Sentences with phrase «final budget bill»

By late afternoon, the standoff on the final budget bill had mostly been resolved, and lawmakers planned to stay late and finish and try to salvage the rest of the holiday weekend.

Narrator: In early August, the final budget bill reached the floor of the House.

The source referred to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) as «the Big Spender» but praised him for at least reaching an agreement with the Senate in late June on the final budget bill — one that Paterson continues to oppose.

Officials cautioned, however, that the college program was among those that could still change before lawmakers vote on a final budget bill.

The union and its allies, he noted, pushed back against about a dozen pro-charter school proposals that state Senate Republicans made a concerted effort to include in the final budget bill.

Several insiders contended that Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein, who hopes to become the Democrats» leader next year, gained power during the confusing final days of the session, when he blocked Sampson's bid to bring the final budget bill to a vote.

The Senate pushed through its final budget bill shortly after midnight, and the Assembly wrapped up a couple hours before sunrise — an Albany tradition that saw deliberations on the biggest portions of the budget occur under cover of darkness.

«So, we may have to take a position where (the final budget bill gets passed) and we continue to try to push to get something done for SUNY.»

Lawmakers are set to pass the final budget bills overnight Friday, ahead of the Saturday deadline.

Those close to Paterson countered that the new attack was meant to divert attention from the failure of Senate Majority Conference Leader John Sampson (D - Brooklyn) to muster the 32 votes needed to pass a final budget bill that has already cleared the Assembly.

But then things ground to a halt, as both houses waited for the release of three final budget bills, including a revenue measure that was expected to contain the most controversial elements of the spending plan — the sort of omnibus measure known as a «big ugly.»

ALBANY — The final budget bill containing education funding and policy, introduced on Tuesday afternoon, included modified versions of many of Governor Andrew Cuomo's original reform proposals, including an overhauled teacher evaluation system.

After Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a budget deal Friday night, the Assembly approved the budget Saturday, while State senators — called back to Albany from their districts — moved through the final budget bills the following day.

While the legislative session ended last week, there are still some outstanding issues, including a final budget bill.

However, the bill has never been brought to the Senate floor for a vote and was not included in this year's final budget bill.

The $ 134.4 - billion budget is now 99 days late, in part because the Senate left the Capitol without passing the final budget bill.

But the coalition of supporters is «hopeful» that the legislation will be in the final budget bills, she said.

Legislators began passing the final budget bills in the late afternoon, with only a few hours left until the deadline.

The final budget bill, passed by the Senate Tuesday night after a long day of political horse - trading, calls for a 4 % state sales tax beginning Oct. 1 on clothing and shoe purchases of $ 110 or less.

Schumer says negotiators were able to lock $ 1.4 billion in the final budget bill for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund that offers municipalities grants or loans to fix sewers.

After the measure failed twice on Tuesday, Stachowski finally agreed to vote for the final budget bill, a revenue measure that included the return of a sales tax on clothing.

Another looming issue - public financing of campaigns - is more likely to become a part of the final budget bills because of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's support rather than the internal politics of the Senate, Valesky said.

Friday could see the final budget bills printed, debated, and voted on, but the situation remained fluid mid-day Friday.

Lawmakers plan to vote on the final budget bills later in the week after they finally agreed to and printed all of the remaining pieces of legislation late Sunday, four days after they had announced that they'd reached a deal.

Ultimately a compromise was hashed out for the final budget bill passed two weeks ago.

The compromise, detailed in the final budget bill of the 2018 session, blocks Colyer from implementing a work requirement and lifetime benefit cap as part of his planned «KanCare 2.0» makeover of the program.

Although NECSN is still waiting to analyze the final budget bills, Governor Cuomo announced earlier that the final budget will include an estimated additional $ 430 per charter school student for schools statewide.

«The final budget bill is a positive step for preventive and reproductive health care, and includes the largest increase in family planning funding since 2000,» said PPFA President Cecile Richards.

In addition, the final budget bill allocated no additional funds for dangerous abstinence - only programs that deny teens information about how to prevent unintended pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections like HIV / AIDS.

The final budget bill adds no new funding to the Community - Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) program, a step in the right direction toward ending ineffective abstinence - only programs.

The final budget bill that passed Congress represents a positive step for preventive and reproductive health care, and includes key legislative wins for PPFA.