Sentence examples for refusal to spend from inspiring English sources

Shockey frequently grated on the Giants, partly for his refusal to spend the off-season working with quarterback Eli Manning.

It also criticises western governments for their refusal to spend on new infrastructure to boost growth and confidence levels.

Ervin supported President Nixon on the war in Vietnam but disagreed vehemently with Nixon's refusal to spend funds authorized by Congress for social programs.

Mr. Blair, for his part, blamed what he called Mr. Hussein's refusal to spend authorized oil revenues on food and medicine for the hardships of the Iraqi people.

Nor can this obsessive refusal to spend be translated into any sort of a workable social system, as Weber sometimes seems to hope.

In 1974, he said, there was a consensus in Congress about what to do, including overriding Mr. Nixon's practice of "impoundment," a simple refusal to spend money that Congress had appropriated.

Republicans are also under pressure to lift their refusal to pass a separate spending authorisation, which precipiated a partial shutdown of the government, leading to the lockout of an estimated 800,000 federal workers.

The refusal to commit to spend 2 per cent of GDP on defence has come under fire from the right.

Where they fell dangerously short was their refusal to commit to spend the hundreds of billions of dollars in additional fiscal stimulus that the world economy needs to pull out of its frighteningly steep dive.

At the same time, he was quick to recognize the importance to Republicans of the Tea Party movement and shared many of the fundamental sensibilities of the activists, notably his longtime refusal to accept spending on pet projects through earmarks and his criticism of federal spending.

Trump's refusal to sign spending bills that lack the $5.7 billion he wants to start constructing that wall, which Democrats oppose, has prompted the shutdown.