As the debate over the budget drags on, Edelman's organization is fighting a rear-guard action on Capitol Hill.
In 2007, a contentious standoff over how to solve a more than $1.5 billion deficit in the state budget dragged on for months, finally ending in the face of a government shutdown and with tax increases — deeply difficult, Ms. Granholm said, but unavoidable.
Sam Raimi is to return to his horror roots on the low-budget Drag Me to Hell, which will star Juno's acclaimed Ellen Page in the lead role.
As a moderately budgeted drag racing biography picture, "Snake & Mongoose" is similar in scope and ambition to 1983's "Heart Like A Wheel".
Budget cuts drag down growth and push up unemployment.
As James Meadway points out, George Osborne's summer budget will drag vast swathes of the population into gloom by making serious benefits and services cuts.
Two years ago, budget battles dragged on through the summer, until September 5th — a record for tardiness.
State Controller John Chiang has warned he will start issuing i.o.u.'s in August or September if the budget stalemate drags on.
Wall Street made clear that the longer the budget fight dragged on, the more its bankers worried about significant damage to the economy and the possibility that Congress will not allow the government to borrow more.
With same-sex marriage still tied up in courts here, the couple set a date for a commitment ceremony last fall but nearly missed it when budget negotiations dragged through October.
Now, as the budget dance drags on, Mr. Silver's and Mr. Bloomberg's staffs are poring over the laws and statutes outlining the responsibilities of the Board of Education, and trying to decide which should go to the mayor and which to the reconfigured board.
