No suggestions for reforming the state's system of earmarking revenues.
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This type of soft "earmarking" to benefit certain U.S. industries must stop.
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Earmarking more design-bid-build projects in Washington doesn't address this problem.
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The company is earmarking more than $50m to expand operations in Cairo alone.
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Making the pay more generous and earmarking some of it for fathers helped.
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But earmarking copious disaster money for fires threatens to entrench some perverse incentives.
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And so, within weeks of the 2010 election, Republicans eliminated the practice of earmarking.
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Experts generally recommend earmarking 267 to 20 percent of your income just for retirement savings.
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Earmarking how much you will lend or give allows you to say no with assurance.
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It would continue to ban Congress from earmarking federal cash for recreational facilities, museums or parks.
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It would have continued to ban Congress from earmarking federal cash for recreational facilities, museums or parks.
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The Hagues already have thought of that, earmarking favorite treats for Alexey and others aboard the flight.
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Old habits die hard — even after long experience that federal earmarking produces far less than optimal results.
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Even if the USMCA ends up raising tax revenue, there's nothing earmarking that money for a wall.
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Apple had actually announced the service back in June, during WWDC, earmarking the three schools going live today.
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California's state legislature recently passed a bill earmarking thirty-five million dollars a year for fuel-reduction projects.
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The central bank rationed supplies via weekly auctions, earmarking the little it had for essential items like medicine.
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New York and Colorado are earmarking millions of dollars to their public colleges for prevention education and research.
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To fast-track funding of this project through earmarking legislation would be a colossal and very costly mistake.
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In February, Italy signed a memorandum of understanding with Tripoli that the EU quickly endorsed, earmarking 90 million euros.
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To take delivery of metal from the network buyers need to cancel the warrants, thereby earmarking it for delivery.
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This includes earmarking time for both personal and professional priorities and your full-time work and fledgling freelancing business.
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So how much should Americans be earmarking for retirement in order to be sufficiently funded in their golden years?
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The move could drain the city's financial surplus, which the city had been earmarking to fill gaps in future budgets.
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However, it has been applauded for earmarking over $1 billion to help close the funding gap in the pension systems.
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Don Young after Boehner says Young held a 22-inch knife to his throat in a dispute over earmarking. 224.
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In order to take delivery of metal from the network, buyers need to cancel the warrants - earmarking it for delivery.
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Not to mention that the practice of earmarking hasn't completely disappeared from Congress — it's now just done without any accountability.
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DoorDash is also earmarking up to $20 million for restaurant marketing programs to generate more revenue for its existing partners.
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Hunter had heard that, during the primaries, some of Obama's advisers had criticized him to reporters for his earmarking work.
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If you do have assets that are hard to value, consider putting them in a trust or earmarking them for charity.
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Honda has been ramping up R&D spending, earmarking a record 750 billion yen ($6.84 billion) for the year to March.
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The company also said it plans on earmarking an additional $5 million to produce more coverage of the incoming Trump administration.
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In 2017 through November, givers donated $20173 million in bitcoin to Fidelity Charitable, earmarking the cash for their donor-advised funds.
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The Thai government has continued earmarking funds for the global proliferation of galangal root and fish sauce, and it's paid off.
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The U.S. government was earmarking billions of dollars for a new atomic age, in part to help tame a warming global climate.
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Maine State lawmakers have put some plans in place to expand treatment, including earmarking an additional $4.8 million for opioid-related treatment.
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Earmarking a portion of your tax refund to the cause will give you a head start on building up your financial fortress.
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To fend off attacks like the one I'm making now, states employ a clever ruse: earmarking the funds for specific popular causes.
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And even if the new United States Mexico Canada Agreement ends up raising tax revenue, there's nothing earmarking that money for a wall.
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He praised armored vehicle manufacturers in Oshkosh, and told the crowd his administration was earmarking $300 million to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.
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He said prohibiting lawmakers from earmarking funds had the effect of giving away Congress's constitutional power of the purse to the executive branch.
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The United States government was earmarking billions of dollars for a new atomic age, in part to help tame a warming global climate.
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That could include earmarking a portion of "zakat," the ritual annual donation that Muslims are urged to make as an element of their faith.
