Sentences with phrase «funding measure passed»

House leaders predicted last week that the spending plan could come as early as Monday, though there were signs the timeline might slip again even though the stopgap government funding measure passed on Dec. 11 runs out at the end of Wednesday.

Not exact matches

The senators originally promised to include the measures in a year - end spending bill, but because Congress is only working to pass a short - term extension of federal government funding this week, Collins and Alexander say they will include the bills in an omnibus bill in January.

Paul's protest forced Congress to miss a midnight deadline for passing a funding measure to keep the government operating.

In the meantime, Congress has still not passed a bill to fund anti-Zika measures.

Democratic Senate Leader Chuck Schumer said that if the House passes a short - term funding measure with...

The cut in Bank Rate and the measure intended to ensure banks passed it on to consumers — known as the Term Funding Scheme (TFS)-- gained unanimous support.

The U.S. Senate passed legislation on Friday to fund the government through April and President Barack Obama promptly signed it into law, after Democrats who had sought more generous healthcare benefits for coal miners stopped delaying action on the measure.

Many companies have broken ties with the National Rifle Association, and the House of Representatives passed a bill to fund more security measures in schools.

One way or another, though, Mr. Scott has said he is determined to pass the gun package, which would also include significant funding for school safety and mental health measures, before the end of the annual legislative session, which is scheduled to wrap up on Friday.

, a Trump ally who leads the conservative caucus, said disaster aid should pass on its own, apart from separate measures the government must pick up in September to raise the nation's borrowing limit and fund the government.

But with the opening of a new OUSD central kitchen, farm and educational center in the works for West Oakland (funded by a city bond measure that passed in 2012), OUSD hopes to be able to shift away from prepackaged food even further, thanks to a fruit and vegetable processing room that will be on site.

In the interview, DeFreancisco indicated Cuomo himself had already started hedging on an on - time budget at the beginning of last week when he suggested the state may have to pass a temporary extender measure to fund the governor.

Trump has threatened to veto a massive omnibus spending package if it includes money for the Gateway tunnel project in New York City, complicating the outlook for the $ 1 trillion - plus spending measure, which House Speaker Paul Ryan and U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell want to pass before government funding runs out on March 23.

The Assembly and Senate both voted into the early hours of the morning, passing several noncontroversial budget bills — for example, a transportation funding measure that did not include anything for the MTA, which is an area that has caused considerable consternation this session.

The measure would require the pension fund to stop investing in the world's top 200 fossil fuel companies in the next five years, and divest from coal companies within one year from when the law is passed.

After successfully funding a campaign to pass a soda tax in Philadelphia, billionaire former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg is preparing to fund similar efforts in several other cities, giving new momentum to measures seeking to limit soft drink consumption.

The final measures passed Sunday by the Senate provide for the flow of funds to state agencies, money to be sent to school districts, public college tuition to be cut or raised for students depending on their family incomes, and non-fiscal matters, including the legalization of ride - hailing upstate.

The announcement comes as Cuomo earlier in the day knocked Congress for not passing a measure that would fund disaster aid for storm victims.

Republicans are scrapping a vote to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, lining up in punt formation to pass a temporary measure to keep the federal government funded.

Lawmakers have since passed a series of stopgap measures to temporarily fund government operations.

Three years after California voters passed a ballot measure to raise taxes on corporations and generate clean - energy jobs by funding energy - efficiency projects in schools, barely one - tenth of the promised jobs have been created, and the state has no...

The most controversial of the bills — called the «Big Ugly» for its many unrelated measures, such as charter - school funding and changing the criminal - conviction age — easily passed, 53 - 4, Sunday.

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.

Assembly education chair Cathy Nolan had told POLITICO on Tuesday she didn't think the measure would pass this session due to questions on funding and the need to look at testing for other chemicals, citing the PFOA crisis in Hoosick Falls.

He urged lawmakers to properly fund the County Weights and Measures Department, which will be tasked with enforcing the law if it does pass.

Senate Democratic leaders have agreed to pass a nearly $ 11 billion House measure that would extend the life of the Highway Trust Fund through next spring, CNN has learned.

