Sentences with phrase «veto pen»

The nonprofits feeling the wrath of Cuomo's veto pen included the Stick Ball Hall of Fame, the Association des Senegalais, the King of Kings Foundation, food pantries, youth... Continue reading →

A broad stroke from Gov. Andrew Cuomoâ $ ™ s veto pen eliminated funding for too many local community groups, according to state Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D - Howard Beach).

Make no mistake about it, it would never have been as strong as it was when passed, nor would it have survived this last session without being watered down, but for the looming veto pen of Governor Perry.

The nonprofits feeling the wrath of Cuomo's veto pen included the Stick Ball Hall of Fame, the Association des Senegalais, the King of Kings Foundation, food pantries, youth organizations, libraries, veterans» groups, and nature preserves.

«The president holds the veto pen, and the regulation will remain in place until and unless a court decides otherwise... We don't put high probability on that happening.»

Blass noted his belief that the House Appropriations bill introduced to torpedo DOL's rule will go nowhere, as President Obama holds the veto pen, and urged attendees to «get ready» for the fiduciary rule's April 2017 compliance date.

Tuesday's Republican sweep, and Mr. Trump's commitment to focus on the issue, has the GOP salivating over a wish list of Dodd - Frank changes that until recently stood little chance of avoiding President Barack Obama's veto pen.

That won't happen — yet — what with the president owning the veto pen and the Senate remaining narrowly Democratic.

Passage of these depended heavily on Republican control of the Congress, and their defense in the past eight years depended heavily on a Republican president willing to use his veto pen.

The governor also made ample use of his veto pen, striking out spending the Legislature had added into the final budget.

There has been little change since last year in the number of bills approved by Cuomo, though his use of his veto pen has increased.

Andrew Cuomo, the man likely to wield the veto pen, is also on record saying that we need to «revisit» the payroll tax.

But he added that the law ensuring some sort of independent process in the future for redistricting needs to pass or he'll whip out his veto pen.

In 2011, when a group of moderate Democrats announced they were leaving their party's conference in the state Senate to form an alliance with the Republicans, Cuomo signaled his tacit approval, in part because it meant that his veto pen wasn't the only thing keeping restive downstate liberals from having the run of the state.

Even as he put the final stamp on a historic 6,709 vetoes yesterday, the governor was gearing up to bring his veto pen to costly bills forced through the Legislature in the waning days of the session, The Post has learned.

Today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo used his veto pen to strike 184 items from the 2015 - 16 Enacted Budget.

PILE DRIVER: With aides feeding him bills from a 4,700 - page stack, Gov. Paterson wields his veto pen yesterday.

The comments also come after Ken Lovett reported the administration was still insisting the governor planned to wield his veto pen.

Cuomo would not say in the interview if he's willing to leave the cap on his veto pen and sign off a plan that includes a negotiated amendment, a statutory law and «fairer» lines.

Even if your teabaggin bigots take over, the Assembly will not play your evilgame and the Gov will use his veto pen to open a big can o» whoopass.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has promised to break out his veto pen on lines drawn by a lawmaker - driven commission, a move that adds further uncertainty to the process.

Senate Democrats, who are in the minority party in that house, and who have the most to lose from the new lines, in the final hours still held out hope that the governor would still use his veto pen.

If Cuomo does pick up his veto pen, redistricting will go the courts.

Gov. David Paterson works his veto pen Thursday on the second floor of the State Capitol in Albany.

Hein, in his veto press release which included a pic of him surrounded by environmentalists as he wielded his veto pen, called propane «a step backward.»

But Cuomo raised eyebrows last week when he suggested he would set aside his veto pen if lawmakers met three criteria:

A prominent Buffalo developer say he is disappointed to learn that Governor Andrew Cuomo will likely put his veto pen to the Historic Tax Credit bill.

While most other governors wield a veto pen, the bolo - tie wearing governor has rejected legislation with branding irons.

Which is why Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York, pushed Cuomo not to cap his veto pen.

The movement that has sparked the renovation of some of Buffalo's heritage architecture may be stalled by Governor Cuomo's veto pen.

After trying to keep the $ 136 billion budget under (sort of) control, Mr. Paterson will still need to have that veto pen handy.

«As Common Cause / NY has repeatedly stated, reform in this redistricting cycle now lies with the Governor's veto pen.

This is crucial, because the veto pen is about all the administration has left in its arsenal.

Enter the Governor, whose Party does not have control of either the House or the Senate; but he does have a Veto pen.

Since Brown became governor for the second time in 2011, an array of education data systems has met the death knell of his veto pen.