Sentences with phrase «battle over spending cuts»

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This spring, he spent two weeks running the numbers and battling insomnia before making a dramatic announcement to his 120 - member staff on April 13, inviting NBC News and The New York Times to cover it: Over the next three years, he will phase in a minimum wage of $ 70,000 at Gravity and immediately cut his own salary from $ 1.1 million to $ 70,000 to help fund it.

The WFP largely sat out the battle over the so - called millionaire's tax, which other lefties were pushing very hard to see reinstated in full to offset the deep health care and education spending cuts Cuomo had proposed.

As Tuesday's hearing was underway, House Republicans were locked in their own budget battle over how to cut spending.

«Nick Clegg signalled a fresh battle over budget cuts with George Osborne on Sunday after warning that it would be «wholly unrealistic» for the coalition to pursue further reductions in welfare spending without increasing taxes on Britain's richest 10 %.»

He has fought a losing battle with the chancellor over defence cuts - with the comprehensive spending review overshadowing all other government plans.

The agreement, reached earlier today, ended a marathon battle over a bill that raises taxes, cuts spending and helps close the state's $ 42 billion deficit.

Both Labour and the Conservatives think the battle over when to start cutting spending is a fight they can win.

The battle lines have been drawn for a fight over funding in 2016, with the Department for Education (DfE) insisting schools can be more efficient and schools asserting that, with 80 per cent of their spend going on staffing, the curriculum is at risk if staffing is cut.