Sentence examples for blocked budget from inspiring English sources

Turnbull listed Fair Work Act changes to protect the Country Fire Authority, passing bills to create two watchdogs for unions, passing the blocked budget measures, and holding a plebiscite on same-sex marriage as priorities.

Opposition leaders are threatening to block budget votes in parliament and civic groups have launched a legal challenge.

The prime minister, Tony Abbott, has repeatedly criticised Labor for blocking budget cuts and demanded it spell out alternatives.

Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey both issued warnings on Tuesday that Bill Shorten could cost Australia its AAA credit rating if Labor joined with minority parties to block budget measures in the Senate.

Oooooh.. 5.25am BST It would appear the government's tactic in Question Time today is to compare Labor's past positions on some policies with their current efforts to block budget measures.

Standard & Poor's ratings agency has contradicted the prime minister and treasurer's claims that the opposition will put the country's AAA credit rating at risk by blocking budget measures in the Senate.

Dave Collins, Connecticut conservatives suing to block budget, Businessweek, May 6 , 2011

"The SNP is not going to Westminster to seek to block budgets and bring down governments.

She stated: "The SNP is not going to Westminster to seek to block budgets and bring down governments.

'I don't think there's sufficient will right now to start blocking budgets when we don't even know what's going to happen or how long it's going to take,' Senate Majority Jim Hendren said after the votes". More than 300,000 people are on Arkansas' hybrid program, which uses Medicaid funds to purchase private insurance for low-income residents.

"I know how to block budgets". Jones-Sawyer promised to use that savvy to press the governor's bureaucrats for a larger, more realistic savings figure to be distributed under Proposition 47.