Sentence examples for passage budget from inspiring English sources

"Year after year in Washington," began its most elegant triangulating passage, "budget debates seem to come down to an old, tired argument: on one side, those who want more government, regardless of the cost; on the other, those who want less government, regardless of the need".

He has also set several preconditions, including the passage of budget bills and a renewable energy measure.

At one point Senator Liz Krueger, a Democrat from Manhattan, interrupted the swift passage of budget bills to ask a question of Senator Dale M. Volker, a Republican from western New York.

This would be especially true if the majority Democrats employed a parliamentary maneuver that would require only 51 votes in the Senate for passage of budget legislation, not the usual 60.

With Labor, Shas and Likud, Mr. Sharon would command the loyalty of at least 58 members of the 120-member Parliament and could probably count on a number of other hard-line members to assemble a majority for passage of budget and policy bills.

The entire time he has played defense, delaying the passage of budgets and holding Republican bills hostage in a fight to protect his party's agenda.

The governor, through a spokesman, hailed the passage of the budget.

Despite the passage of a budget for the current fiscal year, New York's fiscal problems remain dire.

So Cruz's speech merely delayed the inevitable — the passage of a budget that included money for the bill.

Without it, he fears jeopardising EU and IMF financial support.The problem is that the passage of the budget is far from certain.

Mr. Bruno said he foresaw a showdown between Mr. Silver and Mr. Pataki, which could stall passage of the budget.