Sentences with phrase «emergency spending bills»

With no state budget and Albany leaders passing emergency spending bills that keep the state government running, the mayor has cut school budgets for next year on the assumption that the deepest cuts to education being contemplated in Albany will come to pass.

If negotiations had stalled, Cuomo could have imposed his own budget through emergency spending bills and blamed the stubborn Legislature for shutting down state government.

But the state congress passed a pair of emergency spending bills on Monday to halt that, keeping essential services funded, like schools.

Of Long Island's 30 - member legislative delegation, 18 oppose the emergency spending bills needed to keep state government running through May 16 and compel workers to stay home one day without pay during the period.

The state congress passed a pair of emergency spending bills on Monday to halt that, keeping essential services funded, like schools.

With Ruben Diaz apparently sticking to his threat to withhold support for the emergency spending bills that have been keeping the government in operation for the past two months while the legislature tries to craft an annual budget (Pedro Espada has seemingly backed down), the state is preparing for the possibility of its first - ever government shutdown.

In the Senate, the GOP minority has tried twice to include a $ 17 - million loan for NYRA in emergency spending bills needed to keep state government running in the absence of a state budget.

It was Paterson who forced the Legislature to adopt most of the budget through emergency spending bills he put forward to keep government running, the source said.

Fed up with the Legislature's lack of progress in closing a $ 9 billion budget gap, Paterson has been including a year's worth of cuts in his weekly emergency spending bills.

Some fiscal watchdogs say it might be illegal to include new taxes and other revenue raisers in the emergency spending bills, but the Paterson aide said the administration feels it is on solid legal footing.

The current year's budget was technically late, having passed in the early hours of April 1, though the broad - based aspects of the budget had been agreed to, and no emergency spending bills were needed to pass.

Gov. David Paterson's fourth emergency spending bill will include no state cash for capital projects, but will allow federal and local spending.

A state government shutdown was averted after the state Legislature approved an emergency spending bill late Monday with the help of three Republican state senators.

Press 1 if you would support another emergency spending bill.

The Legislature will be asked once again to vote on an emergency spending bill to keep the state afloat.»

Gov. David A. Paterson said on Wednesday that he would unilaterally insert the rest of his budget proposal into an emergency spending bill due on June 28 if the Legislature did not reach a final budget deal with him before then.

Paterson wavered on whether he would include $ 1.4 billion in education cuts in next week's emergency spending bill - a gamechanger that many believe could lead to a government shutdown.

If it was late, he warned, he'd simply stuff his cuts into an emergency spending bill and force the Legislature to vote for it or shut down government.

The emergency spending bill — which needed to pass in order to keep the government running — included $ 775 million in cuts to Medicaid and other health - care programs.

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson is set to release his latest emergency spending bill soon and a government shutdown could depend on what he puts in it.

New York state Budget Director Robert Megna said specifics are still being negotiated with legislative leaders and tribes in New York, but higher tobacco taxes will be part of an emergency spending bill Monday.

Not exact matches

«Republicans must be ready to join Democrats in passing a timely relief bill that makes all necessary resources available through emergency spending,» House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D - Calif.)

Directing emergency funds to areas hit by natural disasters had traditionally been quick bipartisan exercises, but that changed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — when the Republican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives, pushed spending cuts to compensate for the approximately $ 200 billion expected in Katrina relief — including cutting farm subsidies, Amtrak funding and postponing the Medicare prescription - drug bill Republicans had approved two years earlier.

The U.S. Senate defeated an effort to set aside $ 600 million in emergency funds to address the nationwide opioid epidemic, with top Republicans arguing that the extra money wasn't needed because lawmakers had addressed the issue in an earlier spending bill.

Mr. Skelos softened his tone later in the day after a private meeting with Mr. Paterson, suggesting that some Republicans might vote for the next emergency bill if the governor included some of the Republicans» proposals to further cut Medicaid and other spending.

The $ 1.1 trillion spending bill approved by the Senate Saturday includes emergency funding and dozens of policy riders that will affect policy throughout the government.

«Senator Tom Harkin (D — IA) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D — CT) have sponsored identical bills that would designate NIH as «emergency spending» and boost its authorized budget by 10 % annually in 2015 and 2016 and by 5 % for each of the next 5 years,» Mervis wrote.

Senator Tom Harkin (D — IA) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D — CT) have sponsored identical bills that would designate NIH as «emergency spending» and boost its authorized budget by 10 % annually in 2015 and 2016 and by 5 % for each of the next 5 years.

And despite the increasing amounts of energy and money spent on trying to retain students, the «Forgotten Students» report observes that they still continue to stop out — often for very rational and responsible reasons like supporting a loved one in a time of medical emergency, or because the bills to live have just become too high to pay.

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a broad federal spending bill that includes more than $ 22 million for emergency repairs for the public schools here.

After all, with the exception of medical bills or other emergency expenses, the fact that you have debt most likely means you've been living beyond your means (spending more than you have); otherwise you would have paid cash for your expenses and not needed to borrow money.

If you've got the extra time, and the extra motivation, those extra dollars can come in handy towards paying rent, bills, credit card or student loan debt, building your emergency fund, or simply for some disposable spending money.

If you are a careful money manager who fell into debt because of unusual circumstances (medical or veterinary bill, loss of employment or some other emergency) and NOT because you spent more on your credit cards than you could afford to pay off each month, then leave the accounts open.

I have constructed a spending plan where by all of the important things, bills, mortgage, savings (car replacement, vacation, emergency, etc) and investment contributions are all made automatically.

In the absence of sufficient savings, instant cash loans can fill in that role, serving as a safety net when emergencies or other unplanned bills create a need to spend your next paycheck before it arrives.

A properly crafted budget will eliminate wasteful spending, contribute some small amount to an emergency savings fund and pay all bills, especially high interest rate credit cards, first.

But according to a recent consumer survey, pet owners are likely to spend at least a one - time $ 2,500 to $ 5,000 bill for emergency care at some point of their pet's lifetime.

But when you pay the bill for the cat that has been hospitalized for 72 hours at the local emergency clinic because you accidentally applied the wrong product to your cat, you will have spent enough money to buy flea control products for your cat for every month of his life for the next 20 years from your veterinarian.

If you've got the extra time, and the extra motivation, those extra dollars can come in handy towards paying rent, bills, credit card or student loan debt, building your emergency fund, or simply for some disposable spending money.

Even now, people can spend small fortunes on emergency vet bills — the most expensive pet claim last year was over $ 40,000.

In 2016, the Florida Bar Association spent $ 105,000 on «emergency lobbyists» to obtain Governor Scott's veto of a Shared Parenting bill.