Sentence examples for touching spending from inspiring English sources

These are the House Republicans who voted no on the "fiscal cliff" deal because it raised taxes without touching spending.

Everyone in Trenton has known for years that touching spending issues is political suicide, and they didn't need the task force report to remind them.

A document called "hazard awareness" issued by the Joint Chiefs of Staff warned soldiers and civilians against touching spent ammunition or other contaminated materials.

Father Alain François Damienss, touching) spends years searching for her, despite the fact that she seemingly doesn't want to be found, having eloped with a Muslim boy who may or may not have jihadist sympathies.

Republicans won't touch spending, and Democrats won't touch entitlement reform.

However, as we learn from the second quote, since Republicans won't touch spending, Democrats won't touch entitlement reform.

(The Road Not Taken, 7/18) Republicans won't touch spending, and Democrats won't touch entitlement reform.

The common agricultural policy, a hugely expensive and wasteful programme of farm subsidies that consumes almost half of all EU spending, was barely touched: farm spending will go on rising until 2002 at least (see article).After this result, it is hard to hold out much hope for the reform of the EU's institutions, which is the next item on the agenda.

Mr. Deutsch remained in New York, and they fell out of touch, spending the next decade dating other people and focusing on their careers.

Alone among Republican hopefuls, Trump has pledged not to touch entitlement spending.

The Ryan proposal doesn't touch military spending; it further challenges our solvency by giving the rich an even bigger tax break; and it courts another disaster by seeking the repeal of the recent financial regulation law.