Sentences with phrase «major budget votes»

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Annual budgets in most of Canada's major cities are a mess — excluding key activities, using inconsistent accounting, burying crucial numbers where only experts can find them, and often voted well after the fiscal year has started, according the 2016 edition of the C.D. Howe Institute's Municipal Fiscal Accountability report.

What I'd really like is a law that forces our politicians to wear the logos of their major supporters on jumpsuits - sort of like NASCAR drivers, so that when they vote on bills and budgets, you know exactly who is paying for whom.

A vote on repealing «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» as part of major defense budget legislation could take place next week during the Senate Armed Services Committee markup of the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill.

«Albany politicians have again missed a major opportunity to improve access to fundamental rights for all New Yorkers by excluding early voting from the final budget.

As a result, the budget left out major planks of the Democrats» progressive platform, like early voting, the Child Victims Act, criminal justice reforms, and more.

«And then in this year's state budget he voted for 18 different major taxes which ended up costing New York $ 70 billion, and that also includes $ 183 million in the utility taxes, an extension of the MTA payroll tax, and also the 18 - A energy tax,» Serino says.

On the other side of the aisle, two Democratic state senators — Rubén Díaz Sr. and Pedro Espada Jr., both of the Bronx — said they would not vote for any more emergency bills that included major budget cuts.

Wildfire Funding and Environmental Reviews — Vote Passed (232 - 188, 12 Not Voting) Passage of the bill would allow for a presidential declaration of a major disaster with regard to wildfires, which would allow for the release of funding from Federal Emergency Management Agency's Disaster Relief Fund to fight major wildfires, and would modify the disaster cap under the Budget Control Act to account for expected wildfire funding needs.

GOP senators have proven more disciplined, and Cuomo has cut deals with them — pushed by the IDC, and often with Democratic votes — to pass six timely budgets and major progressive bills like minimum wage hikes, a system of paid family leave, legalization of same - sex marriage and strict gun controls.

The presentation, discussion of, and voting on the annual General and Railways budgets — followed by the passing of the Appropriations Bill and the Finance Bill — is a long, drawn - out process that takes up a major part of the time of the House during its Budget Session every year.

(It was only Al Gore's tie - breaking vote that saved the Clinton budget, which ended up being a major reason for the surpluses the country was running by the end of the decade.)

Only hours before a highly important vote on the new, $ 41.3 billion state budget, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy raised major questions about potential problems with the language on hospital financing.

In an attempt to help towns, the state legislature voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to waive any penalties for municipalities that reduce their education budget after suffering major cuts in state aid.

The only House member not to be present for high - profile votes this week on a major budget deal and to elect a new speaker produced an awfully good excuse Thursday: Rep. Gregory Meeks (D - N.Y.) said in an afternoon release that he suffered a «mild» heart attack this week.

For proof of just how far Mangano has fallen, look no further than the «yes» vote cast today by George Marlin, director of the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, which voted 6 - 0 to give itself veto power over the county's budget, labor contracts, borrowings and other major financial commitments.

Her votes against major sections of the 2015, 2016, and 2017 state budgets — omnibus bills that combined popular legislation with controversial policy and basic funding measures — may provide further ammunition for the opposition, according to Sherrill.

In the wee hours of the morning, the House of Representatives voted to approve a major budget package following a brief, overnight government Bonk author Mary Roach delves into obscure scientific research, some of it centuries old, to make 10 surprising claims about sexual climax, ranging from

Local input has emerged as a major concern in the budget debate, and it's now clear that no vote on spending will take place until a series of public meetings are complete.

Declining enrollment, falling public aid and tight budgets at some schools spark discontent — and rising no - confidence votes — among staff

As the president of Rider University, Gregory Dell» Omo wanted to cut the art, French and philosophy majors among others to help solve the New Jersey school's budget...