Sentence examples for offered spending from inspiring English sources

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.

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.

Others offered her spending money, but she waved it off.

Republicans in the Legislature have offered specific spending cuts, totaling over $4 billion.

It was the most extensive and most sober explanation that Arenas had offered after spending the weekend making light of the matter on his Twitter feed.

To win Nakaima's support, Abe offered new spending for infrastructure and development projects on Okinawa and pledged to help reduce the island's troop-hosting burden.

And there are signs that further policy prescriptions, known as riders, might be offered on spending bills for the environmental agency, the Interior Department or other agencies this summer.

Twenty towns and cities in England are to be offered more spending control in areas such as planning and transport.

When training was not offered, she spent her holidays studying chartered management accountancy.

So the railroad offered to spend $65 million to elevate the tracks — in exchange for a perpetual franchise from the city.

She offered to spend $1,000 just to buy the lobster.