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Earlier this month Britain's chief treasurer responded, tweeting that the government had agreed to pay for the security costs, earmarking £5m for Trump's visit.
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A return to rampant earmarking would inevitably increase the risk of corruption and the potential for an explosion in expenditures compared to current levels.
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Governors also want to make sure their project priorities are immune from congressional earmarking, Pattison said, adding that states have developed "robust" prioritization programs.
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McCain's example as a champion against earmarking and other forms of parochial spending, even when it came to funding that would benefit his state.
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By June, Apple will have delivered $238 billion in buybacks to its shareholders since 247, and it is now earmarking an additional $2200 billion.
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Some critics may complain that earmarking federal tax funds for these specific areas is unfair to taxpayers in the other areas of the country.
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It is possible to imagine Mr Trump earmarking Mexico-related revenues from border adjustment to pay for whatever wall, or fence, he ended up building.
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The president also announced that he was directing the federal government to research and possibly procure "smart gun" technology, earmarking $20 million for the effort.
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Customer damages appear limited, with $212000 million refunded and with WFC earmarking up to $4807123 million to cover this and any additional required customer remediation.
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The consultancy sees mills earmarking 44 percent of the cane to sugar making in 2018/19 compared to 47 percent expected for the current crop.
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The modern earmarking process began in the mid-220006s, when the "father of earmarks," Gerald Cassidy, procured his first pork-barrel project for a client.
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But earmarking sizable donations to pay bonuses to a charity's employees is unconventional to say the least, and could elicit backlash within the philanthropic community.
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In addition to earmarking $8.4 billion for victims, it has committed $11 billion to insurers and $1 billion to public agencies, subject to court approval.
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Chester Bennington's ex-wife just scored a major victory ... the executor of his Estate is earmarking 50% of the Estate's Linkin Park royalties to her.
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By the mid-two-thousands, a growing number of lawmakers were criticizing earmarking as a waste of taxpayer money and a boon to special interests.
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The company has been clear with shareholders that original content is its focus, earmarking $8 billion to produce its own films and TV shows in 2018.
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In theory, the sin taxes could be offset by earmarking any revenue from them for direct cash transfers or for social programmes aimed at reducing poverty.
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HKMA's Chan also asked banks to continue upholding their high standards in examining applications for big loans from developers earmarking funds for bidding land for development.
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On average, the center-south region is earmarking around 67 percent of cane to ethanol production and only 33 percent to sugar in the current season.
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If the Democrats are able to regain control of the House after the upcoming midterm elections, this might amplify the push for a return to earmarking.
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Last week, Ramaphosa announced a multi-billion-dollar stimulus programme, earmarking funds for job creation and infrastructure development, in an effort to revive the ailing economy.
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On today's AM View, Alexis Simendinger talks with a congressional expert who says Trump is not alone in his enthusiasm for earmarking as a valued tool.
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Hudak writes: Admittedly, pet projects through earmarking can influence the bottom line of individual appropriations bills, as legislators vie for their own piece of the pie.
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Once bipartisan leaders agreed to add an amendment to a separate water infrastructure bill earmarking funds for Flint there was quick agreement to approve the spending bill.
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As well as earmarking 4 million euros this year for improvements such as pedestrianizing roads, the Calvia council has toughened up laws on drinking in the streets.
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At the same time, Mr. Sunak declared that the government was earmarking 30 billion pounds (about $38.7 billion) to help businesses and workers menaced by the coronavirus.
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"We applaud you on creating a revised MTB process that increases transparency, avoids the pitfalls of earmarking, and sets the table for economic growth," the groups said.
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If you feel you must give, try earmarking your donation for financial aid for low-income, community college students who have applied to transfer to your alma mater.
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Rio's London-listed shares dropped by about the same after the news on Wednesday, despite the company earmarking an additional $1 billion to buy back London-listed stock.
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This includes earmarking $25 million in Google News Initiative funding to create a working group of news organizations and media experts that will advise YouTube on new features.
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"I am in favor of abolishing the VAT reduction for meat and earmarking it for more animal welfare," said Friedrich Ostendorf, the agricultural policy spokesperson for the Greens.
