Sentences with phrase «voted against a budget»

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.»

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

«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.

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.

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.

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

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

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».

Demos said Zeldin should have voted against the budget that included spending for the exchange.

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.

«A # 10,000 pay increase is completely unacceptable and that is why the Welsh Liberal Democrats voted against the budget.

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

«She voted against this budget because she had concerns with the language related to eliminating the deduction for state and local taxes,» said Tom Flanagin, a spokesman.

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

Council President Michael Galime says he voted against the budget largely because it arrived late so there was little time for review.

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

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.

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

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.

School Committee member Miren Uriarte, who along with Regina Robinson cast a vote against the budget, questioned the tight funding for schools in what she said is an era of relative prosperity in Boston.

GOP state Rep. Ross McGregor (one of the seven GOP Representatives who voted against the budget) denounced the budget for creating new abortion restrictions saying, «This is an area where government doesn't need to be inserting itself.»

Not exact matches

While last week's budget vote cleared the way to begin the tax reform effort, 20 Republicans voted against it, citing issues with the elimination of state and local tax deductions and a massive expansion of the federal deficit.

The absence of a deal on harmonized sales tax (HST) compensation — a long - festering source of tension between Ottawa and Quebec — seems to be the most important reason why the Bloc Quebecois 49 MPs plan to vote against the federal budget.

But while Amash's conservative record is strong, he has occassionally bucked his party, most notably by voting against Paul Ryan's budget and against the deal to raise the debt ceiling.

Rep. Juan Vargas, a California Democrat who voted against the omnibus because it lacked protection for Dreamers, said his party has to keep proving itself to Dreamers after disappointing in the budget process.

Theis says Jordan has always «been genial, and friendly with the media, but we always found it strange how he would ask for eight spending provisions in a budget bill, get five of them, and then vote against it.»

Seven New York Republicans in the House of Representatives last week voted against the Republican - backed budget plan, with several citing concerns over the end to deductions.

DeFrancisco said that if the measure wasn't linked to other budget items, he would have voted against it.

A number of state Senate Republicans weren't happy with a breakaway group of Democrats aligned with them after they voted en masse against a GOP budget proposal last week that included many initiatives the independent Dems had sought.

«Republicans want to end the Medicare guarantee,» Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel (N.Y.) said recently in a statement distilling the Democrats» argument against Members who have voted in favor of the Wisconsin Republican's budget.

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.