Sentences with phrase «voted against the budget measure»

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.

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

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.

The 30 Republicans in the Senate have voted as a bloc against most of the year's budget measures.

Her votes against major sections of the 2015, 2016, and 2017 state budgets — omnibus bills that combined popular legislation with controversial policy and basic funding measures — may provide further ammunition for the opposition, according to Sherrill.

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