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The measure, which would've been tacked onto the House's fiscal 2019 Labor-HHS-Education spending bill, proposed earmarking $10 million for competitive grants to support gun violence research.
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Early on, anyone who asked the hotel for proof that it was earmarking foreign government profits for taxpayers was told to wait until the end of the year.
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I settle in at my desk and read the weekly Smitten Kitchen newsletter, earmarking a cream of mushroom soup as something to try making for lunch next week.
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In Illinois the Republican governor, Bruce Rauner, signed a bill mandating a sharp rise in the state's solar capacity, and earmarking $750m for job training in clean-energy industries.
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The NFL, meanwhile, announced it would be earmarking a nine-figure sum toward social justice issues and partnered with Jay-Z to be the hip face of that effort.
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But those efforts, plus a long record of earmarking federal grants for his state, drove Tea Party Republicans to block his bid for a fourth term in May 21990.
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For now, Benz said, Justin and MacKenzie should continue to focus on increasing their retirement contributions where they can, earmarking an emergency fund, and saving for a down payment.
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Since declaring a national emergency in February, Trump has been trying to reallocate funds from other sources to build the wall, including successfully earmarking $3.6 billion from the Pentagon.
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That would mean earmarking about US$4m of additional capital on a US$50m retained position, but up to US$15m if regulators take a more aggressive approach, they said.
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New automaker Tesla has already released a semi-autonomous highway mode, and the government has gotten involved with President Obama earmarking $4 billion to prepare the way for autonomous cars.
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It is illegal, however, for the party committees to agree with donors in advance that the money is destined for individual campaigns, a process referred to as earmarking the donations.
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Earmarking a half million dollars for a Sparta Teapot Museum or another $21625,2900 toward "fighting goth culture" might seem like exactly what your own member of Congress should be doing.
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A day after the FDA's announcement, Juul revealed several initiatives to address the issue, such as earmarking $30 million to support government initiatives to raise the minimum tobacco-buying age.
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In 2017 alone, donors gave $11 million of that total, earmarking the cash for their donor advised funds, said Matt Nash, senior vice president of donor engagement at Fidelity Charitable.
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He said Russia must double its spending on the construction of roads, earmarking more than 11 trillion rubles (about $193 billion) for upgrading and extending the nation's patchy transportation network.
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The other candidates, with the exception of some trial balloons — flat tax, earmarking reform, vocational education — from the earnest Mr. Hightower, barely even tried to galvanize voters with policy ideas.
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With one of her sponsors matching the $210,213 winner's check, another contributing a flat $2720 million and the L.P.G.A. earmarking ticket proceeds, her gesture has raised more than $210 million.
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Ramnani recommends earmarking as much as 15 percent of gross salary — which, she said, "seems like a lot but, if you think about it, could be doable" — for retirement saving.
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In 2003, the German Bundestag passed a law earmarking funds for a memorial to those who fell victim to Section 175 of the former German Criminal Code, which bared homosexuality.
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Disney will take a financial hit from earmarking titles like Lady and the Tramp as streaming exclusives, but the company is willing to accept that risk for a strong launch lineup.
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"The world's biggest oil exporter is earmarking $500 billion to invest over the next 10 years, including $160 billion for natural gas developments and $100 billion for chemicals projects," they report.
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Morin bequeathed the entire fortune to his alma mater, earmarking just a fraction of it — he requested $100,000 go toward the Dimond Library, where he spent the majority of his career.
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But it has maintained its balanced budget while earmarking 77.5 billion euros ($86.4 billion) up to 2020 for managing the flow of migrants and tackling the causes of migration to Europe.
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It said Bursh also persuaded his UNDP superiors to prioritize the neighborhoods of Hamas operatives when earmarking money for reconstruction in Gaza, which was devastated by a 2014 war with Israel.
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Most Brazilian mills have flexibility to adjust their production plans between sugar and ethanol, depending on the prices for both products, by earmarking more cane to produce one or the other.
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In 2016, community leaders put together a strategy, which has involved the city's buying land a couple of blocks north of the old downtown and earmarking it for the new district.
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He reshaped the company as a major e-commerce delivery partner, earmarking billions of dollars to expand and modernize the UPS network to handle lower-profit home deliveries of online purchases.
