Sentences with phrase «with budget vetoes»

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Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver downplayed the possibility that he has lost his ability to override any gubernatorial vetoes without GOP assistance, saying he doesn't intend to get to that point with Governor - elect Andrew Cuomo, despite the looming budget battle.

As far as I can see, all the criticism of the veto is empty rhetoric, ignoring the true question: do you wish to have fiscal union, with the EU having powers over nation budgets?

Instead of trying to squeeze every penny out of hard - working upstate residents, the Governor should be reprioritizing budget issues so that we can fund public transit systems through more appropriate budgetary means, starting with the legislation he vetoed that would have helped identify more long - term funding sources for upstate transit systems.»

The governor's offensive began with a Sunday statement from Budget Director Robert Mujica about a proposal to combat educational inequality not with more funding — as school advocates and Nixon have called for — but by granting the state power to review and veto plans by large districts to distribute it among schools.

He has said he was left with no choice but to veto the budget and property tax bills after the measures passed by lawmakers over the weekend violated his promise to avoid any new taxes.

For the second straight day, AG Andrew Cuomo took the state Legislature to task, saying they should return to the negotiating table with Gov. David Paterson now that he has vetoed key portions of their two - way budget deal, effectively nullifying all the spending they sought to restore.

If that does not happen, and the EP vetoes the proposal, the EU will use the «roll - over method `, where the previous budget is used (increased with an inflation of correction of two percent) in a month - by - month budgeting of the EU's expenditures.

The Republican - written budget, which passed the legislature in mid-September with a smattering of Democratic support but was vetoed by Malloy, would have created more pain for many cities and towns, he said.

(Paterson said immediately afterward that he was «disappointed, stunned and frankly chagrined» at the legislature's actions, and responded as best he could, with what amounts to a dramatic gesture: thousands of line - item vetoes of the legislature's budget that, relative to the overall amounts at stake, don't add up to much at all.)

State lawmakers finally passed a long overdue bipartisan state budget compromise with veto - proof margins in both houses of the General Assembly on Thursday.

A source told Capital Tonight that one of the proposals being floated in the negotiations over Senate leadership would be to allow IDC Leader Jeff Klein to retain the power of co-president of the chamber, along with veto authority and a seat at the budget negotiation table.

Cuomo last year vetoed a measure that would have created a pay - raise commission for workers with the «M / C» designation, and wrote in his veto message that any increases would be dealt with in the context of the state budget.

Despite alleged and recurring pushback from Cuomo, the New York Farm Bureau said it hopes a long - sought, twice - vetoed tax credit for food donations will pass with the state budget next month.

Connecticut lawmakers are expected to be back at the state Capitol on Tuesday with an attempt to override Democratic Governor Dannel Malloy's veto of the Republican - backed budget.

Senate leader John Sampson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver have agreed on the plan, but Sampson may not have the votes; Governor Paterson may use his line - item veto to strip it of member items (earmarks), millions in restored school aid, and any spending he doesn't think we can afford; and it may be anywhere from $ 200 million to $ 1.5 billion short of closing the budget gap, depending on whether Congress comes through with $ 1 billion in Medicaid funds.

If Vanderhoef's veto was not overrode it would have meant the reinstatement of a $ 12 million revenue line in the 2013 budget from upcoming plans to sell Summit Park's Nursing Home, the replacement of CSEA - covered county workers with outsourced labor, and the reinstatement of vacant positions which the legislature marked for elimination.

With just three weeks left in his term, the outgoing mayor has vetoed the 2016 budget approved by the Common Council and replaced it with his own spending plan — one his successor, Mayor - elect Steve Noble, says will make it nearly impossible carry out some basic functions of city governmWith just three weeks left in his term, the outgoing mayor has vetoed the 2016 budget approved by the Common Council and replaced it with his own spending plan — one his successor, Mayor - elect Steve Noble, says will make it nearly impossible carry out some basic functions of city governmwith his own spending plan — one his successor, Mayor - elect Steve Noble, says will make it nearly impossible carry out some basic functions of city government.

He said Hein could have separately vetoed the Auerbach action, which the legislature could have dealt with at its Dec. 17 meeting, and sent the rest of the budget to Albany for review.

Asked if he would veto a budget that contains the sales tax increase the Democratic governor repeated his oft - stated maxim that budget discussions shouldn't start with tax increases.

