Sentences with phrase «votes on the budget bills»

The Senate is expected to vote on a budget bill this week.

The mainline Democratic conference in the state Senate on Sunday urged the eight - member Independent Democratic Conference to block any votes on budget bills until a concrete agreement on raising the age of criminal responsibility is in place.

Lawmakers in the Senate began voting on budget bills Thursday evening, concluding work at around 9:30 this morning, making for a 17 - hour session.

There was intermittent voting on budget bills today in the Assembly, which followed the lead of the Senate, approving legislation that the upper house took up late yesterday.

Lawmakers are set to vote on budget bills throughout the evening, even as others leave the Capitol for religious observances.

The Senate and Assembly are expected to begin voting on budget bills as soon as Thursday.

Krueger did note that a quorum of 38 of the 62 senators in needed in the chamber to vote on budget bills.

The announcement came as both houses of the Legislature took a break from voting on budget bills that had already been introduced, yet neither legislative majority leader joined Cuomo for the press conference.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver just told reporters that he expects votes on budget bills to begin as early as Wednesday — well before the state's April 1 deadline.

Members of the New York State Assembly vote on budget bills while in session at the Capitol Wednesday, April 5, 2017 in Albany, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren / Times Union)

State Senators will convene at 5:00 Sunday afternoon to vote on budget bills.

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.

Instead, both chambers waited until Monday and voted on budget bills that addressed neither issue.

As Tuesday wore on, it became increasingly clear that lawmakers were not going to meet their self - imposed deadline of finishing the budget by March 21, and said they were likely to continue voting on budget bills into the weekend.

Debate in both houses of the state Legislature stretched from afternoon into evening, with the Assembly adjourning around 9 and the Senate around 10 p.m.. Both will be back to finish voting on budget bills Tuesday morning - legslation that members mostly have not had a chance to read.

Not exact matches

Now that conservatives complained about the $ 1.3 trillion catchall spending bill — which blew through previous budget limits by $ 300 billion over this year and next, House GOP leaders have scheduled a vote this week on a proposed amendment to the Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.

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.

What's more, a deficit - increasing bill can rely on the reconciliation process — the process that allows a simple majority vote in the Senate — only if it does not raise deficits in years after the 10 - year budget window, which means the tax breaks here would have to be temporary.

The reconciliation bill also initially delayed but did not repeal the so - called «Cadillac tax» on high - cost insurance plans to avoid revenue loss outside the budget window, but an amendment repealing it was adopted by an overwhelming bipartisan vote and no Byrd rule challenge was raised despite its deficit impact.

What I'd really like is a law that forces our politicians to wear the logos of their major supporters on jumpsuits - sort of like NASCAR drivers, so that when they vote on bills and budgets, you know exactly who is paying for whom.

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Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. was released from the hospital this morning and plans to be in the chamber tomorrow to vote on the budget extender bills, despite having received permission from Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson to remain home.

This is a disaster, but it would not be on the table if Senator Avella had not voted for it when the Republican led coalition included this plan in their budget bill,» AQE's email, signed by its advocacy director Zakiyah Ansari.

Republicans were uniformly tight lipped leaving the conference Saturday when asked about their plans for the day and if a budget bill would be voted on at some point.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday shrugged off the call from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for an even either minimum wage increase than what is proposed in the state budget, saying it's up to the state Legislature to vote on the issue, not the mayor.

The Assembly does plan to vote on remaining budget bills that have been printed and already approved by the Republican - led Senate.

The Senate is not going to vote on that bill Monday because it deals with funds that will be distributed next month, and they hope to have budget passed by then.

Then the governor started making nosies about no need to rush into a final budget deal, and lawmakers — whose paychecks are being withheld while a final deal eludes them — insisted they were, in fact, close to an agreement, and clamored for him to send them bills to vote on.

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.

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.

Felder ended up casting the lone «no» vote on the ELFA (education, labor and family assistance) budget bill, which included the minimum wage hike as well as key some education aid.

This is not good news for Stachowski, who has made quite a name for himself of late by refusing to vote in favor of the budget revenue bill until there's some sort of agreement on the SUNY empowerment plan that helps further UB's 2020 proposal.

The Legislature left Albany for the week without heeding Gov. David Paterson's call for an up - or - down vote on his budget or taking action on his furlough bill.

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.

Stewart - Cousins demurred on whether Cuomo was seeking the votes of her mainline conference or if she would not back a budget that included a deal deemed to be too watered down, saying she had not received proposed bill language.

The House appeared on track to pass a stopgap continuing resolution bill Thursday night, but Senate Democrats said they had enough votes to block the legislation in the upper chamber, raising the possibility that the current budget will expire without a replacement.

As disabled protesters shouted: «Kill the bill, don't kill us,» in a Capitol Hill hearing room, the Senate Budget Committee, with no discussion, quickly approved the legislation on a 12 - 11 party - line vote that left Democrats fuming.

Sen. Rand Paul is holding up a vote on the Senate budget deal, demanding more debate on the bill which will add $ 1.5 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years.

Assembly Democratic majority members were scheduled to go into conference just prior to 10 p.m. and they had requested a «message of necessity» from Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would let them vote on at least two noncontroversial budget bills without the customary three - day «aging» period that is supposed to provide time for actually reading the bills members will vote for.

Still, lawmakers Spectrum News spoke to dismissed the concerns stemming from Uber, saying they want to see a bill to vote on, if not an agreement in the 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.

A vote on repealing «Don't Ask, Don't Tell» as part of major defense budget legislation could take place next week during the Senate Armed Services Committee markup of the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill.

The state Senate passed a budget bill, and the Assembly is expected to vote on it on Wednesday morning.

Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson said his 32 - member majority conference will be voting «yes» on the budget extender bill next week — even if it includes public employee furloughs, as Gov. David Paterson has threatened — because he is «not in the business of shutting downs state government.»

The final budget agreement came so late that the governor had to use what's called a special message of necessity to bypass the legal three day waiting period between when a bill is printed and when it can be voted on.

«I think right now the votes are not there to pass that bill collectively on the floor of the House,» the Virginia Democrat said of the continuing resolution to fund most federal agencies through March 23 that is to carry the budget deal.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and some Democrats are trying to leverage the budget vote to extract a vote on an unrelated immigration bill.

The Senate is voting on the first bill of the two - way legislative budget agreement, with senators currently engaged in explaining their votes.

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.