Sentences with phrase «to vote against the budget»

If it's OK to vote against budget policies, what can it mean to say that Liberal MPs are not free to vote as they choose on equal marriage?

Several of New York's Republican Congress members as well as all of the state's Democratic representatives voted against a budget bill that would pave the way for getting rid of the state and local tax deductions.

ALBANY — Seven of New York's nine Republican members in the House of Representatives voted against a budget resolution that will pave the way for a larger discussion on tax reform.

All of the state's Democrats in the House of Representatives and seven of the Republicans voted against a budget measure that clears the way for a vote on tax overhaul, citing concerns over eliminating the state and local tax deductions.

Mr. Ghosio said he respected the work of Mr. Russell and those in the town's finance departments to put together a budget, but decided to vote against the budget because of comments made at public hearings by struggling North Fork residents who said the tax hike would represent a high burden.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday praised the New York Republicans who voted against the budget approved earlier in the day by the House of Representatives.

The seven other GOP congressmen and women in New York voted against the budget measure, saying they are opposed to getting rid of the state and local tax deduction.

Pointing to the police revenue sharing defeat, the decision not to fund VEEB, and the loss of additional hotel / motel revenue — as well as use of the sewer stabilization funds — Mr. Schneiderman voted against the budget for the first time in 10 years.

The Opposition Tories had already vowed to vote against the budget before they read it.

Seven Republican members from New York's House delegation voted against the budget approved on Thursday by the House of Representatives.

Three legislators voted against the budget last fall: Legislator Tom Barraga (R - East Islip), Jay Schneiderman (I - Montauk) and Tom Cilmi (R - Bay Shore).

She did not «split with the GOP» by voting against the budget.

Even if the IDC + Felder cabal vote against this budget, they still facilitate the gutting of important protections and funding that state desperately needs.

Republicans have consistently voted against the budget extender bills and Democrats hold only a one - seat majority in the house.

We also are stepping up with respect to how we are using codes court and bringing in a paralegal which was supported by the council, however I believe Councilman Commisso voted against the budget, but a position that was supported in the codes department so that we have stronger codes cases and get the property owners into court and accountable.»

Among the Republicans voting against the budget plan, which clears the way for a $ 1.5 trillion tax cut package, were: Elise Stefanik of New York's 21st district, John Katko of the 24th, Claudia Tenney of the 22nd and John Faso of the 19th.

Among them, Grayson contended that the incumbent abandoned U.S. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi «s call to vote against the budget continuing resolution because it did not extend the DREAMers program, and that he made statements in his 2016 campaign suggesting he was «open minded» about cutting Social Security benefits.

He once voted against the budget, and the speaker took revenge by slashing his entire allocation.

That's the reason Manlius Legislator Kevin Holmquist voted against the budget.

Of the 17 legislators, only Legislators Frank Sparaco, Nancy Low - Hogan, and Chris Carey voted against the override, a significantly higher tally that the seven which voted against the budget itself.

Republican Reps. Scott Allen, Janel Brandtjen, Bob Gannon, Adam Jarchow and Joe Sanfelippo voted against the budget.

Now, after Hurricane Maria, we Puerto Ricans are seeing our brothers and sisters suffering: hospital's without lights, half of the island without electricity for more than five (5) months and the U.S. Congress voting against a budget that includes some aid to the island of Puerto Rico just because that was not D.A.C.A.

As a member of the Town Board of the Town of Hyde Park she voted in the affirmative on a number of bonding issues and then voted against the budget that provided payments to pay down the bonds she voted for.

The National Republican Congressional Committee said Wednesday they were spending $ 40,000 to air television and web ads against Democrats for voting against the budget proposed by Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican House Budget chairman.

Meanwhile, Russell, who has previously threatened to vote against the Budget in its entirety, has dismissed an Independent on Sunday report that the rebels have secretly agreed to co-operate with Labour MPs as «poppycock» and «Labour mischief - making».

ALBANY — Frustrated by a lack of details caused by their exclusion from closed - door budget negotiations, Democrats in the State Senate voted against a budget bill setting spending policy for transportation, economic development and environmental conservation.

Rockland County needs a strong leader like Ed Day, who has voted against the budget since 2008.

Until now, it had been assumed Ms Sturgeon's party could not vote against a Budget without triggering a vote of no confidence and another General Election.

Both were eventually passed in 2016 through a budget compromise, though Malliotakis voted against the budget bill that included the two items.

We are concerned that threats may be emanating from CPS, or at least from CPS messengers, that LSC members voting against their budgets may be targeted for removal for missing training hours, or that staff may be removed or budgets further slashed in retaliation.

«I know if we had Democratic majorities functioning in this house and the other house, we would see more progress than we're seeing tonight,» said Sen. Daniel Squadron, a Brooklyn Democrat who voted against the budget.

Seven Republican members of New York's congressional delegation — including Rep. Peter King of Long Island and Rep. Rep. Dan Donovan of Staten Island — voted against the budget resolution Thursday.

She has objected to Gov. Cuomo's recently - passed Excelsior Scholarship, which makes public college free for students from households earning up to $ 125,000, and voted against the budget bill that included it.

All of the state's Democrats in the House of Representatives and seven of the Republicans voted against a budget measure that clears the way for a vote on tax overhaul, citing concerns over eliminating the state and local tax deduction.

Welsh Liberal Democrats say they'll vote against the budget for the running of the Assembly to try to scrap a controversial pay rise for AMs

Every Republican voted against that budget and dozens of candidates have either ousted or beat back Democratic challengers with the rebate checks as their rallying cry.

If some amount, agreed to by the Quebec Government, were included in the upcoming budget, it would be extremely difficult for the Bloc Quebecois to vote against the budget.

None of the Republican senators cast a vote against the budget bill that included the wage increase.

Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, had challenged the Republicans — many of whom are also political targets — to vote against the budget resolution.

New York Republicans Reps. Peter King, Lee Zeldin, John Faso, Elise Stefanik, Dan Donovan and John Katko all voted against the budget — hoping to preserve a popular deduction for local and state taxes, known as the SALT write - off.

Gioia was the only Council member to vote against the budget, calling the discretionary funding system «broken.»

She voted against a budget bill that requires new teacher performance reviews to rely more heavily on standardized tests.

In response, IDC spokeswoman Candice Giove said the mainline Democrats were «contin [uing] to play political games» and re-upped her conference's pledge to vote against any budget that didn't contain the measure.

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.»

Sheheen accused Haley of doublespeak, pointing to her record of voting for a provision in the state budget to accept federal stimulus funds, before voting against the budget itself.

The Independent Democratic Conference has repeatedly said it would vote against a budget that doesn't deal with the issue.

«You thought Matheson would've learned his lesson after his big - spending stimulus failed, but last week he voted against a budget bill that actually cut spending,» the call says.

Despite the votes against the budget, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee wasted little time in attacking the lawmakers for their support of House Speaker Paul Ryan.

The concerns over the loss of the tax deduction led seven of New York's nine GOP House members to vote against the budget.