Sentences with phrase «bipartisan budget deal»

Last year's bipartisan budget deal put the brakes on discretionary spending for the 2017 fiscal year.

WASHINGTON, DC — The recent bipartisan budget deal struck by Congress drew praise and support from Council for a Strong America, the national nonprofit made up of more than 9,000 members of the five organizations that comprise it, including Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, ReadyNation, Mission: Readiness, Champions for America's Future, and Shepherding the Next Generation.

Law Enforcement, Business, Military, Sports, and Religious Leaders Urge Swift Passage of Bipartisan Budget Deal

Bill Curry, the former Democratic state comptroller who ran for governor in 1994 and 2002, said he can't recall another legislature reaching such a broad bipartisan budget deal without the governor's office.

HONOLULU, Hawaii — President Barack Obama has signed a bipartisan budget deal easing spending cuts and a defence bill cracking down on sexual assault in the military, marking a modest end to a challenging year for the White House and Congress.

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.

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.

Katko said he would have voted against the December 2013 bipartisan budget deal that Maffei supported.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a rumored 2020 presidential candidate, says she is against Sen. Charles Schumer's bipartisan budget deal to prevent a government shutdown because it does not include protections for Dreamers.

A bipartisan budget deal won final approval in the Congress last week.

In a rare statement, Nappier issued her concerns in advance of possible votes this week on a bipartisan budget deal that was crafted by legislators without input from Gov. Dannel P. Malloy.

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

Lesswing said the vote — «against the bipartisan budget deal that protects older Americans from a spike in Medicare rates and cuts to Social Security» — was «just another example of how he puts his own interest first, no matter who it hurts.»

Incensed that a bipartisan budget deal would balloon the national debt, Paul delayed a roll call on a long - term budget agreement until after the midnight deadline to fund the government.

She also opposed a bipartisan budget deal unveiled by Sen. Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, and Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell because it did not include protections for undocumented individuals brought to the United States in their early childhood.

Democratic and Republican legislative leaders in Connecticut announced on Wednesday that they had reached a bipartisan budget deal.

The top four leaders at the Capitol — House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, Senate President Pro Tem Martin Looney, Senate Republican leader Len Fasano and House Republican leader Themis Klarides — issued a joint statement Wednesday pledging to work toward a bipartisan budget deal.

Gillibrand, a rumored 2020 presidential candidate, is among senators who opposed the bipartisan budget deal proposed by Sen. Charles Schumer and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell because it did not include protections for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program for undocumented youth.

Advocates say they're hopeful a bipartisan budget deal including campaign finance reform can be reached by the April 1 deadline.

The bipartisan budget deal reached in late October offers some much - needed relief for federal science agencies, but it remains a temporary fix for programs hit by the spending caps known as «sequestration ``, which took effect in 2013.

EARLY TO RISE U.S. lawmakers passed a bipartisan budget deal before dawn.

The bipartisan budget deal reached in late 2013 was praiseworthy, AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner said in a newly published Politico op - ed, but more must be done to counteract the decades - long decline in federal funding for research and development.

A bipartisan budget deal has moved quickly through Congress since its announcement by Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Paul Ryan on Tuesday.

Congress is expected to extend the D.C. school voucher program as part of a bipartisan budget deal this week, a move that follows the release of a new federal analysis showing that some voucher recipients in private schools trailed their public - school counterparts on standardized tests.

This concern was exacerbated by the bipartisan budget deal that further increased deficit spending.8

On behalf of the nation's nearly 1400 health centers and the 27 million patients they serve, the National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) wants to express our sincere appreciation for the $ 7.8 billion dollars in federal grant funding for the Community Health Center program that was included in the bipartisan budget deal passed by Congress early this morning.