Congress extended the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to March 23, 2018, as part of
a broader budget agreement.
Lawmakers in the House and Senate also agreed to try to negotiate the outlines of
a broader budget agreement for the 2014 fiscal year by 13 December.
The key Republican lawmaker involved involved in talks surrounding juvenile justice reform said Monday he's hopeful an agreement can be reached this week on raising the age of criminal responsibility as part of
a broader budget agreement.
Cahill said it's unclear if the measure would ultimately be approved as a stand - alone measure or as part of
a broader budget agreement.
Not exact matches
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie on Monday insisted paid family leave and a $ 15 minimum wage remain on the negotiating table, though an
agreement remained elusive this afternoon on the
broader $ 154 billion
budget.
A key sticking point continues to be raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 and an
agreement that issue could pave the way for an official statement on a deal for a
broader budget.
Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo had agreed last year to an amendment, but the Democratic - led Assembly balked at a vote on the measure, which came with a
broader agreement on the state
budget.
He added that if an
agreement is reached on ethics reform legislation,
broader deals could be reached on the
budget, due next week.
The
agreement was part of a
broader budget deal approved last week.
An ethics
agreement with the Senate would be one of the final puzzle pieces in order to achieve a
broader deal on the state
budget, which is due on Tuesday.
A version of the amendment was approved by the Republican - controlled Senate in March as part of a
broader agreement over the state
budget.
And, raising the possibility of a
broader agreement in a
budget package, Flanagan indicated measures were intersecting, as they tend to do in Albany during crunch time.
The move came amid a legislative impasse this weekend over raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York to 18 — a measure that stymied the Legislature to reaching a
broader agreement on the final 2017 - 18
budget.
Flanagan insisted the negotiations remain open for a
broad agreement and not a «bare bones» deal at this time and there's no discussion of going the
budget extender route.
While the Assembly initially wanted to restore $ 600 million in school funding removed from the
budget plan, they have reached
broad agreement to return $ 419 million.
In short, the paralyzing
budget deficit, the weak economy and the lack of bipartisan
agreement on climate policy will make for an interesting set of negotiations in terms of developing and funding a
broad energy policy.
Today, a
broad group comprised of business associations, civil society, think tanks and other organisations have urged the President of the European Commission, through a joint open letter, to make the future EU
budget fully compatible with the Paris
Agreement and the Sustainable Development goals.
The point is that once a costs
budget assumes the importance it is now ascribed, it becomes less susceptible to
agreement on a
broad brush basis with the parties accepting qualifications and reservations for the detailed assessment process.