The Democratic presidential candidates also attacked the budget, emphasizing a theme that Mr. Bush had rewarded the affluent while shortchanging the programs most needed by the middle class.
As with its Broadway-bound revival of "La Cage Aux Folles," the Menier again makes a virtue of a modest budget, emphasizing the bargain-basement seediness that surrounds its optimistic title character (Ms. Outhwaite), a taxi dancer who is all too aware that she is fast approaching her sell-by date.
One aspect of participatory budgeting emphasizes that crowdfunding can provide a key approach to reach out to the crowd and help finance projects initiated by the public sector.
At a hearing on Monday, Mark Page, the mayor's budget director, emphasized the financial difficulties facing the city in light of cuts from Albany and Washington.
In a budget that emphasized growth, Mr. Chidambaram said that his aim was to get back to an 8 percent growth rate.
Sensitive to criticism of the police department's impact on the beleaguered county budget, he emphasized that the anti-gang operation was not wasteful.
In laying out his position on the budget, Mr. Obama emphasized that debate over taxes had been central to the election he just won and reprised many of the themes he had struck on the campaign trail.
Mitchell E. Daniels Jr., the White House budget director, emphasized that the Bush administration was still committed to providing aid to the city and state in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack.
Even as Mr. Snowden was quietly beginning to collect the documents he would provide to the news media, The Post reported, the budget request emphasized "safeguarding classified networks" and a rigorous "review of high-risk, high-gain applicants and contractors" — an apparent reference to the young computer technicians the agencies have been recruiting.
"We should have fought harder for something like the Congressional Progressive Caucus budget, which emphasized jobs and public investment," said Nancy Pelosi, who is stepping down as House Minority Leader.
