Sentences with phrase «using federal tax dollars»

Forty - seven percent of respondents said that they oppose using federal tax dollars for «experiments» requiring that «live embryos... be destroyed in their first week of development.»

«Wait until you see how angry the American people get when they discover... NIH [has] been using federal tax dollars to study «lot lizards,»» coalition director Andrea Lafferty declared in an open letter.

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But those that pay the extra premium are still paying it to a plan that is subsidized by the federal government using MY tax dollars.

Tax me less, spend less, and if you really feel compelled to keep a bit of pork in that fat Federal Belly... at least use my tax dollar too help supplement wounded veterans and / or assist wartime veterans in some of the things they need to re-integrate back into their country after serving Tax me less, spend less, and if you really feel compelled to keep a bit of pork in that fat Federal Belly... at least use my tax dollar too help supplement wounded veterans and / or assist wartime veterans in some of the things they need to re-integrate back into their country after serving tax dollar too help supplement wounded veterans and / or assist wartime veterans in some of the things they need to re-integrate back into their country after serving it.

Let's leave aside the contentious question of whether federal tax dollars should be used to fund arts / entertainment.

Now, a New York assemblyman from the Hudson Valley has written to the governor, opposing the use of state tax dollars to pay for sanctuary cities to litigate against the federal government or to replace withheld federal funding.

Other reforms Hawkins is calling for include a windfall tax on pharmaceutical companies» opioid wealth, a surtax on high - dollar pass - through income from LLCs and other pass - through vehicles, a clawback of the new federal tax cuts if not used to increase workers» pay, home rule for local income taxes, and tax credit «circuit breakers» to protect low - to - moderate income tenants and homeowners from unaffordable rents and property taxes.

«This package of the remaining Appropriations bills is the result of over a year's worth of careful and dedicated efforts to closely examine federal programs to make the best possible use of every tax dollar.

On the day before school was to open that year, federal district court judge Solomon Oliver struck down the program, ruling that the use of tax dollars to pay for children to attend religious schools offends the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.

«I can tell you this — if you gave the American people a choice today between using federal dollars to renovate and build new public schools or using public tax dollars to pay for private school vouchers, there would be no question how the American people would vote,» asserted U.S. Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley in a speech made when the report was released.

During this reauthorization process, NSBA has worked closely with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to advocate for a modernized education law that affirms the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

During the reauthorization process, there was a collective effort by NSBA and local school board members to advocate before Members of Congress for a modernized education law that underscores the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

Collectively, level funding through the appropriations process and the cuts of sequestration have exacerbated the need for school districts to raise taxes or use local budget dollars to cover an ever - growing share of the federal contribution to special education.

So for any New Yorkers up in arms over the possibility of their tax dollars being used to fund religious schools under the new Federal administration, be advised: locally, they already are.

One key difference, however, is that the Barefoot - Hise proposal would order traditional school systems to share myriad funds currently not accessible to charters, including gifts, sales tax dollars and federal grants and reimbursements, at least one pool of which is used to offset the costs of school lunch programs, even though many charters do not participate in such programs.

The revelations, included in reports and correspondence released through access - to - information legislation, also indicated that federal tax dollars were used to print about $ 2,000 worth of brochures to help the industry in its battle against the European Parliament's plan to crack down on greenhouse gas pollution from transportation fuels.

* Despite limited potential, millions in tax and consumer dollars are being used by federal and state government officials to promote wind energy.

* Use of tax dollars by federal, state and local governments to install costly renewable energy facilities or purchasing «green» electricity premium prices.

On Wednesday, Seattle's city attorney, a former federal prosecutor, and a city councilman who used to be a police officer all testified in support of a bill that would legalize the sale, possession and delivery of marijuana for adults over 21 years old — and, in theory at least, generate millions of dollars from taxes on the product.

Via a post on the Land Use Prof Blog, I discovered that San Francisco (funded by your federal tax dollars) has, over the past couple of weeks, begun toying with a system of variable rate, electronically monitored parking meters, the stated goal of which is «collecting and distributing real - time information about where parking is available so drivers can quickly find open spaces,» and instituting «demand - responsive pricing.»

(Planned Parenthood does not use federal money to pay for abortions, which make up a sliver of its operations; its opponents argue that money is fungible and that any tax dollars going to the organization indirectly subsidize abortions.)

For more than 30 years, federal tax dollars have not funded abortions in the United States except in the rarest of cases, and Planned Parenthood is subject to routine audits to ensure that public and charitable funds are being used in compliance with the law.