Sentences with phrase «budget law does»
As a balanced budget law does not allow that investment, Labour would be opposed to the Tory policy.
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Through the budget reconciliation process — which would avoid a drawn - out fight and filibuster by Democrats — Republicans can adjust only parts of the law that have to do with the federal government's finances.
Legislators in a handful of oil - rich states are struggling to do the seemingly impossible as the 2016 fiscal year draws to a close this week: balancing their budgets, as required by law, despite massive declines in revenues due to falling oil prices.
Last year, when asked about balanced budget legislation he told the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance «I don't think writing something into law, and then expecting that future governments will be held by that, is realistic.»
«It is thus important to realize that in the current environment of low long - term interest rates, fiscal prudence does not require bringing the annual budget balance to zero almost immediately,» he wrote in a paper for the Bennett Jones law firm.
Meanwhile, our number - crunching suggests that the economy's improvement did indeed accelerate after the 1993 Balanced Budget bill became law.
I know the govt of Ontario has it in their budget but just b / c they say it in a speech doesn't necessarily mean it is the law of the land.
Anne L. Bryant, executive director of the school boards association, said it was «disappointing» that the law «does not provide adequate funding,» which she said would «challenge schools» ability to provide school nutrition by adding a new funding burden for schools at a time when there are critical budget shortfalls.»
Good - government organizations are pushing the bill, too, after lawmakers and Cuomo did not agree to any ethics law changes in the state budget as initially proposed by the governor.
They shutdown because they didn't have a budget, and the law limits what a US Government agency can spend if they don't have a budget.
President & CEO of the Long Island Association Kevin S. Law said, «Tough times calls for tough decisions and Governor Cuomo has shown courage and leadership with his proposed budget that lowers spending, does not propose new taxes and supports a property tax cap along with mandate relief to our schools and local governments.
Didn't he cave in a couple of years ago after taking thousands of dollars from NYSUT and vote with a «heavy heart» for a budget that included changes in the teacher evaluation law that quite severely tied teacher ratings to test scores?
We are not doing budget now, we only have appropriation act which is a law and you know the process of implementing a law.
After the Legislature passed its own budget bills including a three - year extender of the existing arbitration law, the enacted budget did not include any provision addressing arbitration — leaving the issue open.
The $ 138 billion budget agreement did include new anti-bribery and anti-fraud laws as well as a new enforcement officer at the state Board of Elections.
If they don't by that time, state law requires that Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy take charge of state spending The governor would remain in charge of state spending until a budget is passed.
Fortunately, our state lawmakers aren't quite so blatant in their struggle to balance the state budget, which it must do by law.
«Unfortunately, the budget does not treat New York City equitably,» he said, adding that, without additional changes to state law, «We will be looking at thousands of layoffs in our schools and across City agencies.»
Mr. Johnson said he would approach land - use decisions by trying «to get to a place of yes»; that he wanted to take steps to «eradicate hunger in New York City»; and that he would deal with the prospect of tighter budgets — because of the new federal tax law or a potential economic downturn — by guarding funding for «programs and everyday things that affect the most New Yorkers and the poorest New Yorkers, to ensure that they don't get cut.»
Association members say they aren't happy they didn't receive enough funds in the budget to put law enforcement officer in each school across the state.
«I don't feel this year's budget was great for the East End,» said Mr. Schneiderman, who was just re-elected to a sixth and final two - year term in office under term limit laws.
The final budget deal, as expected, did not include a range of non-fiscal matters, including extending the statute of limitations in child abuse cases, school safety measures, gun control, relaxing certain criminal bail requirements and any bolstering of ethics and campaign finance laws in reaction to what has become an annual parade of Albany corruption cases, including two major trials this year of people with close ties to Cuomo.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a news conference this morning did not mention the women's agenda as potential measures he'd like to push in the spring, but did note the Dream Act, public financing of political campaigns and changes to the teacher evaluation law were items he wished were in the budget.
«We at the budget division have been saying for many years that the reason we have these gaps is because we have laws on the books that do not change, that drive costs.»
