Sentence examples for spending fights from inspiring English sources

The spending fights are taking a definite toll on the public's view of Congress, according to recent polls.

But the latest bill passed with a narrow 217-to-203 vote, and foreshadowed a host of spending fights to come in both chambers over fundamental budgeting priorities, regulatory policy, energy and science.

As they assessed the deal struck Friday night, less than two hours before government agencies were to run out of money, both parties laid claim to victories in a showdown that presaged difficult spending fights to come between House Republicans and the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House.

While the most visible spending fights center on money for Planned Parenthood, public broadcasting, Medicare and other concerns that touch the lives of people who do not spend their days on Capitol Hill, the fork fracas brings the current ideological warfare into relief, perhaps because it is playing out daily on the cafeteria trays of those who work here.

But he has been advising grassroots conservatives to watch the 2012 field closely for how they conduct themselves as the spending fights on Capitol Hill heat up.

The lobbying effort, combined with the public veto threats, underscore the aggressive posture that the administration has increasingly deployed with these types of high-stakes spending fights.

"Oh, look, honey, IKEA — where we had our first spending fight".

The Republicans have made it clear that the spending fight will never cease.

And a handful of Republicans were willing to side with them in the current spending fight.

The president's pessimism appeared to be an acknowledgment that the White House had made significant miscalculations in the spending fight.

Historians say there is nothing like a good spending fight with Congress to boost a president's sagging fortunes.