Sentences with phrase «senate budget deal»

Sen. Rand Paul is holding up a vote on the Senate budget deal, demanding more debate on the bill which will add $ 1.5 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years.

«Anyone who votes for the Senate budget deal is colluding with this president and this administration to deport Dreamers,» he said.

Tucked into last week's U.S. Senate budget deal was $ 4 billion for student - centered programs that aid «college completion and affordability.»

Not exact matches

But there are reports that Senate leaders are close to a deal on a two - year budget that would boost defense spending and spending on domestic programs the Democrats want.

The latest signal that our fiscal future will emerge as tomorrow's dominant issue: The new, bi-partisan budget deal forged by the Senate.

Yields also rose after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said leaders have reached a two - year budget deal which would increase current spending caps by roughly $ 300 billion.

The House passed a short - term budget deal Tuesday, which is separate from the Senate's agreement.

The House and Senate are expected to vote on a massive budget deal that will prevent another government shutdown and increase federal spending by about $ 300 billion.

For Immediate Release Senate leaders have agreed to a massive budget deal raising the defense and nondefense spending caps for two years, increasing...

This week, Paterson used the fact that the Legislature had refused to include an FMAP contingency plan in its two - way budget deal as a rationale for his decision to veto some $ 519 million worth of spending the Assembly and Senate restored to his plan.

Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson says he's optimistic a three - way budget deal is in the offing.

Atop the list is the revised revenue legislation that he tried to send to the Assembly and Senate — and saw summarily rejected — after the Senate departed the Capitol for the July 4th holiday weekend without passing the final piece of the two - way legislative budget deal.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver offered the following explanation for why the Assembly and Senate have included the FMAP cash in their two - way budget deal even though it appears at the moment that Congress is not going to pass legislation releasing it.

The Senate is not going to vote on that bill Monday because it deals with funds that will be distributed next month, and they hope to have budget passed by then.

One more casualty of a federal government shutdown if Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, House Speaker John Boehner and the president can't get a budget deal by midnight: The congressional gym.

Lobbyists, elected officials and reporters who spent a lot of time waiting around outside closed doors last week, hoping against hope that legislative leaders and the governor would finally hammer out a budget deal, noticed a key member of the Senate GOP conference was not participating in their closed - door caucuses.

However, unlike the budget process which gives the governor broad authority, Cuomo must break out his chess board if he wants to reach a deal on gay marriage in the Republican - led Senate and get the Democratic - controlled Assembly to approve his 2 percent tax cap.

A state Senate GOP budget resolution leaves the door open for a deal on legislation that would make it easier for child sex abuse survivors to seek justice as adults, but unlike Cuomo and the Assembly Democrats, state Senate Republicans have offered no specific plan.

The Senate GOP budget resolution leaves the door open for a deal on legislation making it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek justice as adults.

Again, the both the Assembly and Senate must pass these to provide sufficient funding for the government to keep operating in the absence of an actual budget deal.

Angry opposition to the bipartisan budget deal struck in the U.S. Senate from the Republicans» most ardent conservatives, coupled with Democratic dissenters dismayed that the deal does nothing for young immigrants, was creating fresh tension as the clock ticks toward a midnight shutdown.

In the interview, Stewart - Cousins said she he had hoped the Senate's one - house budget resolution went further on issues such as criminal justice reform, ethics and climate change, saying those subjects should be dealt with in the finalized spending plan.

The bipartisan budget deal that dodged a key immigration issue revealed a rift that could haunt Democrats for years: one between moderates such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and potential presidential candidates — including Schumer's New York colleague, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand — who may want to appeal to the party's increasingly liberal base.

The U.S. Senate cleared a budget deal early this morning after Congress missed a deadline to prevent the second government shutdown in less than a month, thanks to Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's delaying a vote past midnight.

Though the Senate Republicans have repeatedly insisted they would not accept any of the new taxes and / or fees proposed by the governor in the state budget, the final deal is likely to include a tax on opioid manufacturers, surcharges on taxi and Uber rides in Manhattan and also a new, uniform sexual harassment policy for government workers.

