It also would block a scheduled cut in Medicare payments to doctors for one year.
Each enormous block is perfectly cut, polished smooth and fitted so tight not a sheet of paper would slip between them.
Initially, the projected revenue for Scotland - and hence the cut in block grant - would be calculated by the Treasury with an initial guarantee of financial stability.
It suggests that London set Scottish rates at 10p less than those for Britain as a whole, and cut its block grant by the amount that the difference in rates might be expected to raise.
And what is abundantly clear to everyone in this town is that Republicans will block a permanent tax cut for the middle class unless they also get a permanent tax cut for the wealthiest Americans, regardless of the cost or impact on the deficit.
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Central to the Scotland Bill is a recommendation that Scotland should take charge of half the standard income tax rate - 10p - with a corresponding cut in the block grant Scotland gets from the Treasury.
Bush's budget also cut the community services block grant, leaving inadequate employment and health care services, the governor said.
Regional sanctions are unlikely, but the United States may cut its bilateral aid, and block new loans from the World Bank and others.
The discussions with the Treasury have become bogged down over the precise price tag which will be set in terms of a cut in Northern Ireland's block grant.
Countries sometimes say they block Skype because its free or low-cost calls cut into the revenue of local phone companies.
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The artist noted the significance of showing in New York "Precious Stonewall" (2010), a block tower of blown-glass bricks draped in beads hand-cut in India.
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The visitors almost took the lead after only three minutes when Gradel found space on the right and cut into the box but Darren Randolph came out to block the Ivorian's effort.
While Romney promises to cut wasteful spending ( remember Big Bird is on the chopping block), he also intends to increase other kinds of spending, like defense.
If you are deeply opposed to the concept of being cut down to your regular size, you can wear a small block or kitten heel.
Ashley Cole almost made it three after Lampard's pass cut open Arsenal's defence, but Almunia raced from his line to block the England defender.
And also, to cut down on the amount of idling, and wherever possible not to have big block engines just running during the day for no other reason than somebody sitting waiting to pick somebody up or drop somebody off.
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Mr Swan blamed his decision to ditch the company tax cut on the conservative opposition and the Australian Greens, both of whom had vowed to block it in parliament.
He has not publicly called for the elimination of any government agencies (although he reportedly suggested dispensing with Housing and Urban Development at a fund-raising event), but he does want to both cut and cap federal spending, and turn expensive federal programmes such as Medicaid and food stamps into block grants administered by the states.
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