Sentences with phrase «hold budget spending»

And, Cuomo's promising to hold budget spending to a 2 percent cap.

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They have also demanded a new vote on the budget for next year after the government approved the spending plan by not putting it though parliament, but holding the vote in an nearby chamber, with a high number of government supporters — something that the country's opposition deemed as «illegal.»

February's budget promised to hold overall expenditure growth at 1.5 per cent per year and health spending at 2.6 per cent.

The privately - held company spends between eight percent and 10 percent of its procurement budget with diversity suppliers.

In the budget, Morneau opted to hold the line on corporate taxes in Canada, choosing to help businesses in other ways, including with spending to help women - led businesses grow, innovation and diversification of trade.

Even though going cash - only caused Greutman a few embarrassing moments, including the time she forgot her bills at home and couldn't afford to buy groceries, in the long run it held her accountable for her spending and forced her to stick to her budget.

Fixing the date of the budget is necessary, but far from sufficient to give Parliament the capacity to review government spending and hold the government to account.

I think we will get some version of the so - called penny plan to reduce spending as well (penny plan = hold flat nominal discretionary spending, or reduce it or 1 % each year until the budget is balanced).

If elected Prime Minister, Mr. Harper promised that would be no more inaccurate forecasts, because he would create an independent agency, «Ensuring truth in budgeting with a Parliamentary Budget Authority» to hold the government to account in its budget forecasting and its spending estiBudget Authority» to hold the government to account in its budget forecasting and its spending estibudget forecasting and its spending estimates.

To balance the budget in that year, assuming interest costs of $ 42 billion, will mean holding program spending to $ 234 billion.

Had the Liberals, after 2000, held spending growth to a rate sufficient to cover increases in population and inflation — that is, had they held spending constant in real per capita terms — they would have left the Tories with a budget of $ 148 billion in fiscal 2006, instead of the $ 175 billion it turned out to be.

(1) We are able to hold spending on those accounts across the board if giving is not meeting budget.

lets all thank arsene for finally doing the right thing only time will tell but have we finally signed the DM we need STRONG MINDED NO HOLD BAR MIDFIELDER WE HAVE ALL CRAVED, but lets take it back we all know it will take 2 or 3 more like minded players to make us great again, he has tricked us all buy buying one superstar in the last 3 windows ALEXIS, OZIL and CHEC great players but can't do it all on their own, spending huge amount of money and saying we can buy the best players, on the surface this looks great we are buying top top players big prices but instead of spending his usual 50 mill on 2, 3, 4, 0r 5 players he has pulled the wool over are eyes with 1 superstar thinking the fans are that dumb enough to believe it, infact he has never spent his budget only balanced on sales too purchases, i love arsenal but this summer i hope for more he needs to do that consistently through out the team spend the same amount on the team stop balancing the american owners, grow a pair say yes we will buy a top defender and a world class striker, stan we love arsenal please be one of us do whats needed then you will fell proud as we are and we will adore you for it.

At 9:30 a.m., the fourth of 13 joint legislate budget hearings will be held on the public protection portion of Cuomo's spending plan, LOB, Hearing Room B, 198 State St., Albany.

Liberal advocates had been upset with the timing of the special election, namely holding it after the state budget is expected to be approved, thus giving Republicans in the Senate a chance to negotiate the spending plan.

«Working together, our accomplishments are many ---- a game - changing property tax cap, record support for schools and elimination of the GEA, a 20 - percent middle class income tax cut, six straight budgets that have held the line on spending, targeted investments that will create jobs and revitalize our economy, and critical road and bridge funds for every region of the state,» he said.

The multi-year tables in New York State's just - released Enacted Budget Financial Plan for fiscal 2015 make continued use of Governor Andrew Cuomo's new fiscal conjuring device: a lump - sum, below - the - line reduction in future projected spending, based on the assumption that the governor will «propose, and negotiate with the Legislature to enact budgets that hold State Operating Funds spending growth to 2 percent.»

Cuomo's fiscal 2017 Executive Budget financial plan projected that, if spending growth was held to the governor's self - imposed limit of 2 percent, the state would have a fiscal 2018 surplus of $ 522 million, dropping to $ 98 million in fiscal 2019 and rebounding to nearly $ 1 billion in fiscal 2020, assuming the expiration of the 8.82 percent top bracket.

On the positive side, the proposal as described by the governor continues to restrain spending, holding the core state operating funds budget growth to 1.7 percent with an (apparent) minimum of gimmickry.

At 9:30 a.m., the seventh of 13 scheduled joint legislative budget hearings will be held, focusing on the tax portion of the governor's 2017 - 18 spending plan, Hearing Room B, LOB, 198 State St., Albany.

«Assuming the governor continues to hold spending at 2 percent, if he holds spending growth, we have budget gaps over the next three years starting at a little over $ 700 million starting next year,» McMahon said.

Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, who is seeking re-election this fall, has proposed a $ 2.79 billion budget for next year that holds spending flat and property taxes level.

The budget holds the growth in state spending to two percent for the sixth consecutive year, continuing to reverse a decades - long trend where state spending outpaced the rate of inflation or personal incomes.

While we appreciate that the Executive Budget holds overall state - funded spending level, year to year, we believe far more needs to be done to bring down the size and cost of state government.

He's already said he does not want to raise any more taxes, and he's holding to a commitment to increase spending on schools and health care by 4 % in the new budget.

