Sentence examples for spending confrontation from inspiring English sources

Still, many colleagues were unnerved early last year when, after an unpopular spending confrontation with Democrats nearly caused a government shutdown, Mr. Ryan pushed ahead with his budget remaking Medicare for future retirees.

Now is not the time to provoke spending confrontations with our commander in chief".

The details would glaze the eyes of the saintliest therapist: years of irresponsible spending, threats, confrontations, bluffs, broken promises and empty ultimatums -- a lurching from crisis to crisis in a cycle so predictable, it's boring.

The confrontation was part of an intensifying fight between Democrats and Mr. Bush over spending.

He and his fellow firearms officers faced regular drills challenging them to find creative ways out of confrontations and spent long nights at the shooting range to upgrade their marksmanship.

After the hearings ended and Thomas was confirmed as a US supreme court justice, I spent three years investigating the confrontation between Hill and Thomas.

But in July 2011 Republicans tied their vote on the debt ceiling to concessions on spending, generating a confrontation with the Obama administration and resulting in the first-ever ratings downgrade of the nation's credit-worthiness.

Ms. Rich, who died on Wednesday at 82, spent her career forcing such confrontations.

City Comptroller Alan Hevesi spent years avoiding any serious confrontations with the mayor.

I spent my youth being frightened of confrontation, but I've realised that doesn't serve you well.

His young characters were ready to cope with extraterrestrial confrontation because they'd spent hours watching TV serials and playing Space Invaders.