Sentences with phrase «as budget appropriations»

In fact, United Russia's majority is so huge that the Kremlin is considering splitting it into a political fraction and a regional group, which will inevitably have disagreements over some specific issues, such as budget appropriations.

Not exact matches

Public housing vouchers for the poor are targeted as well, much to the consternation of the pragmatic - minded lawmakers on the House and Senate Appropriations committees, whose programs were significantly curbed by a hard - fought 2011 budget and debt agreement.

However, in setting the expenditure track for a budget, the Department of Finance would take into account that departments will not be spending all of their appropriations, through what is known as the «lapse» adjustment.

However, in setting the expenditure track for a budget, the Department of Finance assumes that departments will not be spending all of their appropriations, through what is known as the «lapse» adjustment.

You can add another $ 800 billion a year if you budget for future commitments, such as the future cost of pensions for our current standing military, so while the Defense appropriation is $ 640 billion, the actual cost to tax payers has been estimated at $ 1.7 trillion dollars each year — about 40 % of the annual Federal budget.

Armed with a full understanding of how this scandal came to be, rank - and - file legislators (and the people who elect them) can make informed choices on the various issues that radiate from this scandal, such as assigning responsibility, choosing legislative leaders, and making annual budget appropriations to pay off the debt.

Senator Ndume also speak on the ongoing crisis in the House of Representatives saying it was as a result of personal differences between Yakubu Dogara and Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman of the house committee on appropriation, denying the allegation that the 2016 budget was padded.

But with his reaction to «budget padding» allegations by Abdulmnmini Jibril, former chair of the House Appropriation Committee now languishing in suspension exile, he would appear as ruthless as they come.

«This is not unlike other capital appropriations for roads, infrastructure and economic development that are accessed throughout the year for critical projects as needs emerge but that are not specifically lined out in the budget.»

«These bills passed the Legislature without a message of necessity and prior to the Legislature's final action upon the appropriation bills submitted as part of my Fiscal Year 2018 - 2019 Executive Budget.

The action came as much of the budget, including the appropriations needed to keep the government running, was completed.

Estimates shall be submitted in such form and shall contain such additional information as the Budget Director shall prescribe; provided that the estimate of expenditures shall constitute or be accompanied by a request for an appropriation.

A resolution of the County Legislature for any of the following specified purposes shall be submitted to the County Executive for his or her approval or veto in the same manner as provided in this charter for the adoption of ordinances: (a) an allocation from the budget contingency fund; (b) a supplemental or emergency appropriation; (c) the issuance of budget notes or notes in anticipation of the collection of taxes or revenues; and (d) the issuance of bonds, anticipation notes or capital notes.

Such measures include: broad expansions of executive authority to redirect or reduce funding after the enactment of the Budget and the shifting of billions of dollars in spending outside the Budget; the appropriation of significant amounts with little detail as to specific purposes or recipients; and reduction of the independent oversight of public resources.»

The County Executive may at any time during the fiscal year transfer part or all of the unencumbered appropriation balance between classifications of expenditures within the same administrative unit, provided that prior approval by resolution of the County Legislature shall be required if the proposed transfer (1) would result in an increase exceeding ten thousand dollars ($ 10,000), or such larger amount as may be prescribed by local law, during the fiscal year in any one line item in the budget as adopted, or (2) would affect any salary rate or salary total.

«As set forth above, Silver was not required to disclose disbursements from the HCRA - Assembly Pool because the fund was, during its existence, off - budget or budgeted as a lump - sum appropriation whose ultimate beneficiaries were not required to be publicly disclosed.&raquAs set forth above, Silver was not required to disclose disbursements from the HCRA - Assembly Pool because the fund was, during its existence, off - budget or budgeted as a lump - sum appropriation whose ultimate beneficiaries were not required to be publicly disclosed.&raquas a lump - sum appropriation whose ultimate beneficiaries were not required to be publicly disclosed.»

Horner said reformers» collective wish list includes changes to government contracting, including pay - to - play activities, and greater appropriations for enforcement agencies such as the state Board of Elections, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and the Authorities Budget Office.

Owing to the detection on the part of the Senate, a Committee on Appropriation led by Senator Danjuma Goje was set up and, as such, mandated to identify the discrepancies in the 2016 budget presented to the National Assembly by President Buhari and the other version allegedly printed by Enang.

Former Chairman Appropriation Committee of the House AbdulMumuni Jibrin had accused the leadership of the House of smuggling extra N281billion into the budget with each of the leadership as beneficiaries of the additions.

The size of the SOPOEA allowances is adjusted and authorized within the «Contingent Expenses of the Senate,» account in the annual legislative branch appropriations bills enacted as part of the annual federal budget process.

State lawmakers so far have refused to introduced Cuomo's 30 - day budget amendments, which link appropriations to new disclosure requirements, such as revealing private business clients and reforming the per diem system of travel reimbursements.

The late budget — now in week seven — has been in headlines statewide as lawmakers pass weekly bare - bones appropriations to keep the state operating.

The decision to present an advance appropriation follows from the fact that there is not going to be a conventional budget presentation in November as is associated with election years.

