Sentence examples for of budget control from inspiring English sources

Yet a recent discussion on Greek TV between three former economic ministers, Stefanos Manos, Yannos Papantoniou and George Alogoskoufis, gave us a glimpse of the shocking realities of the lack of budget control within government and the wider public sector.

Slashing this tiny category of discretionary spending for the sake of budget control would be a form of deception — a sideshow to avoid truly important (and unpopular) budgetary choices.

"Ministers have a responsibility to retain a high degree of budget control, not least because the LCF is not a bottomless pit of money, it is paid for through the energy bills of households and businesses and as such excessive deployment of subsidised projects could and would lead to higher bills for the public".

There was no effective system of budget control.

Accusations of corruption and a damning report from the Russian Prosecutor General's Office stating that between 2010 and 2012, nearly 30 billion rubles ($600 million) out of a budget of 50 billion rubles ($1 billion) were used neglectfully 'in the absence of budget control', cast a shadow over its work — almost before the project was able to get off the ground.

A 2014 report from the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said between the inception of the project in 2010 and 2012, more than $600 million out of Skolkovo's total budget of $1 billion was spent negligently in 'the absence of budget control', a scathing denouncement of the project's early days.

A stability and growth pact designed to ensure a common set of budget controls was a poor substitute for fiscal union.

This led the the supercommittee being formed out of the same Budget Control Act that created sequestration.

Spending as a share of the gross domestic product fell after both the 1990 and 1993 budget deals, in large part because of tough budget controls that Republicans abandoned in 2002 so that they could cut taxes without restraint.

Around 75percentt of the budget controlled by Congress has already been funded, but these top-level departments are affected: Homeland Security, Justice, Agriculture, Treasury, Interior, Transportation, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development and the Environmental Protection Agency.

"He's my hero this week," said Senator Jim DeMint, the conservative Republican from South Carolina, who said Mr. Bunning was exposing Democratic hypocrisy of embracing budget controls but adding spending like the unemployment aid to the deficit.