Sentences with phrase «emergency appropriation»

Paterson dutifully submitted emergency appropriation bills which served as «extenders» for the basic function of government.

Speaking to reporters at the gay pride parade in Manhattan, Paterson said the two - way deal the Assembly and Senate plan to pass tomorrow «theoretically» will avoid a government shutdown, but also called it a «gimmick to prevent me from using emergency appropriations.»

He was referring to his power of emergency appropriations, budget extender bills that are used to traditionally keep government running while the budget runs late in the Legislature.

H.R. 601 provides an additional $ 15.25 billion in emergency appropriations for disaster relief and extends the authorization of the National Flood Insurance Program through December 8, a welcome action for all of those affected by these terrible disasters.

That's partly why, he added, he decided to start including his budget cuts in the weekly emergency appropriation bills he's sending to the Legislature.

A little — oh, and worry about the real deficit, one that puts the wars and other emergency appropriations on - budget, and takes out the excess cash flow from Social Security.

«In the absence of any showing of legislative consideration or tailoring, it is unreasonable to impose such an impairment through emergency appropriation bills, particularly when there is a unified legislative voice denying the very reasonableness and necessity of the enactment.»

``... ORDERED, that each and every Defendant, pursuant to Federal Rule of Procedure 65, is enjoined from submitting, enacting, or implementing emergency appropriations bills containing the furlough and wage provisions challenged in these actions.»

There's been some rumblings that legislators may again challenge the governor's power to use extenders, especially if non-budget policy proposal, such as reinstating the death penalty, is rammed through via emergency appropriations.

To meet a public emergency affecting life, health or property, the County Legislature may make emergency appropriations.

«[T] he visit also comes as the White House awaits action from Congress on a nearly $ 6.2 billion emergency appropriations request to continue fighting [Ebola] in West Africa and to move candidate vaccines through clinical trials.

[Paterson said the two - way deal the Assembly and Senate plan to pass tomorrow «theoretically» will avoid a government shutdown, but also called it a «gimmick to prevent me from using emergency appropriations.»]

Lawmakers then would be left with a choice of accepting his budget as part of emergency appropriations or shutting down all but essential government services.

If it means putting further cuts in emergency appropriations, then I'm ready to do it.»

«This is a fear that I have and in order to counteract this they are going to have to come pass my weekly emergency appropriations, where if they don't want to have a budget, they are at least going to have to address the cuts that we have to make,» Paterson said.

Cuomo, de Blasio and a group representing New York area hospitals are pressing Congress to pass an emergency appropriations bill that could help hospitals prepare for potential Ebola patients.

«There's no emergency appropriation bill that the Assembly has to consider.»

«He gets no pleasure out of submitting these emergency appropriation bills which first cut back contractors payments and next week cut back payments to non-profit organizations all over the state.

If the budget were to be late, the governor could use the emergency appropriation budget extender to have lawmakers either consider the executive's version of the spending plan or risk a state government shutdown.

But he also said Cuomo's vow to use the emergency appropriations to pass much of his budget if the Legislature wouldn't bend to his cuts had the impact of giving the state its first on - time budget in five years.

He said he hopes «cooler heads will prevail» and that a new budget does not wait until the end of May, when the emergency appropriation authorization period expires.

Sen. Jeff Klein, a Bronx Democrat who leads the Independent Democratic Conference, said the two houses had no choice but to go the emergency appropriation route after the sides failed to get a final deal.

(Recall that the emergency appropriations bills actually have not yet been released by the governor's office.

«They seemed surprised that I did what I said I was going to do to put out emergency appropriation... They talked about some ways to avoid having to do emergency appropriations on Monday, but they did not give me the concessions we need that will balance the budget.»

«I don't want to use the emergency appropriation as an ax.

But one, Sen. John Bonacic, an Orange County Republican, said there was «still a chance» that lawmakers would pass an emergency appropriation measure to keep government funded and return after the April 24 special elections that feature contests for two open Senate seats.

Paterson, having given up hope of running for governor, had nothing to lose, and Cuomo had plenty to gain from establishing a precedent, even though Paterson's use of the emergency appropriations method allowed the Legislature room to bargain.

The inclusion of the new taxes will make the extender harder to support for any of the three Republican senators who enabled last week's emergency appropriation to pass over Democrat Ruben Diaz Sr.'s «no» vote.

But this year, major elements of the 2010 - 2011 budget were passed over the course of several weeks in June after Gov. David Paterson decided to insert them into his weekly emergency appropriations.

Among such actions are all local laws, emergency appropriations and allocations form the county contingency fund.

Given the broad budgetary powers the governor enjoys, lawmakers opposed to the plan would risk a government shut down if it were to be inserted in an emergency appropriation bill.

«I will never in my life understand why the Senate didn't put that emergency appropriation to a vote,» Paterson mused in a July 8 radio interview, «because the threat of closing the government most likely would have forced the Assembly (to approve it).»