Sentences with phrase «past budget battles»

The vote followed a long day of drama and discord on Capitol Hill that highlighted fraying Democratic unity and featured an uneasy alliance between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, enemies in past budget battles but on the same side this time in pushing for passage.

Not exact matches

«I congratulate all of you,» Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said shortly after 11 pm as he closed out an especially challenging budget process that began in January and intensified during the past month of public and private battles at the Capitol.

But now that Cuomo has successfully neutralized the two biggest players in budget battles past — GNHYA and SEIU 199 — he only has the teachers and public employee unions to deal with.

And the way Cuomo wins his battles — strong - arming and horse - trading; a mastery of talking past inconvenient questions and facts — tends to antagonize enemies and allies, as in the most recent round of budget wrangling, in which he managed to chafe both liberals and business fat cats.

The biggest department using these cars is the Onondaga County Sheriff's Department, which has had heated budget battles with legislators in the past.

From where those additional funds could come is unclear, especially at a time when lawmakers are still embroiled in a budget battle over how much to pay public school teachers — well past the hoped for end - of - session date of late June or early July.

The development of new features for the estimated 1.5 billion smart phones shipped annually has been at the heart of the battle for global market share over the past decade, with Apple, bolstered by its huge R&D budget, often leading.