Sentence examples for defending budget from inspiring English sources

Defending budget cuts totalling around 20% in real terms over four years which are predicted to mean the loss of 16,000 officers, she said: "We are continuing with our proposals.

These people spent years trudging the corridors of Congress and NASA, fighting bureaucratic battles, defending budgets, hassling with contractors, making hard decisions that alienated their friends, devising fantastical fixes for fantastical problems, skirting the edge of the law and generally growing old without glory.

The government has defended Budget plans to end age-related tax allowances for pensioners, amid claims they amount to a "raid" on their incomes.

Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, said Mr. Ridge need not defend budgets but should testify on broader policy issues.

Legislators bristled at the comparison, defending their budget as sound and realistic.

They fought – and lost – the election defending a budget that was less austere, but not by much.

Obama spend much time during his news conference defending his budget.

The document that House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price released today defending the budget highlights the importance of education and job training and of the problems posed by student debt.

[C7.] France Defends Budget Strategy Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin of France defended his country's violation of Europe's budget rules, saying his primary job was to restore growth and increase employment in France.

In a budget hearing on Thursday, John B. Mattingly, commissioner of the agency, did his best to defend the budget, but acknowledged, "I would say the budget cuts hurt us".

David Cameron and Nick Clegg will defend the budget in a Q&A being televised by the BBC tonight.