Sentences with phrase «for budget conference»

Earlier in the day, lawmakers announced that «table targets» — essentially spending levels for budget conference committees — had been agreed to.

Not exact matches

The Conference Board notes that the federal government has placed great emphasis in improving Canada's innovation performance for years, most directly in the 2012 budget's revamping of how $ 3.5 billion is doled out to firms under the Scientific Research and Experimental Development program.

Since my company often doesn't have the budget to pay for expensive conferences, I come up with creative speaking proposals and try to use that as a way to get into the conference and get in front of an influential audience.

Association president Gary Smith, of Brookfield Financial, opened the conference by imploring federal and provincial governments to play more of a role, lauding those provinces like Ontario that have launched venture funds, and taking credit for the repeal of Section 116 of the Income Tax Act in the Harper government's spring budget.

The National Conference of State Legislatures says nearly a dozen states still had not enacted budgets for the new fiscal year as of mid-June.

If you have a shortfall in the budget for your wish list conference, revise the plan so it fits within your budget.

We're seeing a lot of proposals in Congress that aren't accompanied by a lot of thought or analysis of what impact a deep cut in travel budgets could have,» such as a reduction in services for taxpayers and for veterans, and fewer job - related conferences.

The budget conference agreement will have to reconcile these numbers and ideally set in motion a process for offsetting an increase in the caps if agreed upon.

«The Russian budget now is including $ 100 per barrel for the next three years and some more optimistic assumptions on economic growth, which are probably over-optimistic,» Guriev, who is currently a professor of Economics at Sciences Po, a French public research and higher education institution, told CNBC at the UBS European Conference in London.

Ryan's own Catholicism became a major issue this year, with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops criticizing his proposed federal budget for what the bishops said would be its adverse impact on the poor.

In the spring, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had challenged Ryan's proposed federal budget for failing to put «the needs of those who are hungry and homeless, without work or in poverty» first.

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Republicans were uniformly tight lipped leaving the conference Saturday when asked about their plans for the day and if a budget bill would be voted on at some point.

The comments seemingly clash with what Cuomo said in a Red Room news conference on Tuesday, when he reiterated the state budget plan he proposed does not include a contingency plan for the ACA's repeal.

'' The next two years will provide no shortage of challenges for our Conference, its partners in government and all New Yorkers: A multi-billion dollar budget deficit needing closure, a government that is still too big and spends too much, chronic unemployment, some of the nation's highest taxes and a continued lack of public confidence in state government,» Kolb said.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson agreed on one thing when they met yesterday in Manhattan: The budget has got to get done, once and for all, and soon.

Speaking at the Downtown - Lower Manhattan Association breakfast this morning, Silver made no secret of his disdain for the governor's 2010 - 2011 budget proposal and the desire of his conference to restore Paterson's cuts — particularly when it comes to education.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos give the governor hell for not sharing the latest budget outlook agreed upon by the majority conferences, Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson seems to forget Leader Kolb's name, and Gov. Paterson challenges Skelos to vote for his next extender, which he claims has no taxes and includes cuts to medicaid.

While Cuomo has zero responsibility as attorney general for the budget, he did weigh in throughout this process — both from afar during press conferences with reporters, often in NYC or upstate while lawmakers were deliberating in Albany, and in private chats with the legislative leaders and the governor.

At 10 a.m., Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle holds a press conference on the local impact of the proposed state budget for health programs, Finger Lakes Health System Agency, 1150 University Ave., Building 5, Rochester.

In the end, all 31 Republicans in the conference backed the measure, which was tucked into a larger budget bill that included a boost in funding for education.

Both Cuomo and the Democratic conference in the Assembly back an extension of mayoral control for Mayor Bill de Blasio in the state budget.

Morris, in the interview, touted his organizing efforts and, in the interview, repeatedly pointed to an Article 78 proceeding to have Senate Republicans divulge annual budgets for district wide mailings for GOP conference members.

«Shawn possesses exceptional budgeting talents and leadership skills that will help our Majority conference continue to create better opportunities for hardworking New Yorkers,» Flanagan said in a statement.

The Independent Democratic Conference and Assembly lawmakers are touting $ 2 million in funding for specialized high schools that was included in the state budget.

Republican lawmakers in the chamber have for the past several legislative sessions pushed for an ease to regulations in the state, and this year the GOP conference renewing that effort after ultimately backing an increase to the state's minimum wage in the budget, with the floor growing to $ 15 in some parts of the state over the next several years.

