| The mayor cautioned that the hike in property taxes is needed to comply with the state law requiring him to present a balanced budget. |
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| Therefore, we reaffirm our support for a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget. |
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| However, Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill is a strong advocate of a balanced budget, which he fought for in previous Republican administrations. |
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| Voters do not turf out governments that have presided over economic growth, new jobs and a balanced budget. |
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| I believe the federal government's time line for a balanced budget is about right. |
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| Given the balanced budget Act, there is no penalty, but it obligates the government to balance the books over four years. |
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| The arguments against the cyclically balanced budget target are both technical and political economy in nature. |
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| Regarding membership dues, he thought we could not on the one hand demand a balanced budget and on the other hand reduce dues. |
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| It is a balanced budget that restores fiscal balances and cuts taxes for working families. |
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| The government achieved a balanced budget in 1998-99 and committed itself to maintaining that performance in subsequent years. |
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| For the first time since the global financial crisis, we are forecasting a balanced budget. |
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| Johnson on Balanced Budget Mr. Johnson pledged to submit a balanced budget to Congress. |
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| After more than a decade in which the balanced budget had assumed quasi-religious status, many were suddenly converted to the necessity of a major dose of deficit spending. |
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| A few years later, our current Prime Minister, then minister of finance, presented the first fruits of these labours, a balanced budget. |
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| They also plan to legislate a balanced budget and will pay off the national debt. |
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| We did the things that were necessary so that we can now post our ninth balanced budget. |
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| Most states have balanced budget requirements. |
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| The mandate of the Corporation is to support the work by those organizing the Congress, to ensure financial transparency, and to produce a balanced budget. |
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| Now, finally, the EU's position is, of course, such that we can achieve high growth and seriously take up the fight against unemployment without jeopardising objectives such as price stability and a balanced budget. |
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| In the immediate future the city must adopt a balanced budget. |
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| Consequently, for more than a decade now, there has been a mechanism making it possible to annually report on compliance with the balanced budget requirement. |
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| There are many ways to manage a city and to reach a balanced budget. |
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| Mr Xavier Gizard said that the 2007 travel costs as presented were significantly lower than those really incurred in order to be able to submit a balanced budget. |
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| In short, balanced budgets signal stability, and today s Update confirms we are on track to meet our balanced budget commitment. |
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| You cannot brag about a balanced budget when your debt is increasing. |
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| In terms of the general situation, as has been said before, this is the seventh consecutive balanced budget and the first time since Confederation that we have balanced budgets at that rate. |
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| Last week another balanced budget was presented by the Minister of Finance, the third in three years. Three out of three is not a bad batting average. |
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| Despite the rapid economic growth of recent years, the government has not achieved a balanced budget, budgetary targets have been unambitious and windfall revenues mainly spent. |
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| Madame Marois boldness was a stroke of luck for the government, even if this was a big gamble by the deputy Prime minister, as Québec avoided the recession and maintained a balanced budget. |
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| Most of us are faced with a lifetime balanced budget constraint. |
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| They provide a buffer to protect the annual balanced budget target, to avoid having to undo previous budget initiatives, and to avoid going back into deficit. |
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| A balanced budget might be within hailing distance, but social programs that inter-relate closely with the enjoyment of human rights had undoubtedly paid a price. |
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| Instead, Flaherty claims to maintain a balanced budget by assuming that the Canadian economy will not experience a recession and he has instead unveiled belt-tightening measures. |
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| The government brought in a balanced budget on Tuesday, but the Premier warned it could be knocked out of kilter by economic changes beyond the control of the province. |
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| Twisting the bodkin, Mr Osborne also reiterated his intention to bring legislation before Parliament that would bind the government to running a balanced budget over the course of the economic cycle. |
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| A surplus allows us to take care of the things that nature and other circumstances foist on us while still maintaining a balanced budget and not go into deficit. |
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| At the same time, we must look ahead to future challenges. These include restoring a balanced budget once our economy is fully recovered and building our economic future. |
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| Fabien Mesclier drew attention to the chronic deficit which must incite consideration of ways to ensure a balanced budget without contribution from these funds which will soon be exhausted. |
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| Members should mark my words that we will have a balanced budget reported for the current fiscal year and they will use that to say that they kept their promise. |
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| The risks can be considered broadly balanced: in fact, the targets, especially the balanced budget for 2004, appear cautious and may be overachieved, giving a margin against less positive developments in the economy. |
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| General Synod came in on budget for 2010 and anticipates a balanced budget for 2011-a year ahead of the target date for zero deficit, 2012, said treasurer Michele George. |
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| Heady with victory in the deal they reached to raise the debt limit, House Republicans now plan to focus on passage of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. |
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| Last, but not least, we have the principle of the balanced budget. |
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| List the key provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 affecting payment for Medicare laboratory services. |
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