May's federal budget stripped the country's scientific research agency, the CSIRO, of $111m in funding, with more than 500 jobs expected to go.
Now legislative leaders, frustrated with months of gridlock, have agreed to pass a minimalist budget stripped of even the governor's spending increases, tax cuts and new programs.
That was reinforced on Wednesday, when House leaders said they would seek to pass a federal budget stripping all financing for President Obama's signature health care law, increasing the chances of a government shutdown.
But here we were, in a low-budget strip mall housing a supermarket and a hummus place, and despite our GPS assuring us that we had arrived at our destination, this hardly seemed to be the right setting for revolutionary fine dining.
The county government has, in effect, taken over management of township budgets, stripping the townships of what little power they still retained.
The budget will strip 181 jobs from the Department of Social Services, turning many over to private companies, and 76 jobs from the Health Department.
His budget would strip many necessary government services and increase the deficit by giving tax cuts to the wealthiest.
The budget deal stripped the Class Act language from the Affordable Care Act.
The budget, which strips $1.5 billion from Medi-Cal, exacerbates a financial crisis for organizations bracing for such an influx.
Those measures cut the budget deficit, stripped away some of the country's infamous licensing restrictions, and made it easier for foreigners to invest in Indian companies.
