despite House rules and federal law that generally prohibit the use of private aircraft for official and campaign use.

Voted against using federal funds to block enforcement of a section of federal communications law that some interpret to require Super PACs to disclose contributors that paid for television commercials;

As if to illustrate the findings of the State Integrity Investigation, the federal corruption trial of former state Senator Pedro Espada, Jr., continued this week, with Judge Frederic Block excoriating Espada's attorney for using questionable courtroom tactics, and with Espada characterized during trial as a «puppet master» for his alleged embezzlement of funds from the Soundview Healthcare Network.

Voted against using federal funds for the display of Confederate flags at national cemeteries.

Close to $ 2 Billion in public funds in play Today's sweeping indictments by federal and state prosecutors resoundingly confirm that the state's use of non-profits and SUNY to award billions in state economic development contracts has created huge and systemic opportunities for corruption.

The federal funding was allocated through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and will be used to support child care services for low - income families in Oneida, Herkimer, and Madison County.

Using a combination of county, state and federal funds, Nassau last year provided $ 755,000 for four adult day care programs in Herricks, Glen Cove, East Hills and Hewlett that serve some 416 adults, Murphy said.

WHITE PLAINS — The Westchester County Board of Legislators Monday night authorized the county to reserve 50 percent of the county's almost $ 7.9 million federal funds for use by local municipalities for renewable energy and energy efficiency improvements.

«This practice enables the city to circumvent civil service rules, report fewer city workers than are actually working for city departments, and opens the possibility that federal grant funds could be used inappropriately to offset the cost of city operations,» the ABO report said.

«Without accountability by local political leaders, the Federal government would continue to be the scapegoat for the failure of states and local governments to use ecological funds for the purposes they were released,» he said.

A recent decision by the federal Department of Justice to scale back and eventually end the use of private prisons indirectly impacted New York City's pension funds, reducing holding values by millions of dollars and leading to renewed calls from activists for the city to divest from the for - profit corporations that operate these prisons.

She also called for the de-militarization of police departments around the country who increasingly use federal funds to buy military grade equipment for use in their policing efforts.

The panel also proposed tolling on federal roads and 0.5 per cent of transport fares paid by passengers using mass transit for inter-state trips to generate fund for the rehabilitation and maintenance of road infrastructure in the country.

These features, combined with the power to dispense billions in federal and state funds, bond for debt, grant extensive tax breaks, override local land use laws, and take private property through eminent domain, makes the ESDC one of New York's most powerful honey pots.

One would allow political candidates to use campaign funds to pay for child care, as the Federal Election Commission recently allowed that a mother of two who's running for Congress on Long Island.

Democratic Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, who engaged in a major funding limitation debate during the fiscal 2017 appropriations season when he proposed an amendment to bar discrimination against certain federal contractors, said he hadn't thought of using a funding limitation to bar payouts for claims stemming from sexual harassment by members of Congress.

Mr. Johnson said he would approach land - use decisions by trying «to get to a place of yes»; that he wanted to take steps to «eradicate hunger in New York City»; and that he would deal with the prospect of tighter budgets — because of the new federal tax law or a potential economic downturn — by guarding funding for «programs and everyday things that affect the most New Yorkers and the poorest New Yorkers, to ensure that they don't get cut.»

CNPP conference while demanding that the federal lawmakers apologise to Nigerians for wasting public funds in pursuit of a Social Media Bill meant to shield their dirty dealings from public knowledge, also challenged the federal lawmakers to first pass a legislation that makes corruption a capital offence before trying to secure perpetual immunity for themselves using the Social Media Bill as a cover.