Sentences with phrase «threat of a government shutdown»

The repeated looming threat of a government shutdown causes market volatility.

Now, we've been through several rounds of threats of government shutdown because Congress has had difficulty deciding upon how much more to expand the budget every few months.

The briefing arrives amid an especially turbulent week for the administration, which involved multiple high - level resignations and the recrudescent threat of a government shutdown.

Trump's threat of a government shutdown if Congress doesn't agree to fund a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico sent GOP congressional leaders into damage control mode and stocks tumbling.

There are threats of a government shutdown because of stalled spending negotiations and calls to defund Planned Parenthood which worries Bill Spreter, one of the protesters and a co-director of the New York State Alliance for Retired Americans.

Though, she cautioned that the threat of a government shutdown and the fiscal restraint imposed by years of the 2013 sequester, which will cut more than $ 1 trillion in government spending through 2021, could be calamitous.

«So will uncertainty about who will be president in 2013; about tax rates and spending levels; about the threat of another government shutdown over the debt ceiling; and about the risk of another sovereign rating downgrade should political gridlock continue to block a plan for medium - term fiscal consolidation.»

In the end, the threat of a government shutdown — perhaps strongest in the closely divided state Senate — was defused after Democratic lawmakers from both conferences backed the legislation to continue to temporarily fund state government.

Debt limit debates, threats of government shutdown, and the like are likely to become a thing of the past.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) The threat of a government shutdown loomed Sunday as New York lawmakers struggled to strike deals on a budget, an impasse that harkened back to Albany's tradition of dysfunction that Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo had pledged to end.

State budget talks became heated in the final hours of negotiations Friday, as ultimatums were offered and there were threats of a government shutdown.

Here's Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos insisting to CapTon's Mike Whittemore than it «doesn't matter how you vote» on today's budget bills because the threat of a government shutdown has essentially been averted by the two - way deal.

The move sets up a major confrontation with lawmakers and raises anew the threat of a government shutdown.

The governor did admit that the threat of a government shutdown has been nullified by the Legislature's end run game around him.

Washington (CNN)- The battle over union rights in Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana has dramatically shifted the budget debate from Capitol Hill to the states, almost overshadowing the threat of a government shutdown in Washington next week.

If legislative leaders can muster the votes to pass their proposal, Mr. Paterson would no longer be able to use the threat of a government shutdown to force lawmakers into uncomfortable votes.

It averts the threat of another government shutdown and eases the impact of the across - the - board spending cuts known as sequestration.

After weeks of tumult and parliamentary maneuvering — including Gov. David Paterson's threat of a government shutdown that would bring «unimaginable chaos» and «anarchy in the streets» — New York finally has a state budget for the fiscal year that began April 1.

Battles over state worker furloughs and threats of a government shutdown.

«This agreement is a good agreement for the American people, and takes the threat of a government shutdown off the table,» said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who along with Rep. Nita Lowey (D - Westchester) sought reimbursement for the First Family's protection.

She says she has heard concerns from voters about the House Republicans» attempt to defund Planned Parenthood and the threats of a government shutdown.

If an agreement is not reached, the state will once again be faced with temporary extensions and threats of government shutdown.

What's more frightening [than the threat of a government shutdown] is the pending debt ceiling negotiations.

With the threat of another government shutdown looming once the current deal lapses in January, some researchers may be hesitant to start their work anew, Benjamin says.

The action means no threat of government shutdown before the holidays.

«This agreement is a good agreement for the American people and takes the threat of a government shutdown off the table,» said New York senator Chuck Schumer.