Sentences with phrase «omnibus package»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Democrats earlier this year formed the Women's Equality Party as a way to boost vote totals in November and promote the women's agenda, a 10 - point omnibus package of bills with provisions aimed at pay equity, anti-human trafficking and housing discrimination.

That legislation, tucked into a larger omnibus package of miscellaneous policy, promptly was signed by the governor in June.

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen (R - N.J.) has been pushing hard for the project in the omnibus package.

didn't want Gateway funds in the omnibus package either.

The maneuver also allowed Silver to insulate some more conservative, marginal members who were able to vote aye on an omnibus package but would have had a harder time with an isolated vote on abortion.

Women in the Assembly have been similarly firm on the issue of the women's agenda and the measure that is aimed at codifying Roe v. Wade, with the chamber refusing to strip it from the omnibus package.

The Independent Democratic Conference released an omnibus package earlier this year that included a public financing piece with an end to housekeeping accounts (the IDC does not have a soft money account, but does control a PAC).

Martins, who faces Democrat Adam Haber, has touted his support for other aspects of the omnibus package, which including a measure meant to crack down on human trafficking.

Haber's campaign on Monday called for a debate on the women's agenda as Martins has highlighted his support for aspects of the omnibus package, including pay equity.

After some tense negotiation, an omnibus package was approved that included the mayoral control extension and sales tax extenders, plus legislation providing a new name for the new Tappan Zee bridge and the flood relief package.

King's missive comes as Ryan, R - Wisconsin, has said he will not support including funds for the project in the omnibus package if it means seeing it struck down by the White House.

Both lawmakers insist their proposals should not be fused into an omnibus package, a «big ugly» bill, for consideration at the end of the session.

The omnibus package allows the House to complete its appropriations work on time for the first time since 2009, but it also can't become law in its current form.

Neither High Energy Physics nor Nuclear Physics were given much detail in the omnibus package, but both would be subject to general reductions below FY 2016 levels in multiple areas, as can be seen in the table linked above.

According to preliminary AAAS estimates, the omnibus package would provide $ 148.6 billion in total R&D expenditures for FY 2016, good for an 8.1 percent increase, and 1.5 percent above the President's request.

WASHINGTON — While most of the debate in Congress over President Clinton's deficit - reduction proposal focused on the plan's controversial tax increases and spending cuts, the omnibus package also contained a number of provisions affecting children, students, and schools.

Congress and President Clinton finally approved a $ 35.6 billion spending plan for education last week as part of an omnibus package laden with funding increases and pet projects.

Update, March 22, 2 p.m.: This afternoon the House of Representatives quickly passed the Omnibus package of 12 appropriations bills funding all government operations through the end of fiscal year 2018, which is six months away on September 30.