Sentences with phrase «negotiations said the bill»

One source close to the negotiations said the bill is still «high on the list» of final priorities.

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The «unceremonious» firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is «very concerning,» especially in light of the upcoming summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, said Bill Richardson, whose past diplomatic missions included negotiations with Pyongyang.

Some aid organizations fear a bill that would stiffen the requirements to qualify for food stamps could be approved as a part of the fiscal cliff negotiations, said Bob Dolgan, a spokesman for the Greater Chicago Food Depository.

«With negotiations continuing, passing some budget bills before talks conclude will weaken efforts to achieve real reforms in this budget,» Murphy said.

Closed - door negotiations over the ethics reform bill have been dragging on for weeks now, despite the fact that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has said repeatedly that his house has an agreement with the governor.

Chief among the bills that she says have been altered in negotiations includes increasing the state's minimum wage to $ 15 in the New York City area in the coming years and in upstate New York in an undefined time period.

After negotiations to reform and extend the controversial 421a tax break for housing developers collapsed last week, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo said they would both make finding a new way to spur affordable housing a priority this year.

Spitzer said he was a «f — ing steamroller» who would roll over Tedisco as he criticized the governor for cutting him out of negotiations on an ethics enforcement bill.

Yandik is running for the 19th Congressional District, he will meet with residents at the Sidney Memorial Library; he is seeking to replace Chris Gibson, who declined to seek re-election for another term, -------------------------- Both Houses of the State Legislature have forwarded their budget proposals for eventual negotiations by conference committees, Assemblyman Bill Magee chairs the Assembly Agriculture Committee, he said that some but not all of the Agriculture cuts from the Governor have been restored in the Assembly Budget:

«The bill has received some internal support, it has had its hearing and negotiations are ongoing to possibly move it forward,» said a spokesperson for Kallos regarding the bill's status.

Mr. Torres said that he had spent years in negotiations, gradually moving the Police Department from outright opposition to where the final bill ended up.

RIKERS ISLAND — Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that he is in negotiations with Police Commissioner William Bratton to add more officers but reiterated that he doesn't think an increase in headcount is necessary.

Legislative officials said they believed they would complete negotiations on a companion revenue bill by midnight on Saturday, allowing lawmakers to vote on it just after the stroke of midnight on Monday.

Earlier this morning, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, whose top counsel Jim Yates has been involved in negotiations on the marijuana bill, said the governor's concerns over keeping the drug out of the wrong hands were a priority in negotiations.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Monday afternoon that he has been in regular contact with Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and that he spoke with Governor Andrew Cuomo earlier in the day, but that he did not gain much clarity as Albany budget negotiations enter their final days.

Dick Dadey of Citizens Union says the closed - door negotiations followed by immediate votes were unnecessary for a bill in which most measures aren't effective for 60 days.

He also vetoed bills that did not specifically include explanations of funding sources, and said that those conversations would have to be included in next year's budget negotiations.

ALBANY — Legislative leaders emerged from nearly two hours of closed - door negotiations with Gov. Andrew Cuomo saying they would brief their respective conferences on final details of a state budget, and hope that bills could be finalized and printed Tuesday night.

Councilmembers and advocacy groups support the bill in its current form, and are concerned that crucial pieces of it will be lost during negotiations to get it passed, committee chair Julissa Ferreras said.

The Senate sponsor of the bill, Sen. Brad Hoylman, a Democrat, said that's a significant boost to the bill, because it has now become part of budget negotiations and puts several GOP senators who are opposed to the measure or undecided on the spot.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday said he's concerned about negotiations surrounding the revival of 421a, specifically that lawmakers might make a play to add larger condo projects back into the program.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday said he's concerned about negotiations surrounding the revival of 421a, specifically that lawmakers might make a play to...

«I would say when you have a bill that commands a decisive majority in the City Council at a minimum there should be legislative negotiations,» he said in a phone interview with the Observer.

Senator Simcha Felder, a Democrat who caucuses with the Republicans and who has supported the tax credit bill, said Cuomo and the Assembly both played parts in the proposal's demise during budget negotiations.

When we did the negotiations with the Bills they truthfully talked about having more games in Toronto, to which our response was no,» said Poloncarz.

