Sentences with phrase «lawmakers over budget cuts»

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And because Senate rules will require the plan to fit within a budget resolution that will most likely allow only $ 1.5 trillion in revenue losses over a decade, lawmakers will have to trim its proposed tax cuts — or add new tax increases — to meet that specification before it can become law.

McCall says he understands concerns about tuition, but he says state lawmakers had been cutting SUNY's budget, by $ 1.4 billion dollars over the past four years.

As the tension mounts in Albany over the late budget and thousands of state workers forced to cut their hours and pay, the AFL - CIO is targeting individual lawmakers this election year who they say aren't looking out for the interests of working men and women.

At the time, Cuomo did not include any contingency plans for action on the federal level, such as a repeal of the Affordable Care Act or cuts in spending that would impact the state, save for a desire to have expanded powers over the budget without the consent of the Legislature — a non-starter with lawmakers.

Gov. David Paterson, who perhaps has the most to gain from the ongoing state budget stalemate, sent an e-mail today to supporters that slams lawmakers for wanting to fund property tax relief with borrowing and continues his tough talk about the need for spending cuts over «fiscal tricks.»

Lawmakers and Malloy have been locked in a dispute over funding for the program since late last year, when word spread that it had been cut in the budget signed by the governor on Halloween.

To help balance a $ 3 billion deficit in the 2011 - 13 budget, caused by munificent tax cuts to upper - income earners and corporations, Gov. Scott Walker and his Republican lawmakers cut state aid to schools by $ 792 million over two years.

The budget approved by lawmakers would cut the allocation for UConn and UConn Health by $ 143 million over two years, university spokeswoman Stephanie Reitz said last month.

«As lawmakers argue over what to do about the enormous deficit and looming automatic budget cuts, we have come together to present them with almost $ 700 billion in cuts,» said Ryan Alexander, president of TCS.

Gov. Ed Herschler of Wyoming in his opening address to the legislature has asked lawmakers not to subject the state department of education to cuts over the next biennium any deeper than the 6 - percent reduction he recommended in his budget.

As lawmakers draw closer to finalizing a state budget that has drawn the most attention for how it may boost teacher pay and cut Medicaid, another battle is taking place at the legislature, too — over lowering standards for North Carolina's growing number of charter schools.

SALT LAKE CITY — After a week of pouring over state government agency budgets, lawmakers found a little more than $ 67 million that could be cut but will more likely be reallocated.

The leaders of the state's budget - writing committee are divided over a school funding plan Assembly lawmakers are considering that includes a $ 91 million cut to Gov. Scott Walker's proposed $ 649 million spending bump for public schools.