Sentences with phrase «slashed the budget deficit»

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My priorities will be to slash wasteful federal spending, set our nation on a path to a balanced budget, end bailouts for bad business decisions, take leftover money from the Obama stimulus package to pay down the deficit, and repeal Obamacare.

The union says the government's slash and burn approach to tackling the budget deficit will mean vital public services are axed, hundreds of thousands of public sector workers will be thrown out of work, and those that remain will have their pay and pensions cut.

Silver, a liberal Democrat with powerful union ties who has repeatedly stymied efforts by the last three governors to restrain spending, said he was fully behind Cuomo's pledge to slash the budget to close a projected $ 8 billion deficit for the fiscal year beginning April 1.

The collapse of the bipartisan congressional supercommittee's effort to agree on a plan to slash the federal budget deficit isn't just a defeat for congressional Republicans who, as AFT President Randi Weingarten said, «insisted on protecting the 1 percent from any additional taxes.»

Governor Dannel P. Malloy used his executive authority on Wednesday to make $ 65 million in budget cuts, including millions from day and residential programs for people with disabilities, to help slash Connecticut's $ 220 million deficit.

Although Buffalo Public Schools managed to close a $ 10.2 million budget deficit for next year without slashing jobs, the district still faces a long - term budget gap.

The Associated Press wrote that Ryan «is synonymous with his revolutionary budget that slashes spending for safety - net programs for the poor, remakes Medicare and cuts personal and corporate taxes while pushing the deficit down to a manageable level.»

The Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation have estimated the bill would slash federal deficits by $ 337 billion between 2017 - 26.

«As the 2nd most conservative member of the New York State Assembly in rankings by the New York State Conservative Party and the # 1 Legislator in scoring by Unshackle Upstate, a New York reform organization, I know we need to slash federal spending, balance the budget, end the bailouts, take leftover money from the Obama stimulus package to pay down the deficit and support repealing Obamacare.

Certainly the financial crisis and the fallout from blindly slashing agency budgets to reduce the deficit have contributed to the current political climate surrounding investment.

Overall, the budget released by Prime Minister Tony Abbott's conservative government, elected this past September, is aimed at slashing the federal government's long - term spending deficits.

• $ 800 million: The budget deficit the district faces next year, even after slashing school budgets in the midst of this year.

The $ 5.16 billion fiscal 2013 budget approved by Chicago Board of Education last month closed a $ 665 million deficit by draining reserves and levying property taxes at a maximum rate, while also slashing administrative and operational spending.

The district's most pressing concern is a $ 15.1 million deficit in this year's budget, which will require schools and the central office to slash expenditures even though the academic year is nearly half over.

This new economic strategy is necessary not just for short - term recovery, but for avoiding future credit bubbles and financial crises, slashing our trade and budget deficit, producing more innovative technologies to improve our everyday lives, and regaining our international leadership.