Sentence examples for year end budget from inspiring English sources

Republican leader John Boehner said Sunday he was "flabbergasted" by Treasury secretary Tim Geithner plan to save the nation from the fiscal cliff, in the latest show of brinkmanship over a deal to avert the year end budget crises.

Republicans, having acquiesced to the tax increase in the year-end budget deal, are now insisting that further deficit reduction must come through spending cuts.

The finding has particular relevance as Congress looks for ways to raise revenue by reducing tax breaks as part of the year-end budget negotiations.

Today's vote added a twist to the contentious year-end budget negotiations between President Clinton and the Republican-controlled House and Senate in this unusual lame-duck session.

Mr. Hastert's opening move in this year's contentious year-end budget battle was so conciliatory it unsettled even some of his strongest allies, including Mr. DeLay.

Mr. Holbrooke lobbied Congress extensively last year to resolve an issue that threatened to undermine America's global reputation and a year-end budget agreement.

Gay rights groups and their congressional allies urged President Clinton to required any year-end budget deal to include the hate crimes provision.

Never have the men's opposing styles of leadership been more evident than now, a month before Election Day, when Mr. Hastert must go head-to-head with the president in year-end budget negotiations.

Despite an intense campaign by critics in and out of Congress against home-state projects, the year-end budget sent to President Bush on Wednesday was stuffed with almost 9,000 of them.

Mr. Roth's committee work has kept him tethered to Washington, giving his rival an advantage as long as Congress continues to struggle to wrap up its year-end budget bills.

As Congress draws to a close, among the last sticking points between President Clinton and Republicans on a year-end budget deal are Democratic proposals to grant limited amnesty to hundreds of thousands of longtime residents who came to the United States illegally, expand permanent residency to certain Central Americans and help certain other immigrants obtain green cards.