Sentences with phrase «in budget passage»

In their goodwill messages, representative of the veteran journalists in Osun state, Kayode Adedire and retired Justice Moshood Kunle Ajeigbe expressed worry over the situation whereby budgeting in Nigeria is overshadowed by political interests leading to delay in budget passage by the National Assembly till middle of a year with reference to 2018 budget proposals.

Not exact matches

In his first term, Bush won passage of tax cuts that helped swing the federal budget from surpluses to deficits.

The vote followed a long day of drama and discord on Capitol Hill that highlighted fraying Democratic unity and featured an uneasy alliance between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, enemies in past budget battles but on the same side this time in pushing for passage.

Changes in this area were not made law until years later, specifically the passage of the 2010 Budget in July 2010.

A 2013 analysis of the Senate's immigration reform bill by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office estimates its passage would have resulted in nine million more people entering the U.S. work force in the next 20 years, with new immigrants participating at a higher rate, on average, than other U.S. residents.

Republicans want to use a procedure known as budget reconciliation to pass eventual tax legislation, which allows passage with a simple majority in the 100 - seat Senate.

Reps. Dave Brat, Gary Palmer, and Mark Sanford joined all of the House Budget Committee's Democrats in opposing the legislation, leading to a razor thin 19 - 17 passage (that rate of defection would be enough to sink the bill in the full House).

Yet Republican deficit hawks are balking at an increase in federal spending after the recent passage of the tax reform plan and 2019 fiscal year budget.

Boehner, Catholic by faith and Republican by party, was able to garner enough votes in the House for the passage of HR 1, the House budget proposal that has drawn the ire of many religious leaders.

If Arsene wins the Europa League he will NOT leave Arsenal especially after winning a 1st European Trophy, passage back into group stages of UCL, bigger budget to work with & having the UCL as a bargaining tool to sign better players than we originally would being in the Europa next season.

Cuomo, along with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan agreed relatively early in the budget negotiations that ethics and campaign - finance reform would not be a threat to the passage of the state budget on time.

The latest TV ad from Democratic Senate candidate Todd Kaminsky touts the passage of the state budget in Albany, specifically mention issues close to Senate Republicans: A $ 1 billion tax cut and an end to the Gap Elimination Adjustment.

After promising, to ensure that Nigerians across the country receive basic primary healthcare — so they won't have to pay so much out - of - pocket, he did it with the National Assembly's passage of the stipulation that 1 % out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund must go towards funding primary healthcare in the 2018 budget.

Cuomo this year linked in his budget proposal the tax credit to the passage of the DREAM Act, which provides tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants.

Mr. Klein defends his record, adding that he tried a last - minute maneuver to try to pass the women's act and was central to the passage of an increase in the minimum wage, three on - time budgets and the SAFE Act, a 2013 gun - control bill.

«The governor supports passage of both and included them in his budget.

Did passage of the state budget signal the end of Albany's legislative session for 2017, or will other matters, including ethics reform, get done before the lawmakers adjourn in June?

Mr. Bellone joined Legislator Bridget Fleming, Suffolk Presiding Officer DuWayne Gregory, Matt Cohen, vice president of the Long Island Association, Laureen Harris, president of the Association for a Better Long Island, Gina Coletti, co-chairwoman of the Suffolk County Alliance of Chambers, and small - business owners in Hauppauge yesterday to announce his opposition to the plan, which took an important step toward passage on Tuesday when the Senate Budget Committee voted along party lines to approve it.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- Upstate Uber, increased tuition assistance and more money for schools are just a few of the items in the new state budget poised for passage in the New York Legislature.

In the end, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared the budget on time, based on the passage of major appropriations bills that keep state government funded into the new fiscal year.

But in recent weeks, Cuomo had said he would sacrifice the passage of an on - time budget if it meant the inclusion of ethics legislation (new disclosure requirements, per diem and campaign finance reforms were included).

The governor and IDC Leader Jeff Klein have been pushing hard for a more robust public system since the passage of the one - year, state comptroller - only program that was included in the 2014 - 125 budget and quickly panned by reform advocates.

Cuomo has also touted the passage of four budgets in a row as a sound fiscal strategy, though Moody's said that doesn't have a direct impact on the state's credit rating improving.

Full passage of the $ 142 billion state budget did not meet the midnight deadline on Tuesday night as the debate in the state Assembly dragged into the early morning hours of April 1.

