And frequent budget clashes with Congress have left those who expected a new tone in Washington disillusioned.
BERLIN — As protesters upset with sharp cuts in Greece's budget clashed with the police in Athens on Friday, talks here between Greek and German leaders ended with Germany making no public offers of financial support.
Corzine, in attempting to pass the 2007 fiscal year budget, clashed with a few fellow state Democrats in the New Jersey General Assembly, particularly over the proposed increase of the state's sales tax from 6% to 7%.
With $38 billion in cuts on the line in a $3.5 trillion budget, the clash over federal spending played out in numbers so big that most standard calculators had trouble tracking all the zeros.
In the battles over debt limits, fiscal cliffs, continuing resolutions, and the budget, the clashing sides deploy duelling vocabularies.
His tenure soon turned stormy as he proposed slashing $100m from the school's budget and clashed with faculty members who complained about a lack of transparency.
In particular, he has proposed deep budget cuts, clashed with the teachers' union and with much success encouraged voters to reject local school budgets and the related property tax increases.
The Center for Individual Rights, a conservative group working with the plaintiffs, argues that even basic union goals such as negotiating pay raises and boosting school budgets can clash with the political and educational beliefs of many teachers.