«While total state spending has been held to 2 percent annual growth and most state agency budgets have remained flat, school aid has increased by 27 percent over the last five years, proving that it's already a funding priority,» Peters said.

Cuomo says that Albany's presumed «$ 10 billion budget gap» shrinks to $ 1 billion if spending is held to the actual inflation rate.

Dinolfo also says the budget holds overall spending growth to 1.3 percent, well below the rate of inflation.

The governor's Division of Budget is estimating surpluses if future spending increases are held at less than 2 percent.

The call, which will start to ring on phones statewide at 9 a.m., urges respondents to contact their local assembly member to express support for a budget that cuts spending and holds the line on taxes, fees and borrowing.

While total state spending has been held to two percent annual growth and most state agency budgets have been held essentially flat, School Aid is increasing by 6.5 percent for the 2016 - 17 School Year and will have increased by nearly 27 percent since 2011 - 12.

Cuomo has said he would hold up an agreement on the state budget if lawmakers fail to compromise on new ethics legislation in the spending plan.

The enacted budget held spending growth to 2 % for the sixth consecutive year and the Governor's commitment to spending restraint has led to higher reserves and reliable funding for key State programs, including education and health care.»

Cuomo had threatened to hold up the budget process in order to achieve ethics measures in the spending plan.

Elizabeth Lynam, with the budget watch dog group Citizens Budget Commission, credits Cuomo and the legislature for holding the line on spending to a no more than a 2 % increase from lastbudget watch dog group Citizens Budget Commission, credits Cuomo and the legislature for holding the line on spending to a no more than a 2 % increase from lastBudget Commission, credits Cuomo and the legislature for holding the line on spending to a no more than a 2 % increase from last year.

He says the governor deserves credit for four on - time budgets and holding the line on spending, as well as enacting a property tax cap.

While some programs are not funded and others are held at the past year's budget level, the extender includes a full year's worth of capital spending projects.

But the governor and his budget officials believe that if they continue to hold spending to 2 % a year or lower, the state will have an over $ 2 billion dollar surplus in three years, enough to pay for the tax cuts, pre-kindergarten and other programs.

Business Council President Heather Briccetti says her group is endorsing Cuomo over his GOP challenger Rob Astorino because of the governor's record on achieving four on time budgets, enacting business tax cuts and holding the increase in state spending and property taxes to 2 percent per year.

But the governor and his budget officials believe that if they continue to hold spending to 2 percent a year or lower, the state will have an over $ 2 billion surplus in three years, enough to pay for the tax cuts, pre kindergarten and other programs.

According to the comptroller's projections, the state still has a structural deficit of nearly $ 2 billion for the upcoming budget year, though Governor Andrew Cuomo has promised to hold spending increases to below 2 percent to prevent that from happening.

Gov. Andrew says he wants ethics reform as part of the budget or he will hold up the state's spending plan, while legislators say they want to negotiate the issue separately.

Hundreds of school children, parents and union members held a rally and sit - in at the state Capitol to build momentum for more spending on schools in the state budget.

It was a small house Thursday night, as the Buffalo Common Council held a budget hearing on Mayor Byron Brown's proposed $ 494 million spending plan.

RSOs were required to submit budget proposals earlier this month, and the Finance Board spent the past week voting on the proposals after holding hearings with each RSO on Oct. 17 and 18.

Continued Spending Discipline in Agency Operations: While certain financial maneuvers artificially lower the rate of total spending growth from 4.1 percent to 1.9 percent, the Executive Budget does continue spending discipline in agency operations.10 For example, full - time employees remain level at 182,565 after peaking at 199,916 in fiscal year 2009, and outside of a few targeted programs, agency costs are held to currentSpending Discipline in Agency Operations: While certain financial maneuvers artificially lower the rate of total spending growth from 4.1 percent to 1.9 percent, the Executive Budget does continue spending discipline in agency operations.10 For example, full - time employees remain level at 182,565 after peaking at 199,916 in fiscal year 2009, and outside of a few targeted programs, agency costs are held to currentspending growth from 4.1 percent to 1.9 percent, the Executive Budget does continue spending discipline in agency operations.10 For example, full - time employees remain level at 182,565 after peaking at 199,916 in fiscal year 2009, and outside of a few targeted programs, agency costs are held to currentspending discipline in agency operations.10 For example, full - time employees remain level at 182,565 after peaking at 199,916 in fiscal year 2009, and outside of a few targeted programs, agency costs are held to current levels.

The budget does continue to hold spending to a 2 percent increase, the report found.

«For the avoidance of doubt, I think it is important to point out that every forecast published by the OBR since the June 2010 Budget has incorporated the widely held assumption that tax increases and spending cuts reduce economic growth in the short term,» the OBR chairman wrote in his tersely - worded letter.

After years of prodding multiple administrations to reduce incarcerations and prison spending, state lawmakers this session took a tougher line with the department, holding up budget requests, passing bills aimed at accountability and setting benchmark targets for releasing more prisoners.

The charts below illustrate the deteriorating fiscal outlook as measured by the traditional budget gaps calculation (showing the growth in next year's gap, from $ 1.8 billion in April plan to $ 4 billion in the July plan) and the governor's alternative measure, assuming spending is held to 2 percent (showing a flip from a $ 692 million «surplus» as of April to an $ 841 million gap as of July).