Sentences with phrase «of emergency spending bills»

But the state congress passed a pair of emergency spending bills on Monday to halt that, keeping essential services funded, like schools.

The state congress passed a pair of emergency spending bills on Monday to halt that, keeping essential services funded, like schools.

New York state Budget Director Robert Megna said specifics are still being negotiated with legislative leaders and tribes in New York, but higher tobacco taxes will be part of an emergency spending bill Monday.

Not exact matches

Directing emergency funds to areas hit by natural disasters had traditionally been quick bipartisan exercises, but that changed after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 — when the Republican Study Committee, a group of House conservatives, pushed spending cuts to compensate for the approximately $ 200 billion expected in Katrina relief — including cutting farm subsidies, Amtrak funding and postponing the Medicare prescription - drug bill Republicans had approved two years earlier.

A state government shutdown was averted after the state Legislature approved an emergency spending bill late Monday with the help of three Republican state senators.

The current year's budget was technically late, having passed in the early hours of April 1, though the broad - based aspects of the budget had been agreed to, and no emergency spending bills were needed to pass.

Gov. David A. Paterson said on Wednesday that he would unilaterally insert the rest of his budget proposal into an emergency spending bill due on June 28 if the Legislature did not reach a final budget deal with him before then.

Fed up with the Legislature's lack of progress in closing a $ 9 billion budget gap, Paterson has been including a year's worth of cuts in his weekly emergency spending bills.

It was Paterson who forced the Legislature to adopt most of the budget through emergency spending bills he put forward to keep government running, the source said.

Mr. Skelos softened his tone later in the day after a private meeting with Mr. Paterson, suggesting that some Republicans might vote for the next emergency bill if the governor included some of the Republicans» proposals to further cut Medicaid and other spending.

In the Senate, the GOP minority has tried twice to include a $ 17 - million loan for NYRA in emergency spending bills needed to keep state government running in the absence of a state budget.

With Ruben Diaz apparently sticking to his threat to withhold support for the emergency spending bills that have been keeping the government in operation for the past two months while the legislature tries to craft an annual budget (Pedro Espada has seemingly backed down), the state is preparing for the possibility of its first - ever government shutdown.

The $ 1.1 trillion spending bill approved by the Senate Saturday includes emergency funding and dozens of policy riders that will affect policy throughout the government.

Of Long Island's 30 - member legislative delegation, 18 oppose the emergency spending bills needed to keep state government running through May 16 and compel workers to stay home one day without pay during the period.

«Senator Tom Harkin (D — IA) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D — CT) have sponsored identical bills that would designate NIH as «emergency spending» and boost its authorized budget by 10 % annually in 2015 and 2016 and by 5 % for each of the next 5 years,» Mervis wrote.

Senator Tom Harkin (D — IA) and Representative Rosa DeLauro (D — CT) have sponsored identical bills that would designate NIH as «emergency spending» and boost its authorized budget by 10 % annually in 2015 and 2016 and by 5 % for each of the next 5 years.

And despite the increasing amounts of energy and money spent on trying to retain students, the «Forgotten Students» report observes that they still continue to stop out — often for very rational and responsible reasons like supporting a loved one in a time of medical emergency, or because the bills to live have just become too high to pay.

After all, with the exception of medical bills or other emergency expenses, the fact that you have debt most likely means you've been living beyond your means (spending more than you have); otherwise you would have paid cash for your expenses and not needed to borrow money.

If you are a careful money manager who fell into debt because of unusual circumstances (medical or veterinary bill, loss of employment or some other emergency) and NOT because you spent more on your credit cards than you could afford to pay off each month, then leave the accounts open.

I have constructed a spending plan where by all of the important things, bills, mortgage, savings (car replacement, vacation, emergency, etc) and investment contributions are all made automatically.

In the absence of sufficient savings, instant cash loans can fill in that role, serving as a safety net when emergencies or other unplanned bills create a need to spend your next paycheck before it arrives.

But according to a recent consumer survey, pet owners are likely to spend at least a one - time $ 2,500 to $ 5,000 bill for emergency care at some point of their pet's lifetime.

But when you pay the bill for the cat that has been hospitalized for 72 hours at the local emergency clinic because you accidentally applied the wrong product to your cat, you will have spent enough money to buy flea control products for your cat for every month of his life for the next 20 years from your veterinarian.

In 2016, the Florida Bar Association spent $ 105,000 on «emergency lobbyists» to obtain Governor Scott's veto of a Shared Parenting bill.