The U.S. Senate cleared
a budget deal early this morning after Congress missed a deadline to prevent the second government shutdown in less than a month, thanks to Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's delaying a vote past midnight.
But he touted achievements made in
the budget deal earlier this year, like Raise the Age.
The modest reforms lawmakers passed as part of
the budget deal earlier in the session really didn't go far enough.
Not exact matches
In 2013, Gildan doubled its ad
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deal with Everyman country singer Blake Shelton.
In particular, the Trade Justice Network would like trade
deals to be analyzed by the Parliamentary
Budget Officer as part of a process of full accountability to Parliament, a recommendation made
earlier today by Senator Céline Hervieux - Payette.
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It was removed from the two - way
budget deal revenue bill that we now expect will come up for a vote very
early Thursday morning (like, shortly after midnight), or, if saner heads prevail, sometime during the day.
There may actually be a
budget deal, and voting could start as
early as tonight.
Sources say as far as the IDC understood, the
deal that was emailed to supporters Monday evening was not supposed to be made public until after the
budget was settled in late March or
early April.
A
deal announced in November to bring the IDC and mainline Democrats together after the State
budget is passed in late March or
early April left many scratching their heads about the timing of both the announcement and the reconciliation date being so far away.
Gov. David Paterson said
earlier today that he will ask state lawmakers not to depart Albany midweek as planned and instead remain at the Capitol in hopes of hammering out a
deal on the 2010 - 2011 state
budget, which is now almost two full weeks late.
The city comptroller discovered basic accounting problems with the
deal the de Blasio administration struck, asserting that certain costs in the contract be accounted for in
earlier city
budget years.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders triumphantly announced a
deal on a 2011 - 2012
budget that «in theory» could deliver the state's first
early budget since the last time a Cuomo was in the executive mansion.
Earlier in the day, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver indicated a
budget deal was expected at some point this afternoon.
Here's some
early footage from my interview this afternoon with LG Richard Ravitch, who took issue with my suggestion that Gov. David Paterson actually stands to benefit from the ongoing
budget stalemate and insisted — in a nice way — that the governor is working as hard as he possibly can to get a
deal.
As reported
earlier this week by the News, the final
budget deal will include $ 300 million in funding for de Blasio's push to implement universal full - day prekindergarten and additional money for after - school programs.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the sides are closing in on a
deal to expand the NYPD force by several hundred and that an announcement on that and the rest of the
budget could be as
early as Monday night.
The districts will see an average state aid increase next year of 3.45 percent in money for programs and services under a state
budget deal approved
early Saturday morning, according to documents provided by the State Legislature.
Because the Senate
earlier rejected the House - passed continuing resolution on a procedural step and was attempting to send back an amended version with the
budget deal, the House will need to pass it to re-open government.
The $ 18.7 billion dollar
budget deal follows the disclosure
earlier this week that a $ 500 million
budget surplus projected in January had shrunk to $ 43 million.
State lawmakers could begin final
budget negotiations are
early as this afternoon, and the latest
deal reportedly funds Visit Florida at $ 25 million, a more than $ 50 million cut from the current level.
Perkins said he wished the rent regulations had been
dealt with in the
budget, which was approved several days
early.
The Comptroller's race has the option of a pilot program for public campaign financing, under a
budget deal reached
earlier this year.
The extender, as Nick reported
early this morning, does NOT include the contentious «raise the age» measure that has been largely responsible for holding up a final
budget deal, and also only covers operations through May 31.
On that account, Friday was a mixed success for the governor, with pledges to introduce
early voting, end cash bail for low - level offenses and codify the Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion all failing to make it into the final
budget deal.
ALBANY — State lawmakers agreed
early Monday to pass a stopgap
budget to prevent a government shutdown after Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders failed to reach a
deal on a state
budget over the weekend.
ALBANY — Legislative leaders were close to a
deal on the new $ 142 billion state
budget early Saturday, though few details were available and no formal announcements had been made...