Forty - four percent of New Yorkers see the Legislature in a better light thanks to state lawmakers» passage of a budget prior to the April 1 deadline, but Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos continue to to be viewed unfavorably by nearly twice as many voters as view them favorably.

The plan, which is released following the passage of a state budget presenting an analysis of the spending plan as well as out - year projections, shows that the state's debt capacity is expected to tighten in the coming fiscal years.

At 10:15 a.m., state Superintendent of Financial Services Ben Lawsky will join health care and consumer advocates at an event to urge passage of legislation in the state budget to protect New Yorkers from surprise, out - of - network medical bills, LCA Press Room (130), LOB, Albany.

About an hour before Joe Percoco learned his fate from a jury in Manhattan, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie predicted a relatively smooth passage of the budget, which due to pass two days ahead of schedule given the timing of Passover and Easter this year.

The passage of a state budget that includes a voluntary 2 percent spending cap is a «credit positive» for New York, Moody's Investors Service found in a report released on Friday.

«The governor has phenomenal track record of success here in New York, in terms of on - time budgets, investment in economic development, reforming the criminal justice system, ushering into law the passage of marriage equality.

Cuomo, who this year has tied the issue to passage of a state DREAM act supported by Assembly Dems but opposed by Senate Republicans, called it «unlikely» either issue will be in the final budget due by March 31.

And Republican backers of the bill like Ortt say they want to strike an agreement on the repeal legislation — not use it as a bargaining chip in holding up passage of the state budget.

In January, former IDC policy analyst and counsel Erica Vladimer accused Klein of unexpectedly kissing her while they were smoking cigarettes outside an Albany bar following passage of the state budget on April 1, 2015.

The passage of a tough Connecticut budget that calls for cuts to social spending and the layoff of state workers has caused some Democratic lawmakers to not seek re-election to their seats in the General Assembly.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in Buffalo to tout the passage of the state's $ 163 billion spending plan on Tuesday pledged the area would receive a «decade of growth» under the economic policies he's continuing in the budget.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday touted the passage of the measure, though he took a veiled shot at Heastie in the process by suggesting legislative leaders wanted to walk away from the issue in the budget, underscoring the lingering tensions of the negotiations.

But the rules for abortion clinics changed in 2013 with passage of the state budget bill.

The panel was formed earlier this year after the passage of the 2016 - 16 state budget included an increase in the state's minimum wage in some parts to $ 15, a move that was opposed by business - backed organizations.

Mindful of the fact that the conservative grassroots is still smarting from the same - sex marriage vote two years ago, and steaming over the SAFE Act passage, the Senate Republicans drew a line in the sand over the abortion plank of the governor's Women's Equality Agenda and also refused to budget on campaign finance reform.

Herman Farrell, the head of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, said last week during passage of one of the budget bills that the state dipped into reserves in the amount of $ 2 billion to balance the coming year's budget.

Cuomo was in New York City to fete the passage of the budget, a day after the final bill was approved nine days into the state's fiscal year.

The raise the age issue was a key policy concern for Heastie to have accomplished in the state budget, and Cuomo last week indicated he was satisfied with the passage of a budget extender bill that funded the government until May 31, but did not include the juvenile justice reform.

Initially tied to the passage of the DREAM Act in the state budget by Cuomo, the package fell out of the budget negotiations in March.

The lawmakers met formally launch the joint conference committees on the budget, part of the traditional dance that begins in the second week of March and, in theory, leads to the passage of a budget by April 1, the start of the fiscal year.

Passage of the measure in the Assembly is not in doubt, and it was included in the chamber's one - house budget resolution this year.

Good morning and welcome to the final (in theory) week of the budget negotiations and, presumably, the passage of the final spending plan.

Cuomo, elected in a landslide, can point to a successful six months in office: a property - tax cap, an on - time budget that closed a deficit without increasing taxes and the passage of same - sex marriage.

With passage of the state budget behind him, Cuomo will attend a «Blue Wave» rally in Holtsville, Suffolk County on Sunday to help elect Long Island Democrats to the state Senate and Congress, according to a state Democratic Party invite.

He has allocated Ghs 219 million for the Zongo development fund, and the passage of the Zongo Development Fund law this year will make sure that every year, funds are allocated from the budget for this fund, and we will see a lot of development in the Zongos.»

While explaining reasons for the development, Saraki said it was due to the delay in the passage of the 2018 - 2020 Medium - Term Expenditure Framework, MTEF, and distribution of budget documents.