Sentences with phrase «measure in the budget talks»

Advocates for a bill that would make it easier for the survivors of childhood sexual abuse to file lawsuits are rallying local - level constituents of Republican state senators in a bid to save the measure in the budget talks.

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Talks extended in the weekend to negotiate an agreement over the provision, one of the more contentious policy measures included by Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his $ 152 billion budget proposal.

Both measures faltered in the budget talks last month.

Democratic lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly on Tuesday pushed for measures that would make it easier to vote in New York, bills that fell by the wayside during the budget talks.

Injecting Dolan back into the debate over the tax credit comes as both forces for the measure as well as those in favor of the DREAM Act are making a last - minute push to have them included in the budget talks.

Cuomo had initially proposed a broadening of buy American measures in his budget proposal to include all state procurement, but that measure fell out off the negotiating table during the talks.

Still, even as a number of other measures melted away from the budget talks, Cuomo stuck with including education reforms, as well as ethics legislation, in the final budget agreement.

Senate must save itself by confirming Mike Pompeo Poll: Menendez has 17 - point lead over GOP challenger MORE (D - N.J.), a lead sponsor of the measure, said late last week that Democrats will «insist» on addressing the oil tax issue in broader budget talks.

Including the measure in the budget could provide more leverage against Senate Republicans, who have blocked passage of the bill for a dozen years, by allowing it to be tied to issues the GOP is seeking during the budget talks.

The measure last year was linked to the DREAM Act in the state budget, but feel off the negotiating table during the talks between lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

They'll talk about the budget cuts, control of the state Senate, possible reform measure in» 09, and much more.

In her talk, she ripped into Gov. Scott Walker's budget, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan's Race to the Top, the obsession with measuring student progress through high stakes testing, privatization of education through charters and vouchers and No Child Left Behind legislation that is closing schools and punishing teachers.

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In growing opposition to Federal Budget health measures, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health leaders met in Canberra today for crisis talks about the implications of last week's Federal Budget and have called for proposed GP and other co-payments to be scrapped, saying they risk widening the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous healtIn growing opposition to Federal Budget health measures, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health leaders met in Canberra today for crisis talks about the implications of last week's Federal Budget and have called for proposed GP and other co-payments to be scrapped, saying they risk widening the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous healtin Canberra today for crisis talks about the implications of last week's Federal Budget and have called for proposed GP and other co-payments to be scrapped, saying they risk widening the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous health.