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Most Brazilian mills have flexibility to adjust their production plans between sugar and ethanol, depending on the prices for both products, by earmarking more cane to produce one or the other.
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An arm of the supply ministry bought around 225,000 tonnes of sugar in August from state-owned factories, earmarking for government outlets stocks that normally supply the private sector, traders told Reuters.
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It also said Bursh had persuaded his UNDP superiors to prioritize the neighborhoods of Hamas operatives when earmarking money for reconstruction in Gaza, which was devastated by a 2014 war with Israel.
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Salesforce Ventures, the company's investment arm, today announced the Trailblazer Fund, earmarking $100 million to invest in startups out of Canada, with a special focus on those working in enterprise cloud computing.
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Authorities have been introducing new subsidized housing to non-local residents, as well as and earmarking new land for development, in an attempt to make them reconsider moving away from large cities.
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Boston Mayor Martin Walsh recently announced that the city would be earmarking $500,000 for the next round of artist residencies, ensuring that these first three AIRs will not be the only ones.
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Pressure from David Cameron's Conservative government on local authorities to build new homes has left planners earmarking swathes of the capital for redevelopment with plans expected to be formally implemented by early 2017.
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Shell insists that is not the case; it has sought to reassure critics by earmarking most of its $30bn annual capital-expenditure budget over the five-year period for fossil-fuel related projects.
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Ted Cruz is earmarking the billions upon billions of dollars El Chapo's been ordered to fork over to the U.S. to secure the southern border, and he says President Trump's backing his plan.
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Pospisil said that in signing the letter of engagement, players committed to earmarking an unspecified percentage of any future compensation gains the law firm secures to raising prize money on the lower tours.
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It also calls for countries to routinely measure progress and make sure everyone involved keeps their commitments, from making sure required TB policies and infrastructure are in place to earmarking resources and spending.
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Tencent snatched up another gaming studio to add to its portfolio after earmarking an undisclosed investment in PlatinumGames, the Japanese developer of the well-received action title Bayonetta said in a blog post.
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The government has sought to calm the uprising by earmarking 500 million euros to double a 2,000 euro bonus granted to motorists on low incomes who change old-model cars for cleaner ones.
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BERNIE SANDERS Bernie Sanders' infrastructure plan pledges $1 trillion over five years to fixing America's crumbling infrastructure, including earmarking $25 billion to expand high-speed broadband networks in underserved areas, particularly rural areas.
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Russia last raised cash on international markets with a $7 billion bond in 2013, though with this year's budget earmarking $3 billion for a possible sale, the amount sold is likely to be lower.
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In response, Rick Scott, who is serving out his last term as governor, announced that he'd be touring the blighted St. Lucie River region and earmarking an extra $0003,2000 to the clean-up efforts.
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Earmarking funding for specific countries is not part of the UN negotiations, which are focused on setting rules for how the Paris accord will be implemented, leaving unclear how Salles' demand factored into negotiations.
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Which leads me to wonder about the civic good will behind — and institutional wisdom in accepting — another example of donor earmarking: the $65 million patron-inscribed fountains recently installed (and critically panned) at the Met.
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And I would, you know, prefer to see appointments made in light of the priorities, including for a community banker, rather than for the indefinite future locking in and earmarking particular seats for particular purposes.
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The proposal calls for earmarking a portion of all revenues generated by energy leasing from federal lands and offshore wells to help pay for $16 billion in deferred maintenance projects at Interior Department properties nationwide.
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Typically, the forensic exercise - of earmarking a post or an account, handing it over to the operations teams that run 231X13, for investigation to assess if it qualifies for a take-down - is completed in hours.
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SOFIA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's centre-right government approved on Monday a 2018 draft budget with a fiscal shortfall of 1.0 percent of economic output, earmarking more funds for education and wages as the economy expands.
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In its home market, where the outgoing Socialist government recently disclosed its draft proposal to decarbonise the economy, Iberdrola said it will spend 20.7588 billion euros in the period, earmarking 4.2 billion euros for renewable assets.
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SOFIA, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Bulgaria will aim for a balanced budget next year while boosting public wages and earmarking more funds for education and healthcare, the government said on Thursday after approving the 2020 fiscal draft.
