Sentences with phrase «holding down spending»

A Cuomo spokesman said that before the cap, there were built - in 13 percent increases in the education budget, and the governor has been successful in holding down spending during his tenure.

County government — despite Hein's considerable success on holding down spending — is still, with its $ 360 million annual budget and its impact on local economics, by far the largest government entity hereabouts.

Cuomo says he's been holding down spending during his first three years in office, with an average growth rate of two percent each year, compared to an annual 10 percent increase before he was governor.

DiNapoli also said the budget builds up the state's cash reserves and holds down spending increases.

In the short run, Cuomo gets some progress on pension reform, another on - time budget that holds down spending, expansion of the DNA database and a gambling amendment.

With Republicans in control of the State Senate, Mr. Cuomo will have a smoother path to continuing his efforts to hold down spending and cut taxes.

Not exact matches

So rather than sweat the investment game, she spent years holding down a day job while bootstrapping her new company on the side.

Having spent 50 + years in the timber industry I have been tracking this company for the last two years and consider them a good bet I don't hold shares but if the short sellers force them down below a dollar then I will swoop like a bald headed eagle

Construction spending in November was held down by a 0.8 % drop in nonresidential construction.

Valeant spent $ 101 million on research and development in the third quarter when it «could have put that on hold,» Papa said, and used that money to pay down debt instead, or save it for other problems, perhaps legal, that Valeant may face.

Down south, the Obama administration is in a dangerous game of chicken with Republican congressional leaders, who are cynically holding the US economy hostage in order to impose a radical agenda of spending cuts.

They simply can not give trading enough time while also holding down a job and spending time with their friends and family.

While spending down his formidable fortune — currently estimated to be $ 78.4 billion by Bloomberg — to fund reusable rocket research and space tourism might seem an odd choice, Bezos said last year that it's all part of a long - held dream.

On hold, if not vanished, are the revived battles of the Civil War of 150 years ago and President Donald Trump's foolhardy insistence that he will shut down the government if Congress does not authorize spending for a wall along the southern border.

Dominus notes parenthetically, «anyone holding down three jobs to keep a family together is not likely to spend excess emotional energy negotiating and acting on a nonmonogamy agreement.»

After seminary he has served full time in a United Methodist parish in upstate New York for five years, then spent part time work in churches while holding down secular administrative work spending ten years wrestling on the issues which have produced this book.

We have just quieted everything down and spent our time loving her, nursing her, holding her.

Christian's year of living «gay» leads to dramatic change, sparks controversy Timothy Kurek's motivation to spend a year pretending to be gay can be boiled down to a simple conviction: it takes drastic change to alter deeply held religious beliefs.

I would much rather spend my days on a sinking ship with those who love me, knowing that no matter what the future holds, I tried my hardest to lift people up and not slam them down.

A leering old villain in a frock, who spent decades conspiring behind closed doors for the position he now holds; a man who believes he is infallible and acts the part; a man whose preaching of scientific falsehood is responsible for the deaths of countless AIDS victims in Africa; a man whose first instinct when his priests are caught with their pants down is to cover up the scandal and damn the young victims to silence: in short, exactly the right man for the job.

Conservatives want to hold government spending and taxes down.

From being a helpless baby he progressed to adulthood, where he was capable of holding down a job, getting married and having children (should he so choose), making and keeping friends, earning and spending and saving money, respecting confidences, theorizing about the origins of things, separating fancy from fact, getting angry without having to hurt others, caring for others without needing to possess them.

Let's face it goalkeepers tend to march to the beat of a different drum and Szczesny certainly fell into that category, but most of his antics were relatively harmless and simply reflected a certain level of immaturity that isn't uncommon for someone thrust into the limelight at such a young age... lord knows we've seen that happen with numerous players throughout the years and very few were ever banished for such behaviour... the only on - field action that drove me crazy was his inability to take a deep breath and not try to rush the play with an ill - timed throw at certain points in the game when common sense suggested holding the ball and slowing things down... the fact that he continued to do this probably had a lot to do with the glaring lack of coaching time spent with the goalkeepers... ultimately he made the fateful decision to take his frustrations out into the public sphere and paid dearly for it... in the end, his services were wanted by several of the best Italian squads, which is significant considering the historical importance placed on the defensive side of the ball in Serie A... all I know is that if someone asked me to pick the most athletically gifted goalkeeper we have had in our squad since the arrival of Wenger, without hesitation, he would be my pick and for that reason his departure is more than a little disappointing... what else is new though

Perhaps there's more too it Budd Wenger wasn't even in the country when we spent 16 million on Welbeck so perhaps it's been decided above Wenger head again All I know is that Holding is not good enough to save our chances this season if we have to rely on him for 16 or 20 games He maybe will be later down the line....

