Sentences with phrase «broader budget negotiations»

He and his Nassau and Suffolk colleagues have routinely stood as one to block any attempt to cut Long Island's share of state school spending, sometimes holding up broader budget negotiations to do so.

[S] ome GOP lawmakers were exploring whether the political stalemate over funding the government could best be resolved by crafting a broader fiscal package that would include an increase in the debt ceiling... The speaker expressed optimism at the lunch that he might be able to combine the two issues to embark on broader budget negotiations with the White House and Senate Democrats.»

She has tried to bridge the divide for months by pushing for a Dreamers deal while also emphasizing the immigration talks are part of much broader budget negotiations.

The letter is perhaps one of the bluntest and most truculent of the minimum wage debate, which is part of the broader budget negotiations.

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The governor overall has broad authority and leverage in the budget process, a power that Cuomo isn't shy of taking advantage of during the negotiations.

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.

His aides pointed out that relatively few state legislators — including Democratic Assembly members from New York City — have publicly supported congestion pricing compared with the broad legislative support for marriage equality and the minimum wage going into budget negotiations.

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.