Sentences with phrase «forced government shutdown»

In January 2016, after antiabortion lawmakers nearly forced a government shutdown over funding for Planned Parenthood, Congress sent a bill to the President's desk in yet another attempt to defund the organization.

Washington (CNN)- Senate Democratic leaders held a news conference Thursday to warn about the dangers of a Republican - forced government shutdown.

«This is not the first time the Republican party has forced a government shutdown,» Mr. de Blasio said on AM 970's The Answer with Curtis Sliwa.

President Trump said he'd force a government shutdown himself if Congress doesn't fix an immigration system that doesn't allow the government to deport criminal gang members.

Katko said he remains adamantly opposed to using the Planned Parenthood funding debate to force a government shutdown.

«If liberals in the Senate would rather play political games and force a government shutdown, instead of accepting a modest down payment on fiscal discipline and reform, I say, «Shut it down!»»

The source speculated that legislative leaders might actually want Cuomo to deliver on his threat to force a government shutdown vote and pack his entire spending plan into a must - pass extender bill.

Cuomo, in the wake of the shooting, has repeatedly called on federal lawmakers to strengthen the nation's gun laws — even suggesting that Democrats in Congress force a government shutdown to pressure reluctant lawmakers.

That'd be a disaster both for America (for someone who says he doesn't want to force a government shutdown, McConnell's embracing a pretty solid way of forcing a government shutdown) and on a global scale as well.

Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.), New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina all seemed willing to force a government shutdown based on invective and deceptive claims.

Not exact matches

To effectively restrict communication, governments would need to dominate technologies whose forced control is a double - edged sword — when social instability spikes, internet shutdowns work at best sporadically and risk leading to greater discontent and violence.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it would keep tabs on Bitcoin futures trading and other markets during a government shutdown, even though it would be forced to halt many other normal activities.

As you'll recall, Paterson took the unusual step of inserting unpopular cuts and proposals into extender bills, essentially forcing lawmakers to choose between voting «yes» and a government shutdown.

During an interview with WCBS 880 AM Radio, Paterson stressed that he has not yet included his plan to furlough public employees one day a week in emergency budget extenders, which would essentially force legislators to choose between infuriating state worker unions and a government shutdown.

But both Democratic liberals and GOP tea party forces swung against the plan, raising questions about its chances just a day before the latest government shutdown deadline.

(Recall that he tried the same thing with the furloughs, forcing the Legislature to choose between a government shutdown and approving a measure that turned out to be, according to US District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn, unconstitutional).

Cuomo has made it clear he won't be providing any messages of necessity to circumvent the three - day aging requirement, and would not hesitate to force the Legislature to choose between passing his budget and a government shutdown by using the extender method employed with great success last year by then - Gov.

Skelos dismissed all talk of a potential government shutdown showdown with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has made it quite clear he'll follow the lead of his predecessor, David Paterson, and put his budget proposal extender bills and force it down the Legislature's throat in the absence of a deal on or about April 1.

If legislative leaders can muster the votes to pass their proposal, Mr. Paterson would no longer be able to use the threat of a government shutdown to force lawmakers into uncomfortable votes.

Paterson forced lawmakers to adopt large portions of his budget at the risk of a government shutdown, a process that Cuomo vowed he would continue for the 2011 - 12 fiscal year if it wasn't agreed to by lawmakers by the April 1 deadline.

The mayor of Atlantic City, NJ said dismal finances would force a weekslong shutdown of all nonessential government services starting early next month if the city does not get state aid.

State and federal officials reached a deal to reopen the Statue of Liberty and nearby Ellis Island, a day after the federal government shutdown forced it to close.

«Republicans must decide whether to pass the Senate's clean CR, or force a Republican government shutdown.»

In that case, the Legislature would be forced to approve the measure or face a government shutdown.

As state lawmakers await a potential budget extender from Gov. Andrew Cuomo this evening, Senate Democrats are calling on the governor include a package of left - leaning legislation that would force Senate Republicans to either accept it or potentially risk a shutdown of state government.

[Cuomo has made it clear he won't be providing any messages of necessity to circumvent the three - day aging requirement, and would not hesitate to force the Legislature to choose between passing his budget and a government shutdown by using the extender method]

Two days after Senate Democrats up for re-election this year forced the end of a three - day government shutdown, Cuomo posted an essay on Medium that essentially said Democrats must stop making such deals.

The picture is a combination of a dozen image footprints taken on Oct. 10, during the partial government shutdown that forced most NASA employees off the job.

A shutdown would have broad impacts on federal science programs, including halting granting activity at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF), forcing most government scientists to stay home, and delaying work on NASA space missions.

This memo comes as agencies are being forced to play catch up because of the government shutdown.

That is why PURPA passed in 1978, to shutdown big government forcing customers to pay for big projects like nuclear power plants.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said it would keep tabs on Bitcoin futures trading and other markets during a government shutdown, even though it would be forced to halt many other normal activities.

Be smart: An election eve fracas that forces Republicans to contemplate a government shutdown vs. harsher immigration laws will motivate some Republican voters.

Jacqueline Famulak, Manager of Legal and Government Affairs at Apple Canada, reiterated that Apple did not intentionally slow down iPhones to force customers to upgrade, and explained that Apple had introduced the power management feature in iOS 10.2.1 to prevent unexpected shutdowns.