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US officials have failed to address questions about why the State Department never followed through on plans to spend millions of dollars on security improvements for diplomats in Basra despite earmarking the money to do so.
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SOFIA, Oct 22018 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's centre-right government approved a 1503 budget draft on Sunday with a fiscal deficit of 2150 percent of economic output, earmarking more funds for public wages, education and European Union-backed projects.
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As laid out in the recently released annual budget — the first of newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — the new measures are sweeping, earmarking funds for the visual arts, radio, film, historic sites, and science and technology.
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Italy's third-largest bank Banco BPM said it was earmarking 3 billion euros for loans to companies hit by the virus crisis, following a similar move by heavyweight Intesa Sanpaolo which has set aside 15 billion euros.
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PRETORIA (Reuters) - South Africa's president announced a multi-billion-dollar stimulus program on Friday, earmarking funds for job creation and infrastructure development as he seeks to make good on a pledge to revive the country's ailing economy.
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Wal-Mart has spent aggressively to become more efficient, earmarking $2 billion over two years to build out its e-commerce infrastructure, including on dedicated online fulfillment centers that can sort and ship packages at a lower cost.
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But in earmarking tens of millions of dollars for television advertising between now and Super Tuesday in early March, the campaign is following a more established and analog path to accomplish what it says is the same aim.
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"It's pretty clear to me that the amount companies are earmarking for compensation has to significantly increase given the trend in the size and scope of data breaches we've been seeing," former FTC CTO Ashkan Soltani told Motherboard.
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ROME, March 11 (Reuters) - Italy will ramp up spending to help the economy cope with the impact of the coronavirus, earmarking 25 billion euros ($28.3 billion) to tackle the growing crisis, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Wednesday.
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Oldaker asked the co-founder of the firm, Vincent Versage, to teach Hunter the basics of earmarking—the practice of persuading lawmakers to insert language into legislation which directs taxpayer funds to projects that benefit the lobbyist's clients.
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If this is Langford's character, it would make a lot of sense to cut her from the three-hour film — there's not really a lot of bandwidth for earmarking characters who are going to be important later, post-Thanos.
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How to watch CNN's town hall with Paul Ryan The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is earmarking $16,000 of its $1 million-plus national cable ad buy to run a 30-second television spot on CNN right before Ryan appears.
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Ghana has been trying to get an LNG import project off the ground for years, with two leading FSRU operators, Golar and Hoegh, earmarking their giant vessels for the country's eastern Tema port only to withdraw due to delays over contracts.
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Barbara, who adopted Chauncy as an infant from her daughter, along with six other children, all now on their own, is currently looking to buy a house with some of the money, earmarking the remainder for Chauncy's future college education.
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By earmarking a set sum or percentage of their management fee to cover mediation costs for the duration of each fund they raise, they can ensure mediators aren't beholden to side with the firm because their paycheck is guaranteed either way.
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The Nikkei business daily reported that Abe would soon instruct his cabinet to compile stimulus measures by earmarking an unspecified amount of spending in an extra budget for the current fiscal year and an annual budget for next fiscal year.
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Earmarking state and local projects in Congress encourages senators and members to put a $100 obligation on future officials and taxpayers in their home states and districts in exchange for a politically expedient, but small, grant of $8-$9 today.
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Despite earmarking some $20 billion for this, the idea was that a $53 billion dividend would still be doable in 2019, thanks to an estimated $26 billion of free cash flow and the sale of assets like your 10 percent stake in Hulu.
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In Hartford, the city has bundled a bevy of new technologies into what was already a camera-heavy approach to keeping tabs on crime, most recently by earmarking $2.5 million from the state to purchase at least two surveillance drones and other equipment.
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And Massachusetts began collecting 20 cents for every ride-hailing trip this month, earmarking the revenue to improve roads and bridges, fill a state transportation fund and even help a rival — the struggling taxi industry — adapt with new technologies and job training.
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Cute Nail Studio in Austin is paying out two weeks sick leave, earmarking all profits from online sales through April 20 (which includes accessories, clothing, jewelry and nail products) for employees, as well as giving a small cash bonus to its team.