At 2:45 p.m., Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal, state Sens. Brad Hoylman and Tim Kennedy, and child sex abuse survivors and advocates will deliver more than 100,000 petition signatures to the Senate Republicans, calling for inclusion of the Child Victims Act in the budget, Senate Republican conference room, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

At 12:30 p.m., Reclaim New York Initiative hosts a rally and press conference with residents and lawmakers to urge the removal of $ 1 billion in taxes and fees included in the governor's budget, and urge savings and oversight for economic development spending, Million Dollar Staircase, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

YNN's Katie Gibas was at the governor's press conference, and sent the following comments from Paterson, who was asked for a budget update:

Democrats earlier in the day denounced the IDC and the Republican conference for not allowing votes on their own stand - alone budget resolution.

At 1:25 p.m., U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, will tour Capital Roots Urban Grow Center and hold a press conference urging the Senate to reject the Trump administration's budget proposal to cut SNAP benefits for low - income families, 594 River St., Troy.

Also at 11 a.m., the New York City Coalition for Adult Literacy hosts a press conference with Assembly members Ron Kim and Pamela Hunter to call attention to the elimination of adult literacy classes from the governor's executive budget, Million Dollar Staircase, state Capitol, Albany.

At 4:30 p.m., Community Voices Heard host a press conference of community members relying on the city buses calling on the common council to approve the budget amendment to fund the city bus system for the rest of the year, Poughkeepsie City Hall, 62 Civic Center Plaza, Poughkeepsie.

Republicans opted to stay united as a conference and all vote for the budget including those progressive policy initiatives.

At noon, Democratic candidate for Governor Cynthia Nixon will join the Alliance for Quality Education for a press conference on the 2018 New York State education budget.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a conference call with California Gov. Jerry Brown, singled out two New York GOP congressmen for criticism after they voted for a budget measure that clears the way for a vote on the Republican plan to overhaul the tax system.

But Senator Diane Savino, a member of a swing block, the Independent Democratic Conference, raised some objections, and cast doubt on whether the legislature would be ready to accept Cuomo's proposal for a the Tier VI benefits plan by the budget deadline.

Assembly Democratic majority members were scheduled to go into conference just prior to 10 p.m. and they had requested a «message of necessity» from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would let them vote on at least two noncontroversial budget bills without the customary three - day «aging» period that is supposed to provide time for actually reading the bills members will vote for.

The report, the product of the conference's Senate Democratic Policy Group, also calls for blocking budget sweeps from environmental protections funds in order to ensure the money fights climate change.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos confirmed that he did indeed meet with Gov. David Paterson this afternoon after that rather tense leaders meeting and pledged his conference would provide votes for the next round of budget extenders, provided the governor incorporates some proposed GOP spending cuts.

The Cuomo administration will consider scrapping its plan to delay promised Medicaid reform for children, telling advocates on a conference call Friday that the reform is one of the top items the governor would like to restore in final budget negotiations with legislators.

The conference is still seeking an end to the gap elimination adjustment for school districts, which Cuomo's budget only partially addresses.

It provided the framework for the other correct polices that began to be laid out at the Labour Party conference — for example on the National Investment Bank, opposition to removing the budget deficit by cuts to welfare.

Senate Majority Leader John J. Flanagan will be joined by his colleagues in outlining the second part of the Senate's «Blueprint for a Stronger New York,» an action plan that will guide the conference during upcoming budget negotiations.»

FPI senior economist Trudi Renwick participated in a telephone press conference organized by Citizen Action and the Emergency Campaign for America's Priorities to illustrate the impact of a budget veto on New Yorkers» vital human needs.

The Independent Democratic Conference was permitted for the first time to introduce its own budget plan, in addition to the Republicans» proposal, to be debated on the floor.

Speaking on the Capitol Pressroom this morning, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D - Manhattan, said he was an effective negotiator for his conference, despite deep cuts to traditionally taboo budget areas like education aid and health care.

«We'll see what happens,» said Diaz, speaking at a press conference on the steps of City Hall to call on de Blasio to increase funding in the budget for the city's Summer Youth Employment program by an additional $ 80 million.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver sat down for a CapTon interview this afternoon and revealed the one - house budget his conference will unveil next week will likely include a millionaire's tax that significantly raises the threshold on who pays.

Senate Republicans will include $ 45 million in funding for direct care workers in their one - house budget resolution, the conference on Monday announced.