Sentences with phrase «election year budget»

Striking the balance between ideals and reality is what state lawmakers are trying to do during an election year budget season that will culminate in both sides of the aisle spinning the typical deal - making in their political favor.

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Speaking at the first Prime Minister's Questions since the general election earlier this month, Corbyn said years of Conservative government cuts to local authority budgets had put public safety at jeopardy and had played a part in the fire that destroyed a tower block in Kensington, west London earlier this month, killing at least 79 people.

Jaitley made the comments during his fifth annual budget, which observers watched closely as the country prepares for a general election next year.

That pushes the real budget showdown into 2012, an election year not only for the executive branch but for a third of the Senate and the entire House of Representatives.

Given recent economic developments (which suggest there will be no surplus this year) and global uncertainties, together with a commitment by all three major political parties to balanced budgets and no tax increases (other than the NDP), it would be fiscally imprudent for any political party to make new major election «promises» in the coming months without indicating how they would be financed.

In the last election, the Conservative promised additional tax expenditure, amounting to $ 3 billion a year, once the budget is balanced.

Including Mr. Harper's vow in 2008 that a government led by him would «never» go into deficit, this is the second time in three years that the Conservatives have made a balanced - budget promise during an election campaign only to abandon it after being reelected.

This year's budget bill, tabled just five months before the next federal election, is no different.

First, prior to the start of an election, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) should prepare a five - year economic and fiscal forecast.

The final budget outcome for 2015 - 16 will not be known until the fall of 2016, a year after any election.

Wynne said the announcement, made the day before the government tables its final budget ahead of the June election, is estimated to save families $ 17,000 a year.

The government's 2015 election platform originally proposed three years of deficit spending followed by a balanced budget in 2019 - 20.

Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas has unleashed a spending spree in Tuesday's budget ahead of this year's state election with a record $ 13.7 b infrastructure spend.

The federal budget on May 8 will no doubt have further goodies for voters in the run - up to the net election, which will be either this year or relatively early next year.

The Victorian government has unleashed a record $ 13.7 billion infrastructure spending spree in Tuesday's budget ahead of this year's state election, mostly across road, rail, hospitals and schools to meet the state's booming population.

In their 43 years in government, it has been common for the PCs to table a provincial budget in February or March and then immediately drop the Writ of election in order to use the budget as their de-facto campaign platform.

The steep fall in 2012 - 2013 has many possible causes, including the heated presidential elections and the knockdown, drag - out budget battles that culminated in last year's government shutdown.

For the first two years, the fiscal cost of the election promises in the March 2016 Budget corresponds closely to what was outlined in the 2015 election campaign.

Despite indications of deep cuts in the Pentagon's budget, given that this is an election year, there is little doubt that the House Armed Services Committee will approval all, or nearly all, of the money.

A decision on whether and how to seek a permanent replacement for Dorgan won't be made until after the municipal elections on April 1 and after the village's budget for the coming year is set, which will be by May 1, Mayor Ed Zabrocki said.

The people under the most pressure are the Senate Republicans, all of whom signed Koch's three - pronged pledge (it also included budget and ethics reform), only to turn around and pass a constitutional amendment that would overhaul the process in time for the 2022 elections but leave it in all it's partisan and un-independent glory this year.

Republicans who control the state Senate are urging Cuomo to drop his plan to raise taxes and fees by $ 1 billion as a condition for winning their approval on a new, $ 168 billion election - year budget by April 1.

Under an agreement backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both factions next year will work together to win coming special elections after the state budget approved.

Diaz, along with Sen. George Latimer, will leave office at the end of the year and have their seats filled in special elections to be called after the state budget is completed, based on a Democratic unity push for the state Senate.

Ethics reform was a major topic at the end of last year's session and during this past election, but as leadership turned their attention to the budget at the beginning of this year, some legislators were worried the momentum had stalled.

Even the deal to unite the party, forged late last year, was criticized by liberals for holding a special election after the budget is meant to come due, effectively keeping Republicans at the bargaining table.

