Sentences with phrase «budget the battles lines»
Casualties of the Chancellor's budget The battles lines have been drawn in the government's first budget, and public sector workers, the vital services they provide, and the poor, sick and vulnerable people who depend on them, are in the firing line, writes Dave Prentis, general secretary of UNISON, for Channel 4 News.
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Yes, the party did get Andrew Cuomo to accept its line and moved up from Row E to Row D as a result of his performance in the 2010 election, but there were a lot of strings attached to that agreement — not the least of which was the labor - backed party's silence in the budget battle over the millionaire's tax last year, which is something the WFP would normally be all over.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has released an on - line «video message to the people» that's essentially a consolidated version of his budget address and an effort to rally New Yorkers to his side as he prepares to do battle with the special interests and lobbyists that want to protect the status quo in Albany.
Battle lines will clarify as the abbreviated budget process wends through October.
What's wrong here is that the nation's high - profile example of statewide, campaign finance reform — sullied, tainted, smeared and diluted as it is — was reduced to a line - item battle in a midyear adjustment of a $ 20 billion budget.
An important bottom line in all this is that the big - picture changes proposed to the discretionary budget will face a major uphill battle in Congress this year, for the fact that changing the spending caps requires changing the underlying law governing them (the Budget Controlbudget will face a major uphill battle in Congress this year, for the fact that changing the spending caps requires changing the underlying law governing them (the Budget ControlBudget Control Act).
On the verge of a bruising budget battle with the Republican - controlled Congress, President Clinton in recent weeks has sharpened his rhetoric and increased his focus on education as a critical dividing line between himself and his opponents.