Sentences with phrase «on budget appropriations»

Let's hope that Congress will consider the needs of America's seniors when voting on budget appropriations for HUD and FHA.

Not exact matches

Public housing vouchers for the poor are targeted as well, much to the consternation of the pragmatic - minded lawmakers on the House and Senate Appropriations committees, whose programs were significantly curbed by a hard - fought 2011 budget and debt agreement.

The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in its financial reporting system».

The Standing Committees of the Public Accounts and on Government Operations and Estimates have also recommended that the «Office of the Comptroller General complete its study of accrual - based budgeting and appropriations and report back by March 31, 2013 its recommendations on whether the Government of Canada should pursue accrual - based budgeting in departments and accrual - based appropriations in in its financial reporting system».

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt testifies before the House Appropriations Committee during a hearing on the 2019 fiscal year EPA budget at the Capitol on April 26.

In the four decades that the current system for budgeting and spending tax dollars has been in effect, Congress has managed to pass all required appropriations bills on time only four times.

On - budget: Government programs that are generally subject to annual appropriations, and therefore susceptible to spending cuts or increases.

U.S Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin appears in front of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on proposed budget estimates and justification for FY2018 for the Treasury Department on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. July 26, 2017.

A smaller lapse would be expected for 2011 - 12, given that most funding under the Economic Action Plan ended in 2010 - 11 and restraint measures introduced in the 2010 Budget will require departments / agencies to manage closer to their appropriations in order to deliver on their programs.

Budget forecasts are based on accrual accounting concepts; whereas Parliamentary appropriations are based on cash accounting concepts;

In January 2013, the Treasury Board Secretariat released a «Report on the Assessment of Departmental Accrual Budgeting and Appropriations».

She strongly recommended the following during the third Senate hearing: provide mothers with longer paid maternity leave; establish crèches at workplaces; revive the national movement to promote breastfeeding with budget appropriations, conduct trainings of health workers to be able to support mothers to breastfeed beyond two years, implement strictly the national code, support researches on breastfeeding; and establish a child - to - child program to educate them at a young age on the advantages of breastfeeding.

«By proposing a budget that ties appropriation to language, the governor has effectively precluded the legislature from engaging in any meaningful dialogue on his budget.»

State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said the state needs more accountability when giving out economic development funds, noting this year's budget again relies heavily on lump sum appropriations that have little oversight regarding their allocation.

The Democratic governor told Fred Dicker on Talk - 1300 AM this morning that he still plans to put pension savings into his emergency budget appropriation should legislators fail to pass his budget.

On Friday afternoon, the governor's office released 259 individual vetoes for the appropriation budget bills, which were passed by the state legislature at the end of March.

They include greater accountability measures for the awarding of government contracts, more transparency for «lump - sum» budget appropriations and expenditures, and limits on outside income for lawmakers.

«Given the prior impasse with the nation, the city should have reduced the amount of casino revenue used routinely for appropriations instead of increasing its reliance on it to balance the budget» state auditors concluded, further noting the city will lose its ability to even attempt to balance its budget with casino revenue if the current dispute is not resolved.

Armed with a full understanding of how this scandal came to be, rank - and - file legislators (and the people who elect them) can make informed choices on the various issues that radiate from this scandal, such as assigning responsibility, choosing legislative leaders, and making annual budget appropriations to pay off the debt.

And there's a new appropriation, under the Empire State Development corporation's budget, of $ 20 million for «the acquisition of heavy equipment utilized for snow and ice control on state highways and preventive maintenance on state roads and bridges.»

Senator Ndume also speak on the ongoing crisis in the House of Representatives saying it was as a result of personal differences between Yakubu Dogara and Abdulmumin Jibrin, former chairman of the house committee on appropriation, denying the allegation that the 2016 budget was padded.

On Wednesday night, Rep. Rodney FrelinghuysenRodney Procter FrelinghuysenGOP revolts multiply against retiring Ryan Budget chairman Womack eyes appropriations switch Trump's budget chief talks spending clawback with key chairman MORE (R - N.J.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced the one - week bill to fund the government through May 5, predicting leadership would announce a long - term deal shBudget chairman Womack eyes appropriations switch Trump's budget chief talks spending clawback with key chairman MORE (R - N.J.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced the one - week bill to fund the government through May 5, predicting leadership would announce a long - termappropriations switch Trump's budget chief talks spending clawback with key chairman MORE (R - N.J.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced the one - week bill to fund the government through May 5, predicting leadership would announce a long - term deal shbudget chief talks spending clawback with key chairman MORE (R - N.J.), the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced the one - week bill to fund the government through May 5, predicting leadership would announce a long - termAppropriations Committee, introduced the one - week bill to fund the government through May 5, predicting leadership would announce a long - term deal shortly.

In the end, Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared the budget on time, based on the passage of major appropriations bills that keep state government funded into the new fiscal year.

Under the Constitution, the Legislature is not allowed to consider any bill making an appropriation until it acts on all the appropriation bills submitted by the governor; in layman's terms, the Executive Budget.

Shedding more light on the budget increment, the House Leader and Chairman, House Committee on Appropriation, Ambali Faruq said the two components were introduced to jack up the budget.

