Sentences with phrase «latest budget extender bill»

Gov. David Paterson has apparently included $ 775 million in cuts to state funding for health care services in his latest budget extender bill, making good on his pledge to try to force the Legislature's hand on some of his proposed spending reductions.

At today's Puerto Rican Day Parade, Gov. David Paterson downplayed the possibility that there will be a government shutdown, insisting a sufficient number of senators will vote «yes» and pass his latest budget extender bill tomorrow afternoon.

Not exact matches

AG Andrew Cuomo this morning offered some grudging respect for Gov. David Paterson's latest hardball budget tactic of trying to force the Legislature to accept his spending cuts by inserting them into extender bills, saying the effort might prove effective, but is hardly ideal.

Cuomo went on to allow that Paterson is in a «desperate» situation with the budget more than two months late, and thus has had to resort to a «desperate tactic» of insisting that the Legislature choose between approving extender bills that include cuts (in this case, cuts to health care spending) and a government shutdown.

Despite decades of late budgets, Monday's action marked the first time a governor has enacted a portion of the final state budget through a temporary budget extender bill.

Following Monday's passage of a two - month «extender» designed to keep government operating following the failure to craft a 12 - month budget deal by the March 31 deadline, Tuesday had seen a sudden late - night rush of action on budget bills in the Republican - controlled state Senate.

That was back in 2010, when at the end of June Paterson told lawmakers that if they didn't pass his budget — which was nearly three months late — he would put the spending plan and all of its proposed cuts in an extender bill.