"So I sent the budget back, doing it forcefully and without any hesitation".
The resulting surge in spending, together with a run of disappointing tax revenues, sent the budget deep into the red (see chart below).
It sent the budget back to Mr. Giuliani with restorations in the following areas: libraries, arts and cultural institutions, the City Council's own budget, and Mr. Hevesi's budget.
The 51-to-48 51-to-48 51-to-48dget to the Democratic-controlled Senate and back to the govoteor, who had sendssthe a more modest cut of $51 million.
In addition, a profit warning from Ryanair on Wednesday caught investors by surprise and sent the budget airline's shares tumbling by 15%.
Ever since the Great Recession sent the budget deficit soaring to ten per cent of G.D.P., Republicans have struggled to reconcile their old Reaganite religion of supply-side economics with their claims that Obama was bankrupting the country.
But the big tax cuts, combined with a big increase in military spending and an unwillingness on the part of Congress to cut domestic spending, sent the budget deficit and the national debt climbing to previously unheard-of levels.
For decades now, the big worry in Washington has been that rising health-care costs will gradually swallow up household and government budgets, squeezing out other forms of spending, and sending the budget deficit soaring.
The prime minister accused Labour of giving away half the rebate and claimed "they sent the budget through the roof" when asked about Europe talks by Conservative MP Andrew Stephenson.
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Jump-starting the economy will cost money, and probably send the federal budget into the red.