EJ McMahon: «(T) he initial version of the budget doesn't address any of the myriad corporate and personal income tax (PIT) conformance issues raised by passage of the new federal tax law.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, however urged president Muhammadu Buhari to do the needful by signing the budget into to law for immediate implementation since his colleagues had done their part as requested.
Exceptions are made for public safety (per standing law), the active duty military (per a bill which did get passed to approve it), and things which are funded outside the standard budgeting process (such as Social Security).
State Senate Republicans, who have been at war with de Blasio, plan this week to unveil a resolution outlining their budget priorities that does not include a provision for an extension of the NYC mayoral control law that expires in June.
ALBANY — Pro-gun GOP lawmakers are smoking mad that they voted for millions of dollars in funding for the SAFE Act — the state's strict gun - control law — claiming they didn't know the spending was hidden in state budget bills.
The Independent Authorities Budget Office that's also investigating what reeks of impropriety in Fulton County didn't exist before that law took effect.
Cuomo's budget plan in January was balanced, by law, but she said he did it with more than $ 1 billion in tax and fee hikes, among other revenue raisers.
Last year, Cuomo agreed to disband a Moreland Act Commission on corruption in exchange for a budget deal that included new anti-bribery laws, but critics said that the package he accepted was too weak, and did not go far enough.
Gov. Cuomo, one of the leading critics of the new federal law, did not address the situation in his budget.
Cuomo had sought to create the exchanges, required under the federal health care law, as part of the budget, but some Senate Republicans refused, saying they did not want to codify what opponents call Obamacare.
«We have recently made great progress in Albany by passing a good budget and passing it on time; and this state legislature - the 234th legislative session - has the opportunity to do even more and produce a record of real achievement for the people of this state: addressing New York's rent laws is an important part of that agenda.»
Unless the state budget was amended to explicitly prohibit the use of state funds to enforce a law — and perhaps not even then — there's no stopping a governor from doing just that.
I believe he was simply using the death penalty as an illustrative example of a contentious public policy issue with a tenuous link to appropriations... the point being, to what degree does the Governor get to «make new law,» if you will, in budget bills?
Just days after lawmakers took out of the state budget plans to repeal Wisconsin's remaining prevailing - wage laws, two Republicans began circulating legislation that would do the same thing.
The argument in favor of letting the amendment into the final Senate bill is that if states do not comply with the law they lose their federal match, which would impact the federal budget.
If liberals do not strive to work with Walsh as mayor, their ideas will go not to the city's laws or budget, but rather into the journals of disgruntled Perez Williams supporters.
«But I do think that the recognition now by the Legislature that this is the governor's authority granted to the governor by the law will get them moving a little quicker on the budget.»
A budget resolution is a kind of concurrent resolution; it is not a law, and therefore does not require the President's signature.
Watch what they do with Social Security, Health Care, the budget, defense spending, voter rights, the environment, immigration and labor laws.
If the current laws that govern federal taxes and spending do not change, the budget deficit will shrink this year to $ 642 billion
«Certainly, rent control is not until June 15th, so I don't see the urgency of having that in the budget,» Skelos added, referring to the date the current laws expire.
An Investigative Post report, co-produced with WGRZ, finds Erie County legislators pass few laws, make few budget amendments but pass hundreds of resolutions honoring residents, both dead and alive, that have nothing to do with the operation of county government.
The law requires that 70 % of oil revenue goes into funding the country's annual budget, hence can not all be dedicated to one item as the president seeks to do.
Not only is Erie County calling for the repeal of the GEA Law, the resolution requests that NYS repay the suburban school districts from past budget shortcomings to repair the damage done.
Of wanting to make the April 1 deadline, Flanagan said from the Senate floor, «It's very good to get the budget done on time, but in reality, that's the law.
«It is unbelievable that the law doesn't protect all children through 1,000 feet residency restrictions because pre-kindergartens are not considered «schools» under the law or continues to allow these ticking time bombs to reside next door to children in shelters,» Klein said in a statement praising Cuomo for including the measure as a part of the budget.