Not exact matches
A number of state
Senate Republicans weren't happy with a breakaway group of Democrats aligned with them after they
voted en masse
against a GOP
budget proposal last week that included many initiatives the independent Dems had sought.
But even though Faso and Stefanik
voted against their party on the tax bill, in October 2017 they
voted in favor of a
budget bill that paved the way for the tax measure to pass the
Senate on GOP
votes alone — without a filibuster.
Democrats, including
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, had challenged the Republicans — many of whom are also political targets — to
vote against the
budget resolution.
A number of state
Senate Republicans weren't happy with a breakaway group of Democrats after they
voted against a GOP
budget proposal last week that included many initiatives they had sought.
The House on Wednesday rejected the
Senate Democratic
budget in a 154 - 261
vote, with 35 Democrats
voting against the blueprint from their upper chamber colleagues.
The 30 Republicans in the
Senate have
voted as a bloc
against most of the year's
budget measures.
(Albany, NY)-- State Senator Gustavo Rivera released the following statement after
voting against the State
Senate One House
Budget Resolution.
But it is unclear whether there are enough
votes to approve the plan in the State
Senate, where Republicans have threatened to
vote against any emergency
budget bill that includes tax increases and some Democrats oppose efforts to collect taxes on cigarettes sold by the tribes.