If the science of climate change really is «established», as popular media insist, what's wrong
with cutting federal spending on climate research, as President Donald Trump's budget proposes to do?
Not exact matches
With the relentless pressure to
cut federal spending, digital solutions like telemedicine — which expands access to care and reduces costs by up to 90 % — will become a key part of that equation.»
And while public dissatisfaction
with the legislation has been focused on the notion that the Republican tax
cuts are deeply skewed toward the wealthiest Americans and the corporations they run, Barkan, who has
spent years galvanizing support for a more diverse and inclusive
Federal Reserve, wants to remind Americans this legislation also includes
cuts to their healthcare.
Hensarling — a polite and low - decibel conservative
with a deadpan sense of humor and an occasionally sharp tongue — has become a tea party favorite by relentlessly striving to
cut federal spending and shrink the
federal government.
President - elect Donald Trump's economic agenda of fiscal
spending and tax
cuts, coupled
with the
Federal Reserve raising interest rates spells trouble for bond holders.
Congressional Republicans — including nearly all of the Texas delegation —
spent the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy insisting that any new funding for hurricane relief had to be offset
with cuts elsewhere in the
federal budget.
While reducing
federal spending during an economic slowdown was not the President's preference, he recognized the political realities and undertook a series of negotiations
with the Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner, aimed at achieving a compromise plan to reduce the deficit over time through a combination of
spending cuts and revenue increases.
I mean, he was aware that there were hazards here, that if we didn't get the bond market rally, if we didn't get cooperation from the Fed [
Federal Reserve Board]-- and the Fed, remember, is very independent and Alan Greenspan was not known to be a Democrat — if that didn't happen, there was a hazard that you raise taxes and
cut spending and the economy is not that strong anyway, and you wind up
with a recession.
This particular blowhardism is a combination of positions on entitlement
spending, taxation, military engagement, and purely rhetorical
spending cutting radicalism that can't withstand contact
with the realities of either the
federal budget or public opinion.
With President - elect Donald Trump and a newly empowered, Republican - dominated Congress soon taking control of the
federal budget, the potential for substantial
cuts in domestic
spending poses gargantuan challenges for New York state and city budgets.
President Donald Trump has vowed to
cut off all funding to «sanctuary cities» like New York that refuse to cooperate
with immigration authorities, while GOP leaders like House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have long sought to slash
federal spending across the board.
For AQE, which is pushing for education
spending on par
with a decade - old court ruling, the problem for them was Cuomo suggesting a short - term extender may be a viable option for the state budget considering the uncertainty emanating from Washington over the
federal government's budget
cuts.
At the time, Cuomo did not include any contingency plans for action on the
federal level, such as a repeal of the Affordable Care Act or
cuts in
spending that would impact the state, save for a desire to have expanded powers over the budget without the consent of the Legislature — a non-starter
with lawmakers.
So, to recap: The congresswoman is seeking more
spending by the
federal government here in New York to help
with the post-Irene recovery — a move that would, if she and Cantor had their way, require additional
cuts at a time when Washington is already polarized over reductions mandated by the debt ceiling deal passed early this month.
Add Rep. Tom Reed to the list of New York Republicans who support House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's call for offsetting additional disaster aid in the wake of Irene
with spending cuts elsewhere in the
federal budget.
A sobering report to governors about the potential consequences of repealing the Obama - era health care law warns that
federal spending cuts probably would create funding gaps for states and threaten many people
with the loss of insurance coverage.
As a Republican, how do you balance the need for
spending cuts and reducing the deficit and the debt
with the desire for constituents to get some
federal dollars to this area that has been struggling so
with the economy?
June 1, 2012, Santa Fe, NM — Saying the May jobless numbers released Friday are «no surprise, given Washington's refusal to
cut spending and get out of the way of growth,» Libertarian presidential nominee and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson today called on Congress and President Obama to «take a break from the campaigning and deal
with the fact that the
federal government's bankruptcy is killing American jobs.»
New York Senator and Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, along
with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi,
cut a deal
with President Trump to work out a new
federal spending plan by mid-December.
After the Senate's bipartisan 91 - to - 9 vote in a favor of a bill that keeps
federal agencies open through March 18 while enacting $ 4 billion in new
spending cuts, Mr. Obama urged House and Senate leaders to meet
with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. and two top aides to work out a longer - term budget agreement.
