The phrase "a cap on spending" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing limits or restrictions on financial expenditures.
Example: "The government has implemented a cap on spending to control the national budget deficit."
Alternatives: "a limit on expenditures" or "a spending limit".
But this legislation does not put a cap on spending.
And I believe a balanced budget amendment, if it has a cap on spending, could do that.
A better business climate will bring jobs and tax revenues; a cap on spending will reassure Wall Street.
The price of the satellite program, dubbed the Future Imagery Architecture, quickly grew by 50percentt, prompting Congress to demand a cap on spending increases.
"When I say a cap on spending, I mean it," he declared, describing his economic principles to an audience at Georgetown University.
The BCA sets a cap on spending for every year from 2012 to 2021, in order to create about $1tn in deficit reduction in over those 10 years.
It has already faced restrictions on pay and pensions, a cap on welfare spending and a 37% cut in government spending to 2016.
It's why we can't limit the direct spending of billionaires like Sheldon Adelson, prevent wealthy candidates from spending their way into elected office, or put a cap on overall spending on campaigns by candidates or outside interests.
Unusually, the chancellor has announced measures in this Spending Review to reduce AME, by putting a cap on welfare spending.
This is easily rebutted – the electoral commission already regulates candidate spending, and there is no reason why we couldn't introduce a cap on individual spending in a primary election which kept finances under control.
The Republican website advocates an amendment to require in Congress "a super-majority for any tax increase," and also a cap on overall spending so that governments could never balance the budget by tax increases, only by spending cuts.
