Sentences with phrase «budget extender drafted»

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But in May he realized a little trick: he was the only one who could draft «extender» bills, the temporary, customarily skeletal budget bills that pay for the functioning of New York's government while state leaders are working out the real budget.

So the governor's office drafted a 1,700 - page extender budget late Sunday for lawmakers to approve in order to keep the state government operating until May 31.