Sentences with phrase «protracted budget battle»

It's a first salvo in what's expected to be a protracted budget battle as Gov. Andrew Cuomo gears up to fulfill his pledge to make deep spending cuts — most likely by goring the ox of some heretofore sacred cows, including the public employee unions and education aid.

Both Schwartz and Megna have been given credit for the technique first used by Gov. David Paterson during the protracted budget battle of 2010.

This angered liberal activists, which has been pressuring the governor to call a special ASAP because they don't want to see the Republicans continue to control the Senate through what is shaping up to be a protracted budget battle.

Former Gov. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., a veteran of protracted budget battles, including in 1991, when the legislature voted to levy a state income tax for the first time, said Malloy had gotten «pretty raw treatment» from Democratic leaders who cut him out of budget negotiations.

Not exact matches

Lawmakers returning to Washington this coming week will find a familiar quagmire on health care legislation and a budget deadline dramatized by the prospect of a protracted battle between the president and Democrats over his border wall.