On Monday, in a NY1 interview, Cuomo amended that somewhat, saying possible
federal spending cuts have presented the state budget talks
with «a new problem.»
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But
with cuts looming in
spending on Medicaid, which is paid for by state and
federal governments, the people who most need help may end up not getting much more assistance after all.
With the U.S. budget under intense pressure, lawmakers increasingly are looking to save money by
cutting federal spending on research and development.
Under a promise by House Republicans to
cut projected
federal spending by some $ 5 trillion over the next decade, House appropriators have $ 91 billion less to work
with this year than their counterparts in the Democrat - controlled Senate.
It is no surprise, then, that every Democratic candidate for the presidency in 2008 has called for increased
federal spending on education, and that no Republican candidate (
with the exception of libertarian Ron Paul) has proposed a
spending cut.
With the state still mired in the recession and the end of
federal stimulus funding, Corbett clearly had to
cut state
spending to balance the budget.
But, if that's all true, then I'm wondering why those same voices have yet to speak up now — even if only to say, «We disagree vehemently
with Secretary DeVos on school vouchers,
cuts to
federal spending, and the whole Trump agenda, but calling her a «white supremacist» is out of bounds and antithetical to what we believe in.»
Consistent
with these reports, the House of Representatives has passed a budget resolution that calls for a more than 8 %
cut in
federal spending.
Indeed, the majority has called in the past for a
cut of $ 1 trillion in NDD funding.100 At the
federal level, NDD
spending is poised to be at its lowest, as a percent of GDP, since 1962, the lowest point on record.101
With states still struggling to stabilize their budgets after the 2008 recession, a deep
cut in NDD would halt positive momentum toward recovery.
Education
spending has still yet to recover from the Great Recession in many states.11 Because of state constitution balanced - budget provisions, when faced
with significant
federal funding
cuts, states are forced to either further
cut education programs or raise taxes.12 The idea of further raising taxes to backfill Trump's education funding
cuts simply is not practical in states such as Maryland, 13 Illinois, 14 and New Jersey, 15 which are struggling to fund their current responsibilities.
In the first year,
with the economy imploding and New jersey's share of the
federal stimulus
spent by former Gov. Jon Corzine, Christie
cut more than $ 1 billion in aid to districts.
Yes, there will be more money under a Bush or other proposal (until tax
cuts and military
spending increases and economic slowdown intervene), but this
federal money will be wholly inadequate for needed improvements while saddling states, districts, schools, and their students
with massive testing requirements.
LA Unified Superintendent John Deasy and two board members
spent a few days in Washington, where they met
with officials and lawmakers about the impact of
federal budget
cuts on the district.
The congressional Republicans» tax plan —
with its call for the elimination of some or all
federal income deductions that Californians have taken for state and local income taxes, sales and real estate taxes — accompanied by big
cuts to health care
spending, could affect the state's economy and budget.
Sequestration: What Southern California Stands to Lose The Southland is bracing for massive
cuts in
federal spending at the end of the week,
with education and airport officials in particular worried about the impact of the impending reductions.
At some point the bond market will stop financing our debt
spending, at which point we can either
cut federal spending 50 % overnight to bring it in line
with tax revenues, renege on the debt, or «monetize» the debt by printing money.
Finally, Nicholas Pinter, a Southern Illinois University scientist studying flooding disasters, says Obama should consider broader shifts in the budget and bureaucracy at the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, which still is mainly focused on responding once a disaster has struck —
with only 15 percent of its
spending in such instances devoted to steps that can
cut known vulnerability the next time around.
Climatology is now synonimous
with technology, taxes and tax write offs, the future, education, Green, the New World Order, a Better Future, Ecology, Art, sales, international law, local development, state
cuts in
federal spending, national prestiege, and religion, to name but a few.
Trump has signaled plans to populate his cabinet
with oil industry executives and allies, to eliminate the EPA, and to
cut all
federal spending on the United Nations climate process.
With the big price tag attached to the
federal government's omnibus crime bill C - 10 and budget
cuts on the horizon, there were no significant
spending commitments by the
federal government.