Sentences with phrase «voted on its budget last»

The district voted on its budget last month, which included a 6.4 percent increase in spending — a total of about $ 418 million.

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These votes apparently raised the the ire of the GOP House leaders, who voted last week to strip Amash of his position on the Budget Committee in the next Congress.

NEW LENOX — Questions about interfund loans stalled a vote on the proposed New Lenox Park District budget last week.

Several noncontroversial budget bills were printed last night, and a few were even passedby the Senate — with very little discussion on the part of majority members and no opportunity for the public to see anything before it was voted on.

Several noncontroversial budget bills were printed last night, and a few were even passed by the Senate — with very little discussion on the part of majority members and no opportunity for the public to see anything before it was voted on.

Senate Republican President Pro Tempore Len Fasano and Vincent Mauro Jr., Senate Democrats» chief of staff and New Haven's Democratic chairman, talk before a vote on the state budget last fall.

Katko was among 20 House Republicans who broke with the party last month on a budget vote that paved the way for consideration of the tax package.

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.

Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb on Tuesday became the latest elected official to raise issues with the spending proposal, which was due to be voted on last week by the board, but the meeting was rescheduled to today after «scheduling» issues arose, according to the Division of Budget.

«We gave them a scare last week — they only got 216 votes on the budget.

Last November, union members showed up at the Common Council's vote on the annual budget to protest the stalled contract.

This is getting to be like the budget last year,» said Sen. Adriano Espaillat who voted against the first extender but voted for the one on Friday.

He didn't vote in last year's Westchester County executive race or the school board elections or on the school budgets.»

The vote on that bill — originally expected to occur last month — now might not happen until June because the assembly has prioritized the state budget, said Assemblyman John McDonald, a co-sponsor of the bill.

Odds are Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders will reach a deal on the $ 150 - plus billion spending plan in time, as the governor has made this a priority of his time in office, more or less achieving it in each of his five years leading the state thus far (last year's is the only one in question, as the budget was technically voted through after the midnight deadline).

The news comes as Labour appeared to be in disarray over the Budget plans, with a quarter of the party rebelling against Harriet Harman's demand that they abstain from a vote on the welfare bill last night.

Rosenberg pulled down 27 % of the vote on a $ 1000 campaign budget (he was in my sons yeshiva this past sunday collecting some last little bit for his campaign, he raised about $ 95), running a campaign that was primarily a school project.

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.

Last night, a number of Senate Democrats took their frustration with being excluded from the closed - door budget negotiations on the final product, voting «no» on part of the agreement that dealt with transportation, economic development and environmental spending.

The Troy City Council rejected Mayor Patrick Madden's proposed 2018 budget in a 7 - 2 vote after refusing last week to move ahead on a $ 190 per residential unit tipping fee needed to balance the $ 73.6 million budget.

Members of the state Assembly could as early as this week vote on a bill that would undo the changes to the STAR School Tax Relief program that were included in last year's budget negotiations but which have sparked statewide complaints.

I've spoken to sources in both the Assembly and Senate today, and have been told that an agreement on FMAP is possible, particularly since it appears very clear now after last week's vote by the US Senate on the unemployment benefits bill that the $ 1.7 billion worth of Medicaid funding expected by NYC and the state in this budget cycle won't be coming any time soon.

«I'm Not a Perfect Man,» said Latimer, when Astorino raised the issue of his skipping an important budget vote in the Senate last April to go on vacation in London.

Mayor Bill de Blasio unveiled his $ 82.2 billion executive budget for New York City on Tuesday with a presentation focused on savings extracted from city agencies, and a few new programs intended to address problems that arose over the past year, from snarled snowplows in Queens to voting woes in the presidential primary last week.

On Tuesday, the Connecticut Senate voted unanimously to approve some fixes to the $ 41 billion two - year state budget it passed last month.

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.

«Today, Senate Democrats finished voting on a budget that raises taxes by nearly $ 4 billion,» Mr. Skelos said in a statement, referring to his tally of the total amount of taxes approved in the last few months.

ALBANY — Political considerations, a top Senate Republican explained, weighed heavily in the run - up to last week's vote on a budget bill containing a minimum - wage increase some GOP lawmakers had been openly opposing just days before.

The commission was quietly created last year during a late night vote on the state budget to avoid the spectacle of state lawmakers increasing their own salaries.

But Cuomo in his budget address last month had called for a new panel to make a package of legislative fixes to the standards that could be voted on by June.

DeFrancisco stressed unity repeatedly in his remarks while also defending to an at - times skeptical audience why he voted for a budget last year that included a $ 15 minimum wage and a paid family leave program he had been on the record opposing.

Troy City Council President Rodney Wiltshire missed this year's final vote on the city budget and last year's too.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA The Suffern Village Board met on the evening of April 1 to vote on the village budget, clearing a plan with a two percent village tax and several last - minute amendments to items such as sewer and water rates.

In recent years, Slossberg sided with Republicans on some key votes including a controversial union concession deal and last year's state budget.

The only rare exception is when there is a revolt on the government benches which is backed by the opposition, and even then when the government lost a vote on that basis last year on the EU budget, it still ostentatiously dismissed the vote as merely «advisory».

The Senate worked through the night to pass the $ 156 billion budget, voting on the last bill at around 9:30 a.m. Friday.

The vote comes after a brutal budget season last fall where some residents were highly critical of the board on the tax increase, and after residents recently circulated petitions to force a vote on borrowing for the library / community center.

NEW YORK, NY (04/04/2012)(readMedia)-- Council Members Brad Lander (D - Brooklyn), Melissa Mark - Viverito (D - Manhattan), Eric Ulrich (R - Queens) and Jumaane D. Williams (D - Brooklyn) came together on the steps of City Hall Wednesday with partners from Community Voices Heard, the Participatory Budgeting Project, and the Urban Justice Center's Community Development Project and dozens of local organizations to declare the results of the groundbreaking participatory budgeting vote held lBudgeting Project, and the Urban Justice Center's Community Development Project and dozens of local organizations to declare the results of the groundbreaking participatory budgeting vote held lbudgeting vote held last week.

But last week, the House of Representatives nearly voted to zero out its budget for this fiscal year, settling on $ 50 million in the so - called continuing resolution for the rest of 2011.

But that's probably not the last word on its research budget: There may not be enough votes to win Senate passage, and the White House has threatened to veto it over provisions on immigration that it dislikes.

High school principals in Philadelphia voted last week to eliminate interscholastic sports and other extracurricular activities for next school year to meet budget cuts imposed on them.

Now factor in the school board votes slated for Election Day, the first to be held in November since a law enacted last winter gave districts the option to move to their ballots in return for not needing a public vote on the school budget.

The state Assembly passed the state budget bill late last night on a vote of 57 - 39 with all Democrats and five Republicans (Reps. Scott Allen of Waukesha, Janel Brandtjen of Menomonee Falls, Bob Gannon of West Bend, Adam Jarchow of Balsam Lake and Joe Sanfelippo of New Berlin) voting NO on the bill.

Last June Steven Adamowski smugly told the State Board of Education how, for the first time in years, a budget vote passed in Windham on the first go.

New Jersey Senator Ray Lesniak is hoping to change all that with the introduction of bill S63, which passed a vote in the state's Senate Budget Committee last week, and will likely be voted on this coming Thursday by the full Senate.

(Because of a required three - day cooling off period, the budget needs to be done by Tuesday to vote on Friday, the last day of session.)