It is unfortunate that a former Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriation could be so ignorant on budget fundamentals.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo released his 30 - day budget amendments, which jammed the Legislature by stuffing ever more policy (particularly ethics reforms) into appropriations bills, on Feb. 21 — almost two weeks ago.

«Including this appropriation in the executive budget will ensure the very important seawall stays on track for scheduled completion in 2022.

Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Sonny Ogbuoji (Ebonyi - PDP) made this known while briefing other lawmakers on the status of the 2018 budget on Wednesday.

«To the surprise of many, the Executive Budget Proposal for FY 2016 does not contain an appropriation for the GEA nor does it contain... language proscribing a formula on how to calculate it,» according to the analysis.

Leading the debate on the bill, Ali Ndume, senate leader, implored the committee on appropriations to investigate how the funds in the budget would be spent.

Horner said reformers» collective wish list includes changes to government contracting, including pay - to - play activities, and greater appropriations for enforcement agencies such as the state Board of Elections, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and the Authorities Budget Office.

Following the Great Recession in 2008, many states decreased the amount of appropriations set aside for higher education, with many states» budget cuts tending to focus largely on education spending, according to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities rbudget cuts tending to focus largely on education spending, according to a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities rBudget and Policy Priorities report.

Owing to the detection on the part of the Senate, a Committee on Appropriation led by Senator Danjuma Goje was set up and, as such, mandated to identify the discrepancies in the 2016 budget presented to the National Assembly by President Buhari and the other version allegedly printed by Enang.

A report on the approved 2015 - 16 state budget issue on Tuesday by Comptroller Tom DiNapoli raise concerns with the amount of new debt being taken on by public authorities and the use of «lump - sum appropriations.»

At the same time, DiNapoli said the budget proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to rely heavily and expand on lump sum appropriations for projects that are yet to be determined, a move that is at odds with the Budget Reform Act of 2007, which was designed to increase transparency in the prbudget proposal from Gov. Andrew Cuomo continues to rely heavily and expand on lump sum appropriations for projects that are yet to be determined, a move that is at odds with the Budget Reform Act of 2007, which was designed to increase transparency in the prBudget Reform Act of 2007, which was designed to increase transparency in the process.

I'm fighting for a conscience clause rider on appropriations because I'm very worried about religious freedom... I can do that if Congress is put back in charge of appropriations, which we are because of this budget agreement.»

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has received a fresh petition linking the sacked chairman of the House of Representatives committee on Appropriation, Hon. Abdulmumin Jibrin, to fictitious projects inserted into the 2014 budget.

Inserting policy into appropriations measures could hold up a final agreement on the state budget, Senate Finance Committee Chairman John DeFrancisco warned in an interview.

«The Judiciary budget also includes a $ 15 million supplemental appropriation for Civil Legal Services that will be used to address the short fall in the Interest on Lawyer Account (IOLA),» Pennisi explained in his memo.

Osibanjo had while signing the 2017 Appropriation Bill on Monday stated that the alteration of the budget by the national assembly had distorted the plans of the executive in implementing the 2017 budget.

«They seemed surprised that I did what I said I was going to do to put out emergency appropriation... They talked about some ways to avoid having to do emergency appropriations on Monday, but they did not give me the concessions we need that will balance the budget.»

Senator Cathy Osten of Sprague, the Senate Democratic chair of the Appropriations Committee, is optimistic that a bipartisan agreement can be reached with her Republican counterparts in the budget - writing committee before the session ends on Wednesday.

DiNapoli's plan calls on the state to bring more transparency and accountability to state finances by eliminating discretionary lump sum appropriations, restricting «backdoor spending» by public authorities, requiring more disclosure of public authorities» spending and financing, and making the state budget more understandable and accessible.

Senator Schumer is calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to throw the proposed $ 1 billion budget number out the window, urging it to provide more robust funding for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

That chamber's members were scheduled to return on Thursday to vote on the remainder of the incomplete list of budget bills, including aid to localities and capital funding appropriations, that had already been approved in the Senate.

The budget was technically late this year because some appropriations bills passed a few hours after midnight on March 31.

ALBANY — The stopgap budget approved Monday by legislators not only keeps the state government operating, it also includes nearly $ 1.8 billion in appropriations for Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development projects — and no additional controls on such spending, despite months of legislative belly - aching.

In a county Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting on Aug. 15, Lawrence Soule, the county budget director, reiterated similar sentiments about the payment, explaining during discussions with committee members that Standard's payment was «delayed» and is «pending the outcome» of a decision on the future of theBudget and Appropriations Committee meeting on Aug. 15, Lawrence Soule, the county budget director, reiterated similar sentiments about the payment, explaining during discussions with committee members that Standard's payment was «delayed» and is «pending the outcome» of a decision on the future of thebudget director, reiterated similar sentiments about the payment, explaining during discussions with committee members that Standard's payment was «delayed» and is «pending the outcome» of a decision on the future of the pool.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — On Monday, July 17, 2017 The Westchester County Board of Legislators Budget and Appropriations Committee, Chaired by Legislator Sheila Marcotte (R) Eastchester, New Rochelle, Tuckahoe, received the Comprehensive Annual Financ