Here's the veto stamp Gov. David Paterson employed this evening to make good on his threat to veto spending added to the budget by the Legislature if lawmakers failed to come up with a contingency plan to address the possible loss of up to $ 1 billion worth of FMAP Medicaid cash from Washington, D.C.

So... does that mean when they come up with another budget they'll spread it out among three times as many bills so that he doesn't have the time to veto all of them?

To the relief of New York City officials, the budget did not include Mr. Cuomo's proposal to give a state agency veto power over individual affordable housing projects paid for with federal tax - exempt bonds the state gives to municipalities.

With gratitude and appreciation, I return the 2013 Dutchess County Budget signed with no vetWith gratitude and appreciation, I return the 2013 Dutchess County Budget signed with no vetwith no vetoes.

Labor unions including the Professional Staff Congress, which represents CUNY faculty, have been urging Cuomo to sign the bill, but he explained in a veto message that it created a fiscal obligation that should be dealt with during negotiations on the overall state budget.

Malloy already vetoed one budget this year, a Republican proposal that passed the Senate and the House with a handful of Democratic legislators supporting it.

«Despite these substantial, tangible benefits, the Legislature advanced this bill, which effectively restricts access to mental health care in Western New York, reduces investments in community based services and is inconsistent with recent agreements negotiated with the Legislature during the annual budget discussions,» Cuomo wrote in the veto message.

ALBANY — Except for an occasional break to rest his hand, Gov. David A. Paterson spent most of Thursday vetoing thousands of legislative earmarks as lawmakers prepared to depart for the Fourth of July holiday with the state's budget incomplete and negotiations at a near halt.

Mr. Paterson announced that he would veto the grants after lawmakers set aside parts of his budget and passed their own version this week, restoring hundreds of millions of dollars in school and health spending along with the member item money.

What are the next steps with legislators, with whom the governor stopped negotiating last week when he handed them nearly 6,700 vetoed budget items?

Gov. David Paterson of New York won't be finished with his work after spending several days vetoing about 6,700 items in the state budget.

County Executive Robert P. Astorino today slammed the Democratic - majority of the Board of Legislators for overriding hundreds of budget vetoes, thereby adopting a 2011 budget filled with runaway spending and speculative revenues.

Dec. 23, 2010 — County Executive Robert P. Astorino today slammed the Democratic - majority of the Board of Legislators for overriding hundreds of budget vetoes, thereby adopting a 2011 budget filled with runaway spending and speculative revenues.

Of course, as with all additions to the budget, the governor has the ability to veto the extra education aid.

But let me be clear: we must end this process with a balanced budget, and I will veto anything else.

With fiscally conservative Republicans set to control both houses of Congress next year, the budget picture is not likely to improve, he adds — although Obama's ability to veto legislation should ward off large funding cuts.

Lawmakers had to be called back to the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield to override the governor's veto and pass a budget deal with bipartisan support.

An appropriations bill President Clinton vetoed in December would hit the nea with a budget reduction of about 40 percent, providing $ 99.5 million for fiscal 1996, compared with $ 162.3 million last year.

With the legislative session scheduled to end on March 18, lawmakers last week were debating a new fiscal 1990 budget, after Gov. Garry Carruthers vetoed an appropriations bill.

The North Carolina legislature overrode Gov. Roy Cooper's veto to enact Senate Bill 257, a budget bill that includes additional funding for the state's two school voucher programs as well as a new education savings account (ESA) for children with special needs.

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5) Pennsylvania: Budget negotiations resume today between Gov. Wolf and Republican lawmakers, with his veto of liquor store privatization front and center.

Fed up with gaping budget shortfalls, inadequate education funding and insufficient revenue, the Republicancontrolled Legislature capped months of turmoil by overriding the governor's veto of a bill that would undo some of his tax cuts and raise $ 1.2 billion over two years.

And, even if Wolf moves forward with the veto, GOP leaders say this bill is the sort of accountability measure the governor will have to swallow to get a funding boost in this year's budget.

The governor can not veto individual items in the bill itself, but he does have line - item veto power with the budget.

Last week, over protests from thousands of Ohioans statewide, Governor John Kasich signed a budget into law without exercising his line - item veto to strike a Targeted Restriction of Abortion Providers (TRAP) provision prohibiting transfer agreements with public hospitals, a mandatory ultrasound provision, as well as a measure designed to block funds for preventive health care at Planned Parenthood health centers in Ohio.

With the House of Representatives» veto override, we now have a full - year, fully - funded budget for FY18 as well as appropriations for the second half of FY17 for those programs who hadn't yet received it.