Sentences with phrase «furlough budget extender bill»
The furlough budget extender bill was approved in the Senate along party lines (32 - 29); it passed the Assembly 82 - 56.
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simply ammend Dave's budget extender bill and remove the furloughs??? I understand that this may not be legal, but neither are the furloughs.
Last week, Paterson sent a bill separate from budget extender to the Legislature that would have provided him with power to furlough state workers.
My colleague, Michael Johnson, upon hearing that the Legislature is considering the possibility of amending Gov. David Paterson's budget extender bill to divest it of the furlough language, posed the question: Is that even legal?
US District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn has reportedly come down on the side of the public employee unions in the furlough lawsuit, ruling that Gov. David Paterson can not insert his day - without - pay language into budget extender bills.
The Legislature is expected to approve a budget extender bill that includes state worker furloughs that aren't slated to start until May 17.
Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson said his 32 - member majority conference will be voting «yes» on the budget extender bill next week — even if it includes public employee furloughs, as Gov. David Paterson has threatened — because he is «not in the business of shutting downs state government.»
Megna said that while the governor was currently seeking approval for that plan as a separate bill — something Paterson was not willing to do for the furlough measure — he would not rule out including it in a future budget extender if it's rejected.