Sentences with phrase «democrats say the funding»

The Democrat says the funds will be used for 84 projects that will renew nearly 1,000 lane miles of pavement across the state.

The Democrat says the funding will allow service providers to people in underserved areas get the help they need.

The Democrat says the funding will help people suffering from substance abuse get the treatment they need to combat addiction.

The Democrat says the funding is part of the $ 55 million the state is committing to lakeside communities hit by the flooding last spring and summer.

The Democrat says the funding will «preserve our agricultural landscape and help ensure the strength of our food supply for current and future generations of New Yorkers.»

U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand and Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney, all Democrats say the funding for the city fire department is through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program - Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response, or SAFER grant, through the Department of Homeland Security.

Democrats say funding the infrastructure proposal is a public safety issue.

Not exact matches

Top Republican lawmakers say that Democrats have yet to make a counteroffer on how to fund the program.

Congressional aides said that the White House had suggested a three - year extension of the DACA program in exchange for $ 25 billion in funding for the border wall, a proposal Democrats rejected.

But while the nonprofit, nonpartisan lobby group says it represents the interests of small business owners, some Democrats are raising questions about both its funding sources and its tax status.

In that time, B.C. has gone from second best to second last in the country for education funding,» said B.C. New Democrat education spokesperson Rob Fleming.

«The net result of the Liberals» carbon trust shell game is that year after year money gets drained from classrooms and emergency rooms without any resulting efficiency gains while big polluters like Encana get a free ride funded by our healthcare and education systems,» said New Democrat environment critic Rob Fleming.

Hours before funding for the government expires, Trump said on Twitter that he was weighing a veto «based on the fact that the 800,000 plus DACA recipients have been totally abandoned by the Democrats (not even mentioned in Bill) and the BORDER WALL, which is desperately needed for our National Defense, is not fully funded.»

VICTORIA — The B.C. Liberal government once again racked up failing grades on the West Coast Legal Education and Action Fund's annual women's equality report card, say New Democrats.

VICTORIA — Christy Clark's eleventh - hour education funding isn't about kids, it's about bad headlines, say the New Democrats.

DELTA — The Christy Clark government is putting vulnerable women and children at further risk by refusing to fund a transition house in Delta, say the New Democrats.

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said the Democrats» sweeping healthcare reform law does not fund abortions, and that no president's administration has since the Hyde Amendment passed more than 30 years ago.

But that largely changed this year after most pro-life Democrats voted for the federal healthcare bill that many abortion opponents say allows for federal funding of abortion.

The leader of the Liberal Democrats said the cut in the rate of VAT to 15 per cent, which cost taxpayers # 12.5 billion, should have been used to fund a green investment programme instead.

The talk of tax cuts come as New York City Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio is seeking a tax increase on the wealthy from Albany in order to fund universal pre-kindergarten, a move that faces an uncertain future at the Capitol (Assembly Democrats and IDC Sen. Jeff Klein support it, the Senate Republicans not so much and Cuomo says he wants more information on the plan).

Trump cast the Affordable Care Act as the Democrats» problem and noted that it needs money to stay afloat, tweeting as his surrogates in talk show appearances said the Democratic Party must agree to border - wall funding to avoid a government shutdown.

We know this because Doe Fund founder George McDonald, a Democrat - turned - Republican who is running for NYC mayor next year, tweeted a photo of the governor with said cake, and a message that he had «a wonderful time» celebrating with Cuomo last night.

«We're not surprised that the Senate Democrats, who nearly bankrupted this state, would want to force New Yorkers to spend $ 200 million in taxpayer money to fund political campaigns rather than investing those dollars in our schools or providing incentives to help businesses create jobs,» said the spokesman, Scott Reif.

Other key Assembly Democrats said they will not lift the cap on charter schools without stricter conditions on operations of the publicly funded, privately managed schools — including restricting their ability to share building space with traditional public schools, preventing charters from «saturating» neighborhoods, and banning for - profit firms from running charters — parroting the objections of the teachers unions.

«New York City straphangers have suffered enough delays and we can not delay funding this project anymore,» said Klein, a Democrat who leads the breakaway group of lawmakers known as the Independent Democratic Conference, in a statement.

Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, says the funding is intended to help the state strike a balance between offering more gambling options and ensuring there are resources available to help those struggling with addiction or at risk of developing a problem.

The Social Liberal Forum say «It is heartening to see policies that we as Liberal Democrats have long campaigned for being delivered: the Pupil Premium, the universality of most welfare payments, the creation of a Green Investment Bank, Regional Growth Funds and the protection of spending for schools, the NHS, international development and science.

Democrats say they would push to have New York make up the difference if federal funds are cut.

(For the record: Some Senate Democrats, including all four IDC members, have said they will be contributing Kruger's cash to charity, but the DSCC won't be returning any of the money — $ 450,000 in the 2010 cycle alone — because it already spend the funds and is in debt).

With the support of Downtown Progressive Democrats, I look forward to continuing my work protecting affordable housing, ensuring our neighborhoods are resilient, funding the MTA, and reducing gun violence,» said Kavanagh.

The paper endorsed the former hedge fund manager in his quest to oust Democratic state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, saying that while the former assemblyman has been a «worthy caretaker,» New Yorkers have in Wilson the opportunity to «choose someone who knows finance and is not beholden to the Democrats in control in Albany.»

«I think right now the votes are not there to pass that bill collectively on the floor of the House,» the Virginia Democrat said of the continuing resolution to fund most federal agencies through March 23 that is to carry the budget deal.

They said the haul doesn't include personal funds that Massey has donated to his campaign, but that it includes «a substantial share» of donations from Democrats and independents.

«As Congressional Democrats negotiate a deal to fund the federal government, they must not compromise away our basic American values,» Cuomo said.

«I think you're going to see more children, not fewer children, exposed to lead,» said Senator Jack Reed, a Democrat [from Rhode Island] who has sought more funding for lead - abatement programs on the Senate subcommittee that funds HUD.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the chamber's majority Democrats take «major issue» with Cuomo's plan to withhold a boost in school funding until lawmakers agree to reforms to the state's education system.

The Bronx Democrat said Thursday that the Assembly will back a deal on charter school funding, one of the last sticking points in the way of a budget, which was due April 1.

Several Democrats in the Assembly said the had met the deadline because bills authorizing funding for state operations, the Legislature and judiciary were all passed before midnight.

The Queens Democrat «used her knowledge of the system to steal funds intended to help some of her neediest constituents, lining her own pockets at the expense of parents, and ultimately their children,» U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch said in a statement.

ALBANY — Assembly Democrats will authorize New York City to raise its income taxes to fund an expansion of pre-kindergarten programs in the one - house budget resolution it adopts this week, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said.

The spending has become an issue in this year's election campaign, with Republicans including gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino saying they are little more than a taxpayer - funded political boost for Cuomo, a Democrat who is campaigning in part on his work to revive the state economy, particularly upstate.

Tories and Liberal Democrats also had priorities in common which could provide «a strong basis for a strong government», said Mr Cameron, citing the scrapping of ID cards, enhanced funding of disadvantaged schoolchildren with a «pupil premium», support for low carbon industries and avoiding the National Insurance rise.

But Assemblyman Tom McKevitt, a Republican from Long Island, said he's concerned that, under the Assembly Democrats» bill, the payout from the state's temporary disability fund would rise too steeply and be too costly.

Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie said the Democrats» bill uses the existing Temporary Disability Fund to give workers up to two thirds of their pay to care for a sick family member or bond with a new born.

The Democrat said Tuesday he would begin touring the state to argue for a system of public matching funds that will blunt the influence wealthy donors have on the political system.

In its second ad in this upstate New York district, Congressional Leadership Fund shows video footage of Democrat Zephyr Teachout saying she's «against the tax cap.»

In an appeal to Northern Virginia voters, the fund's ad says Democrat LuAnn Bennett «will be happy to take your money.»

De Blasio has agreed to host a fund - raiser for the Senate Democrats» campaign committee and said the attempt to recapture the Senate marks an «unprecedented effort.»

She says other funds will go to the campaign of Luis Sepulvada, who is also running as a mainstream Democrat on April 24th.

Only the Welsh Liberal Democrats have a clear plan to solve the Welsh university funding crisis in a way that's fair to students, the party has said today.