Blair Horner, with the American Cancer Society, says approval of the health exchanges will trigger appropriations of federal money, so it makes sense to include them as part of the budget.

I believe he was simply using the death penalty as an illustrative example of a contentious public policy issue with a tenuous link to appropriations... the point being, to what degree does the Governor get to «make new law,» if you will, in budget bills?

Carol Kellermann, the president of nonpartisan fiscal watchdog Citizens Budget Commission, was equally outraged, telling The Observer, «Funds paid in settlement of litigation with the state, unless intended to compensate for specific losses, should be used as determined through the normal budget and appropriation prBudget Commission, was equally outraged, telling The Observer, «Funds paid in settlement of litigation with the state, unless intended to compensate for specific losses, should be used as determined through the normal budget and appropriation prbudget and appropriation process.

According to him, the proposed N8.6 trillion appropriation bill could not be described as a budget of consolidation because nothing was done in 2017.

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Monday named eight senators to the select committees tasked with overhauling the budget and appropriations process as well as providing recommendations for restoring the solvency of multiemployer pension plans.

He disagreed with senators on the issue of padding of the 2018 Appropriation Bill, saying there was no such thing as padding in the budget, as the proposals were documents which could be seen as dead on arrival.

Jenkins has served as Chair of Government & Operations, Chair of Internal Controls and Procedures, Vice-Chair of Budget & Appropriations and has served on the Committees on Community Services; Public Safety & Security; Generational, Cultural and Ethnic Diversity; and Legislation for The Westchester County Board of Legislators.

Rep. Melissa Ziobron, the ranking Republican on the appropriations committee, said she was proud of the budget agreement, which contains many ideas the GOP has long pushed such as a cap on spending and bonding long - term capital projects.

As admitted on the public record by the Budget and Appropriations Chair and staff, the additions and deletions were not even discussed with the Budget Director, County Attorney or affected Commissioners.

The Republican legislators all voted to block this wasteful spending at the Budget and Appropriations Committee, as every Democratic legislator on the committee voted for it.

Mr. Cuomo's proposed appropriation for the commission, which has some 40 full - time employees and offices in Albany, Buffalo and New York City, is the same as the previous year — $ 4.38 million, down from a high of $ 4.56 million in the 2013 - 14 budget.

The Democratic caucus intended to send the County Executive's budget back to the BOL's Budget & Appropriations Committee to make modifications based on discussions between the BOL leadership and the Astorino Administration, as the two sides were only $ 15 million apart on a $ 1.7 billion bbudget back to the BOL's Budget & Appropriations Committee to make modifications based on discussions between the BOL leadership and the Astorino Administration, as the two sides were only $ 15 million apart on a $ 1.7 billion bBudget & Appropriations Committee to make modifications based on discussions between the BOL leadership and the Astorino Administration, as the two sides were only $ 15 million apart on a $ 1.7 billion budgetbudget.

Boykin, who has a more than 40 - year - long background in financial consulting, has been a member of the Board of Legislators since 2014 and has served as the vice chairman for the Committee on Budget and Appropriations.

Lawmakers then would be left with a choice of accepting his budget as part of emergency appropriations or shutting down all but essential government services.

That request came as legislative leaders tried to determine their next steps on resolving a standoff that led to an adjournment by the appropriations committee with no vote on the budget — stunning lawmakers and lobbyists.

Good government groups see the pension forfeiture measure as a token reform and have pressed for the closing of the «LLC loophole» that allows businesses to create multiple limited liability companies to donate virtually unlimited amounts of campaign cash; public financing of candidate campaigns; the end of lump sum appropriations in the budget; limits on political contributions by companies with business before the state; limits on legislators» outside income; and a renovation of Albany's ethics watchdog, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE).

On the allegations that the budget was padded, Dogara argued that whatever changes that were made in the budget fell within the appropriation powers of the legislature, which could not be described as criminal.

Within the federal budget there is no separately identified R&D budget as such; nor are most appropriations for R&D so labeled.

For our analyses of congressional appropriations and budget resolutions, we generally use the text of the relevant bills as well as the reports that accompany them.

R&D figures rarely correspond to budget line items as found in appropriations bills or the President's budget.

As Congress begins reshaping President Donald Trump's fiscal 2018 budget proposal, the American Association for the Advancement Science has launched an interactive resource to help keep track of congressional appropriations decisions and their impact on research and development spending levels.

The Senate Appropriations Committee's approval July 20 of its fiscal 2018 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill, for instance, would restore spending for the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy and reverse the proposal to eliminate the program as outlined in the president's fiscal 2018 budget plan.

The R&D Budget team will update the dashboard as the House and Senate appropriations panels work through the appropriations system.

Still, the real details of who gets what in the 2018 budget — including what science will get federal funding support — will come as Congress works on an omnibus appropriations bill, expected in late March.

But the fact that it wasn't included in this year's budget — or even in the president's budget — isn't very surprising, Watters says, given that the same language has been in the last two appropriations bills as well.

All expenditures shall be made in accordance with the budget of appropriations as adopted by the Board of Directors.

On the Senate side, Tom Harkin (D — IA) announced earlier this week that he will hold a hearing 16 September on stem cell legislation as chair of the House appropriations subcommittee that approves NIH's budget.