His support could attract other Senate Republicans, potentially setting up a deal with Mr. Cuomo to include the tax increase as part of a three - way budget agreement later this year.

says, «While we applaud the good faith attempts of the loyal Dems and the progressive labor leader, Hector Figueroa, to unify their party, wrest control of the Senate from the joint control of the Party of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of session.

House and Senate Democrats hope to reach a new budget deal to fund popular programs and block fare increases on trains and buses before the legislative session ends Wednesday evening The Democratic plan calls for fully restoring $ 130 million for the...

George Albro of New York Progressive Action Network (NYPAN) says, «While we applaud the good faith attempts of the loyal Dems and the progressive labor leader, Hector Figueroa, to unify their party, wrest control of the Senate from the joint control of the Party of Trump and the IDC / Trump Dems, all in order to advance the people's agenda, and while we would support an honest and fair deal for an immediate rapprochement, we must object to this cynical and calculated ploy which unnecessarily perpetuates the disgraceful status quo until effectively the end of the budget process and possibly even the end of session.

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Despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo's ratcheting up threats to force the Legislature's hand via extender bills if an amicable budget deal isn't reached by April 1, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is continuing to express optimism that it won't come to that.

Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney of New Haven said Friday that he was «encouraged» by the bipartisan talks in an effort to reach a budget deal.

Senate Republicans dropped it from negotiations for a state budget deal, which was voted into law Friday.

Sen. Liz Krueger, a sponsor of some of the Senate Democrat's bills, says the budget deal was far from adequate.

A Database of Deals was supported by both the Senate and Assembly in their budget resolutions, and the Governor agreed in the budget to create a report by January 2018 detailing the spending for each economic development program.

Here's Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos telling me in an interview that will air on CapTon tonight (8 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.) that he's focused on getting an on - time, three - way budget deal — something he believes is well within the realm of possibility.

It's touch - and - go down at the Capitol with the Senate Democrats trying hard to maintain the 32 votes they need to pass today's pieces of the two - way budget deal.

ICYMI: Here's Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, insisting during a CapTon interview last night that his conference was not «steamrolled» by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but rather served as a vital partner with him in landing an (almost) budget deal that would not have materialized had the Democrats been in control.

A spokesman for the Senate Democrats informed YNN's Kaitlyn Ross all 32 members of the majority conference will be heeding Gov. David Paterson's call to remain in Albany for five days next week in hopes of finally getting a budget deal.

Senate Democratic Leader Andrea Stewart - Cousins is (not surprisingly) displeased by the fact that she and her fellow minority leader, Assembly Republican Leader Brian Kolb, are being left out of the backroom budget talks that again include IDC Leader Jeff Klein, even though he no longer has a power - sharing deal with the Senate Republicans.

Here's Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos insisting to CapTon's Mike Whittemore than it «doesn't matter how you vote» on today's budget bills because the threat of a government shutdown has essentially been averted by the two - way deal.

The Senate Republicans are starting to make noises about a two - way budget deal with the Assembly, which would cut Gov. Andrew Cuomo out of the picture — at least temporarily.

But Cuomo says he still wants the Senate to agree to the plan and for it to be approved along with the state budget, and he said previously that he will make the budget late if there's no three way deal on ethics, as well as other issues like education reform.

In April, the governor was criticized even by fellow Democrats for cutting an overly generous deal with Senate Republicans, weakening his main proposals to pass a timely budget.

«It worked out much better for the American people,» Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D - N.Y., said Monday regarding the budget deal.

Despite the tentative deal, details on specific proposals continued to be hammered out through Thursday, with the New York State Senate scheduling a rare session to pass budget bills today.

The sweet deal for 204 owners at the Harbor Pointe at Shorehaven Condominiums, which was included Monday night in the budget deal, was engineered in the state Senate by co-leader Jeff Klein, a Democrat whose district includes the complex.

Paulin said that negotiations over high - profile legislation, such as the state budget, was largely done by the speaker's office, with members typically learning about the fate of the chamber's priorities after the Assembly leader had finalized deals with the state Senate and Governor's office.

The Republican Senate leader not only opposed cost - of - living increases to the rent and income thresholds at which units lose price controls — which Gov. Cuomo wanted — but he also ruled out calls to include a renewal of rent regulations in the looming budget deal.

«I believe we have reached a budget deal that neither side loves but both sides can be proud of,» Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D - N.Y.) said.