Sentences with phrase «budget fight»

With almost all state budgets fighting against a deficit, and some in deep trouble, it makes for interesting and ugly politics.

The larger budget fight has continued into the new fiscal year, with no end in sight.

And as is typically the case when ambitious firms with big marketing budgets fight for attention, consumers aren't always sure which product — if any — is best for them.

The build will require lots of volunteers of every skill level to construct signs, banners, posters, etc. in anticipation of this long state budget fight.

Insiders said Cuomo is determined to avoid the long budget delays that have plagued and crippled the state for nearly three decades as budget fights between governors and the Legislature went as late as mid-August.

Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chairman Denny Farrell, who has seen his share of budget fights, says for the third year in a row, the budget should come together smoothly.

After five years of bitter clashes, Republican congressional leaders and President Obama last night appeared to settle their final budget fight by reaching a tentative deal that would modestly increase spending over the next two years, cut some social programs, and raise the federal borrowing limit.

The New York City Council appears to be gearing up for a tense budget fight with Mayor Bill de Blasio, releasing a telling early counter on Tuesday in its official response to the mayor's $ 88.7 billion proposed budget for next

The New York City Council appears to be gearing up for a tense budget fight with Mayor Bill de Blasio, releasing a telling early counter on Tuesday in its official response to the mayor's $ 88.7 billion proposed budget for next fiscal year, put forth just after a tense hearing with budget officials about modifications to the current budget.

Such school budget fights are not just happening in Los Angeles.

During stints in Washington, D.C., from 2007 to 2011, and 2015 to 2016, Mr. Herzsenhorn covered Congress and United States politics and policy, including coverage of the financial crisis in 2008, the bank bailouts and auto industry bailouts, the economic stimulus plan, the Dodd - Frank financial regulation overhaul, and the development and passage of the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, as well as numerous budget fights and stand - offs over the debt ceiling.

While drawing up his own budget, Bloomberg said he had opted to go with the «worst - case scenario» and assume Paterson's budget will be adopted as - is, even though anyone who has lived through just one budget fight knows how unlikely that is.

The New York State budget fight begins this week with the governor offering his budget plan.

Watch the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus, outspoken progressives in both houses, the labor unions, which bankroll budget fights, and the Working Families Party.

State budget fights wax and wane with the time of year, but the state's energy wars continue year - round.

The governor's veto of a bill that would have created a new class of safety net hospitals and required the state to provide increased Medicaid reimbursement to those facilities that meet the new definition sets the stage for a Medicaid budget fight.

While Buffalo schools are looking for millions of dollars more from Albany in the annual school aid budget fight, the district is diving into the intricacies of its spending and hoping to knock millions off its costs.

Now the UFT is gearing up for the next budget fights at the city and state levels.

And Mr. Cuomo's fiscal policies, presented over the last week, could lead to a bitter budget fight if he is elected.

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They'll talk about the upcoming budget fight, leadership in Albany and the possibility of getting help from the federal government to close the budget gap.

Steve Englebright (D - Setauket) expressed confidence that Democrats won't be distracted as a tough budget fight looms.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the federal budget fight forcing temporary across - the - board spending cuts will affect New Yorkers including students and seniors.

As legal services competition intensifies, and client budgets fight to stay stable, doesn't it make sense to look within your organization and build on what you have?

Thousands of women have lost their health care access due to irresponsible cuts to Title X in the sequester, which comes in addition to the thousands of women who have been impacted by disproportionate cuts to such programs during previous congressional budget fights.

John Boehner's announcement last Friday that he will resign as House Speaker was interpreted by pundits as a move calculated to get a continuing resolution on the budget through now, while pushing a larger budget fight - off into the future.

He worked closely with a newly formed lobbying entity, the business - backed Committee to Save New York, encouraging them to become involved in the annual state budget fight.

Once the euphoria of their victory ebbs, Republicans will be under pressure to show Americans they are capable of governing after drawing scorn a year ago for shutting down the government in a budget fight.

The Senate also has August recess and has a budget fight after they come back.

At the time, the union insisted its decision to give an award to Kennedy was not politically motivated, even though NYSUT was one of the few groups to actually air ads against Cuomo during the budget fight.

Of course, that was long before anyone could have predicted the budget fight would be continuing this far past the April 1 deadline.

That's more saying it's important to avert a shutdown now than in September 2013, just before a budget fight over federal funding for some portions of the Affordable Care Act led to a partial government shutdown.

Cuomo's popularity remains high, although he was slightly dinged in this budget fight.

«This created a counterbalance to those groups that in the past dominated the budget discussion,» said William Cunningham of Dan Klores Communications, a consulting firm that represented the committee throughout the budget fight.

He even tied the prospect to the 2012 race, suggesting that contenders were slow to declare because they want to see the budget fight play out first.

Maybe that's a swell strategy for winning a budget fight, but it doesn't say much for the future health of the democratic party.

Spinola was quite forthcoming in explaining why he had decided to get involved in the business and private sector labor effort to raise cash and influence the budget fight by «educating» New Yorkers, which essentially means running an ad campaign to counter whatever the public sector unions run.

Just as bad, the people on both sides saw the reform in the budget fight as business as usual.

ALBANY - ALBANY — Setting up a budget fight on education, the Democrat - led state Assembly said Thursday it opposed Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's call for a tuition hike at state universities and favored boosting aid to K - 12 schools by $ 2.1 billion — more than double the increase the governor suggested.

Both sides of the political aisle have used advertising to capitalize on the budget fight.

Many say they are exhausted from the budget fights and constantly having to explain cuts in state services to their constituents.

As she left the hearing, Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito said the Council could still provide useful oversight despite the lack of a budget fight.

► The Illinois State Museum, which houses research projects like the Neotoma Paleoecology Database and Community, «may be forced to close,» becoming «the innocent victim of a budget fight between the state's new Republican governor and the Democratic legislators who control the General Assembly,» Laura Olivieri reported in a Monday ScienceInsider.

The fiscal 2018 budget fight could reveal how much those agencies will continue adapting to climate change, Femia said.

But next month the 138 - year - old museum and its four branches may be forced to close, the innocent victim of a budget fight between the state's new Republican governor and the Democratic legislators who control the General Assembly.

Nobody knows how all the leadership shuffling or budget fights will play out, or what that'll mean for the policy agenda.

Pennsylvania has the largest funding gap between wealthy and low - income school districts of any state in the country, a problem exacerbated by the current impasse in the state budget fight.