Chamberlain spent the majority of his previous campaigns as a winger, but is now believed to be destined to hold down a central midfield berth in the near future.

I am sure he will look for takedowns when they prevent themselves, but holding Stipe down is not something you want to spend energy on early in a fight, He is a good enough wrestler to get up and even get takedowns himself.

before all the retards start giving thumbs down just do a quick round up of who we sold and bought and you will figure out that we have just spent 30 mil on players and look at manure they are getting di maria for 63mil... just a shame... this is rubbish, we have no chance if we do nt spend on a strker, defender and a holding midf... I'm sorry for myself and all arsenal supporters.

With the Blues spending most of the current season at the top and holding a cushty points cushion of everyone, they haven't had a visible aim or target to try and shoot down.

instead of being up 5 min like before I was up 2 hours with her at night only for her to sleep for an hour or so at a time... It wasent for me... I thought back to when she was a newborn... I spent 3 weeks up with her most of the nights bc she had her days and nights mixed up, id watch movies while holding her, feeding her and putting her down for short intervals of sleep.

I don't know whether or not he was drinking it, partying it, or spending it on women, but I knew I grew so tired of paying for rent, groceries, utilities, dates while holding down a career and watching him live it up that I separated from him last summer, telling him I need to see him achieve on his own without my support before we can continue.

This is evident not only in formula sales — it's a $ 1 trillion industry — but also in the recent boom in sales of helmets meant to reshape the heads of babies who have flattened on one side because the baby spends more time lying down than being held.

We would spend hours nursing, rocking, holding her and waiting for her to fall into a deep sleep, only to have her wake up as soon as we set her down and then we'd have to repeat the whole process.

Not all the time, not with everything they say — heaven knows I'd spend my life on my knees, my three year old is so chatty — but when she's trying to tell me something important to her, I like to go down on my knees, look in her eyes, sometimes holding her hands, and asking her to repeat what she wanted to tell me.

I quickly realized that my expectations were lofty and unrealistic, and living up to them was a waste of valuable energy better spent holding down my toddler so I could put on his shoes.

«I spent the better part of most days babywearing to calm my 3 - month - old down until she slowly became more interactive and was able to play — or at least look at toys I held in front of her.»

«Holding down benefit increases to 1 % is better than a total freeze, which would have been disastrous for people on the lowest incomes already having to spend a higher proportion of their income on essentials when rents, food and heating bills are all rocketing.»

While we appreciate that the Executive Budget holds overall state - funded spending level, year to year, we believe far more needs to be done to bring down the size and cost of state government.

The banker bashing will be a crowd - pleaser, and holding back information of the truly eyewatering spending cuts down the line will help the government cast the Tories as wild - eyed slashers of public spending: Freddy Kruegers in Eton tails.

So, holding down pay has been one of the few reliable ways to make big savings at a national level in a system where two thirds of hospital spend goes on the workforce.

But the «surplus» money to pay for them won't be there if spending isn't held down.

«He has a strong, proven record in Babylon as someone who can hold down taxes and spending while maintaining core services.

With Mr. Grimm planning to step down, the Staten Island and southern Brooklyn district will have to hold a new election just a few months after the last one — on which both parties spent more than $ 5 million.

Hold to keep spending down when the party only controls 1 chamber of government.

Gov. David Paterson isn't backing down on cutting state spending, including holding back on millions of dollars of already allocated funds to schools.

Today, 46 % are prepared to see the figure held (25 %) or increased (21 %), while the number wanting spending reduced is fractionally down, at 40 %.

Reichberg and the cooperating witness spent «well over $ 100,000» in gifts that served as bribes, Bharara said, so that they could hold sway with police — which they used to get friends and themselves out of traffic tickets, to arrange for police presence at religious sites and events, to get good seats at parades and other events, to get lights - and - sirens escorts to the airport, and even to close down a lane of the Lincoln Tunnel so a visiting businessman could breeze through without traffic.

Cuomo's been a supporter of the state's property tax cap, and has held the growth of state spending down to 2 % per year.

He said the member item money was meant for worthy projects and was left over from 2008 and that Paterson has done more to hold down member item spending than predecessors.

(The House of Representatives panel had essentially accepted the administration's low - ball figure as part of a larger push to hold down federal spending.)

I spent hours just whizzing around to new star systems, zooming down to various planets, and using my Abduction Beam to fill the ship's cargo hold with terrified aliens.