Sentences with phrase «risk of a government shutdown»
Paterson forced lawmakers to adopt large portions of his budget at the risk of a government shutdown, a process that Cuomo vowed he would continue for the 2011 - 12 fiscal year if it wasn't agreed to by lawmakers by the April 1 deadline.
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Vice President Mike Pence promised to swiftly pass hurricane aid for Congress, with no mention of the wall, and it doesn't seem likely that Congress and the White House would risk a government shutdown right now amid such a high - profile natural disaster.
Investors» risk appetite appears to be improved by positive economic data out of China, Japan and other key economies, an agreement between US political parties that avoided a government shutdown, and progress in tax reform negotiations in the US, among other things.
That's because Cuomo has tasked the Medicaid Relief Redesign Team with proposing cuts of its own by March 1 — one month before the April 1 budget deadline (and remember, Cuomo is reportedly willing to risk a government shutdown rather than let the budget battle drag on indefinitely).
Delivering his first significant speech since the corruption scandal that took down soon - to - be-former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Gov. Andrew Cuomo today laid out a reform agenda and delivered an ultimatum to the Legislature: Pass what he has proposed as part of the 2015 - 16 budget, or risk a government shutdown.
But now he's upping the ante still further by telling lawmakers they must pass them as part of the 2015 - 16 budget or risk a government shutdown.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's push to have his ethics legislation in the state budget or risk a shutdown of state government is setting a negative tone for the upcoming budget talks, Senate Finance Chairman John DeFrancisco said.
He was one of a handful of Republicans who broke ranks with his caucus rather than risk a government shutdown in a failed effort to defund Obamacare.
As pioneered by his predecessor, Gov. David Paterson, Cuomo reiterated last night that he would use his budget extenders to pass large swaths of his preferred budget or have the Legislature risk a government shutdown.
As state lawmakers await a potential budget extender from Gov. Andrew Cuomo this evening, Senate Democrats are calling on the governor include a package of left - leaning legislation that would force Senate Republicans to either accept it or potentially risk a shutdown of state government.
Both Roberts and Tavormina seemed more than OK with the idea of the Legislature holding out against Cuomo's pension plan, which he has included in his budget proposal — even if that means risking a government shutdown.
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo says he'll require his pension reform plans to be part of the state budget, pressing a cause that's important enough to risk a shutdown of state government.
If they go after EPA too aggressively, they risk public backlash, similar to what followed when the Newt Gingrich - led Congress elected in 1994 pursued an ambitious conservative makeover of Washington that led eventually to a government shutdown.