Sentences with phrase «vote on the budget measure»

The final vote on the budget measure was 216 to 212.

The vote on the budget measure was passed on Thursday by 51 to 49 by the Reupblican - dominated Senate.

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WASHINGTON, Nov 29 - Congressional Republicans scrambled on Wednesday to reformulate their tax bill to satisfy lawmakers worried about how much it would balloon the U.S. budget deficit, as the measure moved toward a decisive U.S. Senate floor vote later this week.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell spoke on the Senate floor hours before the chamber was scheduled to vote on a stopgap budget measure.

On June 6 Finance Minister Jim Flaherty reintroduced his spring federal budget, which was never passed in the rush to an election, with a key twist: Flaherty added a measure to phase out the $ 2 - per - vote subsidy to political parties by 2015 - 16.

But according to the House Minority Whip's office, some 280,000 people voted online or via text on the particular measure they'd like to see deleted from the federal budget, in what Cantor's new media guy described as «the most direct use of technology to establish a more direct democracy in the history of the federal legislature.»

Democratic lawmakers in the Senate and Assembly on Tuesday pushed for measures that would make it easier to vote in New York, bills that fell by the wayside during the budget talks.

Updated: The Assembly will consider the ethics legislation outside of the one - house budget resolution, but both measures will be voted on next week.

The proposal made Monday morning comes as the majority conferences in the Senate and Assembly are set to unveil their one - house budget measures and vote on them this week.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in a conference call with California Gov. Jerry Brown, singled out two New York GOP congressmen for criticism after they voted for a budget measure that clears the way for a vote on the Republican plan to overhaul the tax system.

But even though Faso and Stefanik voted against their party on the tax bill, in October 2017 they voted in favor of a budget bill that paved the way for the tax measure to pass the Senate on GOP votes alone — without a filibuster.

Lawmakers and Gov. Andrew Cuomo had agreed last year to an amendment, but the Democratic - led Assembly balked at a vote on the measure, which came with a broader agreement on the state budget.

strides to the chamber for the vote on the $ 4 trillion budget measure that will pave the way for a sweeping GOP tax overhaul.

One highly - placed Democrat said it's possible budget bills could start being printed as early as Saturday, which would allow legislators to start debating and voting on these measures when they return to the Capitol next Monday.

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.

Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle is pushing for a vote on the measure before the budget is considered; the Republican - led Senate meanwhile has approved the bill for the last seven years.

The House had to vote again Thursday on the non-binding budget resolution because the Senate made changes to the measure last week.

The last piece of the budget passed on a party - line vote, 32 to 28, with the Senate's tenuous Democratic majority holding together and no Republicans voting in favor of the measure.

When they vote on the budget Oct. 13, legislators are also expected to vote on a separate measure that requires the county executive's staff to report three times a year on the new venue's finances, McMahon said.

Eventually, both measures were brought to the floor Tuesday — presumably in order to get Espada and Duane's votes on the budget.

The Legislature is expected to vote on the measures today as part of the 2014 budget, which is due at midnight, the start of the new fiscal year.

The measure would then have to be voted on in the House - where Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R - Virginia, has insisted any federal funding to deal with the recent spate of natural disasters be offset with cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.

If approved there, the legislature would vote on the measure at its next session on Tuesday, Sept. 6, just more than a week before the first budget presentation.

On Wednesday, the Democrat - led Assembly aligned itself with Cuomo, a second - term Democrat, on measures like voting and campaign finance reform, while separating on other items related to transparency and budget controOn Wednesday, the Democrat - led Assembly aligned itself with Cuomo, a second - term Democrat, on measures like voting and campaign finance reform, while separating on other items related to transparency and budget controon measures like voting and campaign finance reform, while separating on other items related to transparency and budget controon other items related to transparency and budget control.

But Assembly Democrats wanted to act on the measure outside the budget so opponents could argue and vote against it.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill Wednesday, after a vote that would clear the way for a $ 26 billion measure to help states with their severe budget problems and save the jobs of tens of thousands of teachers and other public employees.