Under Congressional budget rules, the House and Senate budget panels are required by April 15 to approve
nonbinding budget resolutions...
Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos (R - LI) used the opportunity to press repeatedly for the hearings, which the Democratic leaders were required by law to hold within days of passing
nonbinding budget resolutions in March.
The Senate and Assembly have stuffed millions of dollars in pork - barrel - type spending into
nonbinding budget resolutions adopted Thursday — despite the fact that that governors have not allowed new legislative «member items» in the budget since 2010.
The Assembly and the Senate both endorsed Paterson's goal of $ 250 million in general workforce cuts in
nonbinding budget resolutions passed in March.
Not exact matches
The Senate last week approved a
nonbinding, $ 2.8 trillion
budget resolution favored by Republicans for the 2007 federal fiscal year, which would provide a mostly symbolic spending blueprint for Congress.
With nearly unanimous Democratic opposition, the House and the Senate last Thursday passed the $ 1.8 trillion
budget resolution for fiscal 2001, a
nonbinding document that is designed to guide action on spending and tax bills.