«Right now, some on the conference committee are allowing lobbyists — and the same people who caused the crisis — to write the legislation,» she said in late June, referring to negotiations for a financial reform bill in Congress.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said House Democrats need further negotiations before bringing a final version of a health care bill to debate.

«I have clearly said we have been engaged in two years of negotiations where, after initially the police department indicated that these were anti-cop bills, has accepted, and embraced, and will be implementing very shortly a lot of the elements of the bills.

Republican Sen. Greg Ball said Tuesday that «arrogance» on the extremes of both sides of the issue has stopped real debate and negotiation on Cuomo's bill.

Skelos did not say when negotiations might end or when the conference could vote to send the bill up for a vote, or kill it.

Lt. Governor Robert Duffy says it was clear from day one of the negotiations that the Bills never wanted to leave the area.

Three sources close to the negotiations over the bill said the police department initially raised concerns, but that the mayor supports the legislation.

Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, a Bronx Democrat, said the bill was much better than it had been even days earlier during the tedious negotiation process.

«I don't think it helps the atmosphere for negotiations to veto the bill,» said Senator Eric T. Schneiderman, the leading Senate sponsor of the ethics reform legislation.

But the status of the talks was in question after the Senate sponsor, Senator Diane Savino, became angry over what she said were leaks by the Cuomo Administration to the New York Daily News over bill negotiations.

(CNN)-- A key player in negotiations over potential gun control legislation said on Tuesday a planned GOP filibuster of the bill won't occur if Democrats allow Republicans to bring amendments up for a vote.

The Senate sponsor of the bill, Senator Brad Hoylman, a Democrat, says that's a significant boost to the bill, because it has now become part of budget negotiations and puts several GOP Senators opposed to the measure or undecided on the spot.

Cafero says he'll reserve his public statements until after the negotiations, adding that people will know what he believes when he votes on the bill in the next week or two.

As the Brexit bill heads to the House of Lords this week, Mandelson also said he believed the government could be defeated in the upper chamber on the issues of a meaningful parliamentary vote at the end of negotiations and guaranteed rights for EU citizens in the UK.

After months of negotiations, the bill has a clearer definition of «affirmative consent,» a «yes means yes» standard for sexual consent, as well as stronger protections for both victims and the accused, the members said during a short floor debate before the 116 - 0 vote.

ALBANY — Republicans who control the State Senate said on Monday that they will pass their own bill extending rent regulations, deepening the possibility that the program could expire as negotiations for a more - comprhensive solution continue.

A spokesman for bill co-sponsor Sen. Diane Savino says negotiations with Cuomo's office are continuing.

«He was dealing with a difficult negotiation with the leaders of both houses and he got what he could,» said Horner, who added Schneiderman was presumably the face of the bill because of his long - term commitment to reform.

Your choice of doctors and hospitals may be more limited, says Derek J. Fitteron, founder and CEO of Medical Cost Advocate, a Wyckoff, N.J. - based medical bill — negotiation and healthcare - advocacy provider.

After weeks of long and hard negotiations, House and Senate lawmakers have reached preliminary agreement on a bill for the long - stalled reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Act, multiple sources say.

Moving the bill forward, she said, would be the only way to force further negotiations this year.

Lynch and the PBA were already incensed at de Blasio over protracted negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement, annoyed with the mayor's move to formally end a police practice called stop - and - frisk (which criminal justice reformers say has been used disproportionately and abusively against young black men), and looking to weaken him by convincing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to sign a bill passed by the legislature that would allow the PBA to all but stifle any efforts by the city to discipline corrupt and incompetent cops.

Moving on to Barnier and Davis» joint statement to conclude the fifth round of Brexit negotiations, that event wasn't very favorable for pound bulls since Barnier, the E.U. top Brexit negotiator, had this to say with regard to the bill that the U.K. has to pay before leaving the union:

There's a lot to be said for paying your bills on time, but some quick and easy negotiation can actually save you money each month on your credit card account if done properly.

«If you were even a day late making your monthly payment... you immediately got your rates wacked up close to nose - bleed 30 percent levels, with no further negotiation to fix — even if you had been paying your bills on time,» says Ulin.