Sentences with phrase «which federal politicians»

He stressed, though, that Trump filed a personal financial disclosure form — a legally required document in which federal politicians report their outside income, investments and liabilities in broad ranges.

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It's been my view since circa 2003 that «they» would hold up the system with printed money and credit creation until every last crumb of middle class wealth was swept off the table and into the pockets of those in position to do the sweeping: Corporate America, the very wealthy («wealthy» = enough disposable cash to buy a few politicians and Federal judges) and the political elite — the latter of which are compensated pawns for the first two cohorts.

-LSB-...] Kristi Noem (R - SD) recently introduced a federal bill which would not only lift the calorie caps (a frequent target of conservative pundits and politicians), but also allow school districts to waive any and all requirements of the HHFKA if doing so would -LSB-...]

He helped found the shadowy Working Families Party, which is currently under federal investigation for... helping steer undisclosed union cash to politicians.

Defense attorneys thus far have attacked Singh's credibility as a government witness and sought to use his own words against him — in part by playing secretly made recordings in which Singh says he has no story about politicians to share with federal investigators and Mangano gave him «nothing» for gestures such as hiring Linda Mangano.

Silver, once one of New York's most powerful politicians, was sentenced in May to 12 years in prison, along with a fine and forfeiture of more than $ 6 million, after a federal jury found him guilty of a host of corruption charges related to two bribery schemes in which he received millions in kickbacks by trading political favors for money.

During a six - month stretch in which a top executive has reportedly become a cooperating witness for a federal investigation of a top Albany politician, the real estate developer donated only about 6 percent of the money it gave to political committees during comparable cycles in recent years.

The move also drew opposition from Democratic politicians at the state and federal level, who made similar arguments about the impact on the census, which is also used for the once - in - a-decade process of drawing new districts for the U.S. House of Representatives.

While politicians are still working on the final wording of the amendment, «[t] he agreement spells out that the federal government will also continue its funding of several key programs that have boosted research budgets in recent years, such as the Joint Initiative for Research and Innovation — which funds nonuniversity research organizations like the Helmholtz Association and the Max Planck Society — and the Excellence Initiative, which allows universities to compete for extra funding for special projects and the title of «elite university.»»

Stamper would like to see the federal government put out requests for proposals and provide grants to develop best practices curriculum at the national level, although given the way our police forces are organized, he says, local agencies would still have to pick up the tab for actual training, which means fund appropriations from city or state politicians and taxpayers.

But senior US politicians are calling for investigation of the evidence, which consisted only of requests by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to search Ivins» property over the past year.

A statement submitted to the ARD Capital Studio, the «Berliner Kreis (Berlin Circle)», which includes numerous federal and communal politicians of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), calls for an end to «moral blackmail» by climate research and a «farewell to unilateral German CO2 targets.»

The politicians are requesting that the Justice Department look into whether Exxon violated the Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) law, which federal officials used to prosecute tobacco companies in the 1990s for lying about what they knew about the health impacts of smoking.

On this Halloween eve, it is truly frightening to grasp the extent to which America's politicians, policies, laws, regulations, energy, economy, jobs, and future are controlled by a cabal of stealthy billionaires — who receive billions from state and federal government agencies, and use those riches to become even wealthier, more powerful, and more in control of our lives, livelihoods, living standards, and liberties.

Given the sheer volume of the communications to Penn State, the similarity of their content and the variety of sources, which included University alumni, federal and state politicians, and others, many of whom had had no relationship with Pel1l1 State, Dr. Eva J. Pell, then Senior Vice President for Research and Dean of the Graduate School, was asked to examine the matter.

Shaunna's mention of TwitterCommons prompted me to point out poliTwitter, which aggregates federal and provincial politicians» Twitter feeds.

In fact, it's very possible that at least in some of the states the reason they adopted these measures is they thought there would be struck down under federal law, which therefore would allow the politicians in each state to claim that they got a benefit for their state, yet it's entirely cost free to them because federal law is going to strike it down.

Here is the breakdown of banks» contributions to federal politicians during the 2016 election cycle: Chart: OpenSource.org If you're wondering which candidates receive the most dough, look no further than the Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, who was the biggest recipient of bank money in the 2016 cycle.

In 2015, the plan was finally scrapped, according to Reuters, which called it «a symbol of wasteful federal spending on politicians» pet projects.»