Sentence examples for propose to slash from inspiring English sources

Why else would it propose to slash the budget for energy efficiency programs (front page, April 10)?

For example, House Republicans propose to slash WIC the widely acclaimed program to feed pregnant women and infants.

But GOP lawmakers remain fervently opposed to any form of tax increase and instead propose to slash additional spending from domestic government programs instead of defense.

He also proposes to slash corporation tax.

Just which are the ones Mr. Pawlenty proposes to slash?

Mr. Osborne proposes to slash the deficit to 1.5 percent by 2015.

Worcester County Council proposes to slash spending on trading standards by 80% over the next three years.

It proposed to slash income-tax rates, especially for the rich and businesses, and replace traditional Medicare with vouchers for the elderly to buy health insurance.

Tom Harkin, the independent-minded Iowa Democrat who runs the Senate Agriculture Committee, had proposed to slash these subsidies and reinvest as much as $6 billion in conservation programs.

Mr. Pawlenty went much further right in proposing to slash government than even the House Republicans or most of the other candidates.

When a production company proposed to slash his adaptation of Dostoevsky's "The Idiot" (1951) from 265 to 166 minutes, he asked for it to be cut lengthwise, so that it would then truly reflect its title.