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«I mean, if you're a teacher at a college, you're still voting on a budget that may impact that college.
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Still, lawmakers Spectrum News spoke to dismissed the concerns stemming from Uber, saying they want to see a bill to vote on, if not an agreement in the budget.
Mindful of the fact that the conservative grassroots is still smarting from the same - sex marriage vote two years ago, and steaming over the SAFE Act passage, the Senate Republicans drew a line in the sand over the abortion plank of the governor's Women's Equality Agenda and also refused to budget on campaign finance reform.
Senate Deputy Majority Leader Tom Libous wasn't in Albany to vote on the budget because he had back surgery recently and is still recovering.
I've focused during my time in the legislature to deliver mandate relief for local governments that should help local property taxpayers, voting against budgets that contained tax and fee increases, and I still believe there is more to do to get our state back on the right track for ourselves and future generations.»
The state legislature is in Special Session at the Capital Monday night with hopes of voting on a 2 yr budget but there are still gaps between the Democrats and Republicans proposals.
ALBANY — Members of the state Senate said they plan to vote Tuesday evening on the «entirety» of the state budget, even though some issues about taxes and real estate subsidies have still not been resolved.
The only rare exception is when there is a revolt on the government benches which is backed by the opposition, and even then when the government lost a vote on that basis last year on the EU budget, it still ostentatiously dismissed the vote as merely «advisory».
While the bill is still awaiting approval in three separate committees — Budget and Appropriations, Legislation, and Public Safety and Social Services — the Democratic Caucus is pushing for the committees to approve the proposal in order to move forward on a late night vote of the full 17 - member county Board of Legislators on Monday, July 17.