Cuomo stuffed a $ 1.5 million line item into his election - year budget to create a new «School of Urban and Labor Studies» at the CUNY that will offer more courses to union workers and other students wanting to learn about labor issues.

Something tells me that George Osborne today is not receiving as many similar offers — although personal tax rates today are much lower than in the Healey years, when the standard rate of income tax rose from 33 % to 35 %, falling back to 33 % in what was supposed to be the election - winning Budget of 1978.

You might also want to account for the fact that you are comparing the annual budget with budgets for elections which only happen every two or four years.

As they had promised, the Lords accepted the Budget on 28 April 1910 — a year to the day after its introduction [15]-- when the land tax proposal was dropped, but contention between the government and the Lords continued until the second general election in December 1910, when the Unionists were again outpolled by their combined opponents.

Shelley Mayer (D - Yonkers), who is facing a special election this year for a Senate seat, said Kaminsky's bill is similar to measure supported by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in his budget.

Beales had first proposed the idea in an internal memo two years earlier, but Miliband decided to hold it back until 8 April, a month before election day — despite his team's terror that Osborne might outflank Labour by unveiling the same policy in his final budget in April.

The Onondaga County Legislature approved the 27.3 percent salary increase by a vote of 10 - 6 Tuesday - three months after they set the 2016 budget, one month after the election, four days after it was proposed and during the last session of the year.

The short legislative session in election years is ostensibly about making budget adjustments, but lawmakers find plenty of time to debate many other issues — some that have a fiscal impact and others that don't.

And no new taxes at the state level keeps Cuomo and Senate Republicans on good terms as we head into the new budget season and an election year.

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.

[48] Shortly before the 2010 election, Osborne had pledged to be «tougher than Thatcher» on Britain's budget deficit, [49] and he duly set himself the target of reducing the UK's deficit to the point that, in the financial year 2015 — 16, total public debt would be falling as a proportion of GDP.

Both candidates said the county should consider a midyear budget, similar to one used by the state, that would remove election year politics from the calendar and allow the next executive to craft his or her own budget, rather than inherit their predecessor's plan.

In states that have caucus systems, passing the hat at election year caucuses to attendees is often the primary source of revenue (as well as one of the biggest expenses in the local party budget).

«The speaker is in no mood to hold up the budget over teacher evaluations or anything else, especially in an election year,» said a source close to Assembly Democrats.

Cuomo's proposal will allocate $ 7 million to the Fiscal Year 2019 Executive Budget, an incentive for counties in New York to offer early voting 12 days before Election Day, giving voters eight hours on weekdays and five hours on weekends to cast their ballots.

Gov. Cuomo stuffed a $ 1.5 million line item into his election - year budget to create a new «School of Urban and Labor Studies» at the City University of New York that...

Public finances are clearly stretched but so are household budgets - and there is an election in the next couple of years to consider.

But the fee and tax increases are, especially for Senate Republicans, who are unlikely to want to back a budget that includes a $ 1 billion tax increase, especially in an election year.

ALBANY — With an election - year budget that pledges future funding for popular pre-kindergarten programs and a multi-year package of tax cuts, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is living in the future, touting programs now that won't take effect for several years.

Sen. Andrea Stewart - Cousins of Yonkers leads the 24 - member Democratic conference, and Democrats hoped this year's elections would finally elevate a woman into the highest echelon of Albany deal - making — the closed - door talks that hash out the budget and other legislation.

This coming March, when Cuomo and lawmakers are intensively negotiating the budget in closed - door meetings, the state will likely have a controversial Regents election for the second year in a row.

The New York Legislature has passed a $ 140 billion election - year budget that expands pre-kindergarten statewide and provides tax relief to homeowners and corporations.

Vanderhoef will also be seeking to layoff 150 county workers, save $ 1.8 million by not reimbursing out - of - county students at the community college, cut the intelligence task force from the police budget, kick $ 1.4 million in local election costs back to towns, reduce funding to contract agencies by $ 300,000 this year and over $ 500,000 next year, and install a new charge on your motor vehicle registration.