Sentence examples for offer spending from inspiring English sources

The Republicans, who can barely contain their glee at their opponents' Hobson choice, are tripping over themselves to offer spending cut ideas and begin chipping away at the credibility deficit on fiscal leadership they racked up in the Bush years.

When dealing with the state's many budget compromises that strip services from working families, furlough state workers, give in to the "open primary," or offer spending caps like those contained in Proposition 1A, the Republican minority has been the clear winner over the Democratic majority.

Other tips on offer: spend wisely ("The difference between a $1,500 bike and an $8,000 bike is very small"); rely on power readings, not heart rate or wheel cadence; and skip the Nutella rice.

Democrats are not helped along by their own controversial efforts to trim Social Security and hike the retirement and Medicare eligibility ages as part of a "grand bargain," in which they offered spending cuts in exchange for Republicans' agreeing to tax hikes.

It "does not offer drastic spending cuts," explained one of them, Joe Walsh of Illinois.

The tension surrounding the talks and the potential for a shutdown boiled into public view Friday evening as House Republican leaders issued a series of harsh statements accusing Democrats of failing to make a serious offer on spending cuts.

While open to compromise on budgetary issues, he would not offer Congress spending cuts in return for lifting the government's borrowing limit, known as the debt ceiling.

So, let's review: that offer combines "spending cuts, including entitlements cuts, and tax increases".

So why didn't he offer larger spending initiatives or a bolder vision for revitalizing this stagnant economy?

Fortunately, it's possible to enjoy much of what the city has to offer without spending too much (or any!) money.

Out of pride I rejected the offer and spent the time I would have spent recovering, living in Uruguay: a happy land full of voluptuous woman and very appreciative men.