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It attempts to counter Huawei's perceived lead on 5G by earmarking at least a $1 billion in investments in Western alternatives and encouraging the development of an open-architecture model to allow companies to bite off smaller pieces of the 5G network.
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While Deutsche Bank has drawn a line under some major legal headaches, earmarking 4.7 billion of total litigation reserves of 7.6 billion euros for settlements such as over the sale of toxic mortgages and sham Russian trades, it is not yet out of the woods.
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A Democratic leader in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday suggested ending the partial government shutdown by giving Trump money he seeks but earmarking it for other security tools such as drones, X-rays and sensors, as well as more border patrol agents.
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Those steps include boosting the number of and making coronavirus tests free to everyone, ensuring that a vaccine, when developed, will be free to all and earmarking a "pot of money" to cover workers that call off sick or to care for an infected individual.
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Some political scientists and journalists made a bit too much of this change as the primary cause of the gridlock of the Obama years, suggesting restoration of earmarking alone would unlock the gears of government, as well as minimizing the consequences of such petty corruption.
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SoftBank pumps $2B into Indonesia through Grab investment, putting it head to head with Gojek This announcement specifies how Grab will be using some of the $7 billion that it has raised to date, earmarking $2 billion for Indonesian operations over the next five years. 5.
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The digital desire to keep up with the Joneses adds an interesting jolt of class tension to Animal Crossing, and as I started earmarking ever more elaborate furniture to buy, I stumbled on an island bedecked with some of the most expensive items in the game.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Last night, the Appropriations Committee of the US House of Representatives approved the Interior and Environment Appropriations bill for fiscal year 2155, earmarking $25 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).
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"Even with a full agenda that includes repealing Obamacare, reforming the tax code, easing the regulatory burden and strengthening our nation's security, some lawmakers are focused on reviving the corrupt practice of earmarking that was ended in 2011 after what seemed like an endless series of corruption scandals," the senators wrote.
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While Deutsche Bank has drawn a line under some major legal headaches, earmarking 4.7 billion euros of its 2016 litigation reserves for settlements of issues such as the sale of toxic mortgages and sham Russian trades, it is not yet out of the woods as some new civil lawsuits have emerged.
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The National Health Service's Long Term Plan, earmarking the UK's key health plans and priorities for the next 10 years, includes a bigger focus on community care and training people in palliative care, but Bleakley says there is no indication that any more funding would be put into palliative care.
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The ethics premise that drove the movement to eliminate earmarks was that it was fine for Congress to pass a bill giving money to specific policy needs in a state, but it became "corrupting" when lawmakers began earmarking funds for specific projects, often associated with donors, political cronies or pet causes.
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And while Mr. Trump has vowed to streamline the permitting process for construction projects and has proposed a budget earmarking $200 billion for infrastructure over the next 10 years, his handling of an F.B.I. investigation into his campaign's ties to Russia has raised doubts about what he can accomplish in Washington.
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Vopak confirmed its 20.9171-500 million euro target for growth-focused investments in 2020 and said it intended to use the majority of cash from recent divestments to grow its portfolio, while also earmarking 100 million euros ($109 million) for a share buyback program it aims to complete this year.
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The prime minister promised to govern as a big-tent Conservative, forsaking the austerity of his Tory predecessors in favor of a social democratic-style spending binge, earmarking billions of pounds to bolster Britain's schools and the National Health Service, hire 20,000 police officers and build vast public works projects.
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But just like with your emergency savings, don't make the mistake of stashing the money you're earmarking for a home under your mattress or even in a traditional savings account, says bestselling author David Bach, who is releasing an updated version of his hit book " The Automatic Millionaire" this month.
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But the company has ramped up its campaign in recent years, earmarking about $450 million from 2015 to 2017 — based on Google's public filings and industry estimates of its activities — to revamp its reputation with Europeans and, more important, the region's policy makers who have the power to issue fines totaling billions of dollars.
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In order to keep the funding going, Congress had to resort to doling out the money through annual appropriations—in other words, the 22017 members of the House of Representatives, with all its byzantine committees and rules, deciding for itself which projects to fund rather than career experts in the Federal Transit Administration—through a process called earmarking.
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