So why is it missing from the two
month budget extender?
Not exact matches
The Gov. is threatening to use the non-democratic «
extender» canard... having a temporary week, two week, or
month budget, with the mushy cuts he originally proposed.
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.
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.
Sen. Toby Stavisky criticized the governor's assertion that potential
budget cuts in Washington were a reason to pass a two -
month extender rather than the briefer ones that have been the norm in the past.
Then came an ultimatum: If there's no
budget deal by June 28 (three
months after the
budget was due), Paterson said he'll include the rest of his executive
budget in that day's emergency
extender bill — forcing the Legislature either to OK the entire package or shut down the government.
But with the two -
month extender in place, «it's all running, it's all in place,» he said — even if many other
budget items and high - profile agenda items like raising the age of criminal responsibility to 18 were left unresolved.
The Senate began passing
budget bills Tuesday night, one day after lawmakers approved a two -
month extender that avoided a government shutdown.
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.
«Picking a number now, and saying this is going to be the number, and not knowing what's going to happen next week and next
month and when the federal government passes the
budget or when they don't pass the
budget, or when they do the next continuing resolution, is very hard,» said Cuomo, who again mentioned that everyone will know a lot more from Washington by the end of May, which is when the state «
extender» runs through.