Mr. Meyers added that once the county decides to spend the money from the sewer stabilization fund, the county legislature would have to pass a measure approving the spending.

Washington (CNN)- Senate Democratic leaders have concluded that the only way to pass critical war - funding before the fast - approaching August congressional recess is for the House to drop its insistence that the measure include billions of dollars for unrelated domestic programs, a top Senate Democratic leadership aide told CNN.

The measure, passed by the House on December 11 and by the Senate on December 13, also includes an additional $ 5.4 billion in aid and research funds for the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

Some lawmakers, meanwhile, are hoping to round up enough support to pass a measure that would fund the government at current levels for a week or so, in hopes of reaching a resolution.

For the second straight year, the U.S. House and Senate have each passed a measure to allow federally funded embryonic research.

The emergency spending measure was passed after Fermilab offered employee buyouts to ease a nearly six - month budget crunch triggered when lawmakers cut its funding by $ 20 million from the year before.

XXThe Senate Appropriations Committee approved its version of an education, labor, and health and human services spending bill on Sept. 3, while its counterpart in the House passed its version of the funding measure in July.

Based on the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF), which was passed in 2013, California has a new accountability system that is based on multiple measures.

The Illinois legislature last week considered but decided not to approve a property - tax relief measure that educators charged would have eliminated a substantial portion of the new funding that school districts are set to receive under an income - tax increase passed this year.

Today, the Illinois State Senate passed a $ 100 million tax credit scholarship program, and charter funding equity on a bipartisan basis of 38 - 13 votes after the House approved the measure yesterday.

If I - 884 had passed, the Olympia School District would have received an estimated $ 2.95 million a year in new funding, according to Citizens for the Education Trust Fund, a campaign that supported the measure.

The law was passed in 2015 and in 2017 states drafted their plans, which included new accountability systems based on multiple measures that include factors other than test scores; conducting needs assessments for struggling schools and learning communities facing the greatest challenges in order to tailor support and intervention when needed; developing clear and concise plans for targeting federal funding in ways that meet the needs of students in the school; and implementing programs and monitoring their progress in collaboration with educators.

Last month, I noted how states such as California and Tennessee have pushed to qualify for federal Race to the Top funding by passing measures lifting caps on the number of charter schools and allowing the use of student test data in measuring teacher performance.

And through the political advocacy arm of GO Public Schools Oakland Advocates, the affiliate has played a key role in elevating the work of the school board, bringing community members together to elect school board leaders committed to advocating for all students, and helping to pass measures to provide needed services and funds to schools.

Mayor Emanuel and the City Council, we demand that you pass these measures to keep our schools open, and to provide ongoing, sustainable funding for our schools.

«Unfortunately, this morning the Senate Education and Youth Committee passed a gutted bill that would actually furnish less equitable funding to our public charter schools and imposes unreasonable measures of accountability,» said Tony Roberts, president and CEO of the Georgia Charter Schools Association.

Voter support for Proposition 2, a new version of a state budget rainy day fund, is increasing but is still shy of the majority backing that Gov. Jerry Brown will need to pass his signature ballot measure, according to a new poll.

To buy time to resolve these and other differences, Congress will have to pass another short - term measure that is likely to extend current funding levels through December.

Congress passed a short - term funding measure to keep the government operating through mid-November while the Senate and House negotiate a final FY12 spending agreement.

Learn how the Washoe County School District in Reno, Nev., overcame significant barriers and opposition and was able to educate the public about its needs, such that a ballot measure for a tax increase to fund almost $ 800M in capital projects over 8 years passed with close to 57 % of the vote in 2016.

And just last year, voters passed Measure 98 to provide additional funding for dropout - prevention strategies — perhaps unsurprisingly, numerous studies have linked poor attendance to high dropout rates.

State lawmakers tried to avert a strike by passing measures in the past week to raise teacher salaries by $ 6,100 annually and support staff salaries by $ 1,250 annually, as well as increase education funding by $ 50 million.

$ 2.2 billion in local funding is provided in Sound Transit 2 Bonds leveraging a voter approved revenue measure passed in 2008.

As I write this, Congress has just passed a stopgap measure to keep the Highway Trust Fund solvent for another three months.