Here's Gov. David Paterson after the second leaders meeting
earlier today, expressing frustration with legislative leaders who keep insisting they are close to a
budget deal and insisting he's really not kidding about that all - or - nothing June 28th deadline.
Earlier this month, consultants hired by the county presented a plan to send out a request for proposal, RFP, for a multi-million dollar
deal privatizing the Westchester County Airport that was sent down by the administration late last year just before the passage of the 2017 county
budget.
Earlier this year, it broke with the House leadership over what the group saw as insignificant spending cuts in the debt ceiling
deal, urging Speaker John Boehner to negotiate a Balanced
Budget Amendment.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and City Council Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito shook hands on an $ 82.1 billion
budget agreement on June 8, the
earliest a
deal has been reached since 2001.
As congressional negotiators homed in on a spending
deal early this year, Mr. Brown pushed Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader, to attach his pension language to the larger
budget agreement.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers finalized
deals on education and ethics and passed the
budget early Wednesday.
As part of the
budget deal announced
earlier this month, Governor Andrew Cuomo highlighted the inclusion of new power his administration now has to adjust the state spending plan mid-year given significant federal cuts to New York.
Biden, who has been the lead negotiator for the
budget talks, sat down earlier this month with Republican and Democratic leaders, White House Chief of Staff William Daley and Budget Director Jack Lew to hammer out a deal which would reduce spending and fund the gover
budget talks, sat down
earlier this month with Republican and Democratic leaders, White House Chief of Staff William Daley and
Budget Director Jack Lew to hammer out a deal which would reduce spending and fund the gover
Budget Director Jack Lew to hammer out a
deal which would reduce spending and fund the government.
Mayor Bill de Blasio and the City Council announced a
deal on an $ 82.1 billion
budget for fiscal year 2017 on Wednesday, marking the
earliest date in 15 years that a
budget agreement has been reached.
As we reported
earlier, Democratic lawmakers from New York City to Albany demanded today that rent reform be addressed in the nearly completed
budget deal, not at some later date.
Leaders close out
budget — Legislative leaders reached a
deal on a roughly $ 89 billion state
budget early Thursday morning, setting in motion the 72 - hour «cooling - off» period before lawmakers can vote on it.
CITY HALL — As Gov. Andrew Cuomo patted himself and fellow state lawmakers on the back after reaching an
early deal on the state
budget Sunday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg slammed the cuts as «an outrage» and warned that, despite some restorations to city aid, the
deal will force more layoffs and another round of new and painful cuts.
And the governor quickly made it clear that he was more than willing to
deal with these potentially controversial issues later in the session if it cleared the way for the
earliest budget in at least three decades.
WASHINGTON (AP)-- The House moved swiftly
early Friday to reopen the federal government and pass a $ 400 billion
budget deal, overcoming opposition from both liberal Democrats and tea party conservatives to endorse enormous spending increases despite looming trillion - dollar deficits.
The
budget calls for the elimination of about a dozen agencies
dealing with science and environmental matters, including the Australian Renewable Energy Agency and the $ 10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), which supports
early - stage startups.
Even though he made an unusual prime - time television appeal for his education
budget, Idaho's Democratic governor was
dealt a heavy political blow last week when the Republican - controlled legislature again approved a spending plan identical to one he had vetoed only days
earlier.
A
budget deal could be reached as
early as this week.
While legislators are going into special session, cities and towns across Connecticut are cutting local public school programs as a result of the inadequate education funding that is part of the state
budget that was agreed upon in a
deal between Governor Dannel Malloy and Democratic legislators
earlier this month.
«After all - day talks at the state Capitol, legislators reached a tentative
deal with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on a two - year, $ 40 billion
budget early Sunday morning that hikes corporate taxes, raises the personal income tax on the wealthy and legalizes keno gambling.
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The Met, for instance, is already
dealing with a
budget shortfall and
earlier this year drafted a plan to institute a mandatory admission fee for visitors from outside New York State, a proposal that the city is currently considering.