Sentence examples for spending ceilings from inspiring English sources

Last year, Congress approved a budget that technically was within spending ceilings mandated by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997.

For the first time ever, spending ceilings are down compared to the previous period, and capped at exactly 1 percent of European Union gross national income.

They are thus not constrained by the spending ceilings of the campaign finance system that restrict Mr. Edwards, of North Carolina, who is using public money.

I don't set spending ceilings, the way most diners do, or approach restaurants with the goal of wringing maximum value from them.

He said that in his 1974 campaign he would reject cash contributions, take no more than $100 from any individual, report every contribution and expenditure and voluntarily abide by spending ceilings passed by the Senate.

The new outline reshuffled the amounts to reduce proposed cuts for agriculture and development assistance but kept the overall spending ceilings in his earlier proposal on the budget, which is worth the equivalent of about $1.3 trillion.

The latest proposals from the European Commission call for the spending ceiling to be raised by 50% over the next five years.

Gordhan promised to uphold South Africa's spending ceiling, reform failing state-owned enterprises and protect the country's credit rating.

Talks on the next European Union budget are expected to culminate in November when European leaders will try to agree on a spending ceiling for the 2014-2020 period.

Some Blairites had hoped that Labour would stick within the Coalition's spending ceiling for the post-2015 period and cut the cake differently.

The McCain organization has less to spend than the Bush operation because it is accepting federal money and thus is bound by a state spending ceiling.