Sentence examples for closing budget from inspiring English sources

Hastert tamped down on the idea almost immediately, though, saying the money would be better spent closing budget holes.

Cook County officials described the tax revenue as crucial to closing budget shortfalls so they could save public safety jobs.

But those numbers obscure a more important change: in February 2009, the California Legislature adopted a plan that allowed public schools to divert state money for gifted children to "any educational purpose," including closing budget deficits.

Last year's stimulus bill had the most direct effect of buttressing government employment, by closing budget gaps to keep states from having to take the same drastic measures as GM.

Clearly enjoying their we-told-you-so moment, the Mayor and his advisers were quick to note that the administration's handling of the billion-dollar surplus, the second in a row for the city, stands in marked contrast to the administration of Mayor Edward I. Koch, which spent the city's last round of surpluses on social services and other programs -- not on closing budget gaps.

A more realistic danger is to allow our infrastructure to continue to fall into a state of disrepair, which has been the standard procedure in Costa Mesa for closing budget gaps in recent years.

And its governor, Andrew Cuomo, plans to close some prisons to close budget gaps.

"He believes the way to close budget deficits is to raise taxes.

Mr. Giuliani deems it much more imperative to close budget gaps in the next two years.

Instead he would simply close budget gaps projected for next year and the year after.

In an effort to close budget gaps, state and local governments have cut spending much more deeply than previously thought.