balance a/the budget
idiom
: to have enough money to provide the amount to be spent
The government may have to raise taxes to balance the budget.
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At a news conference Monday, Mendelson pointed to an array of financial pressures on the city — including federal pandemic aid that will not continue beyond this fiscal year — as the basis for his belief the mayor might suggest a tax increase to balance the budget.
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Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee is scheduled to vote Friday on its plan to balance the budget.
—Erin Cox, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
No justification details are offered except that the authors in the Legislature want more money to balance the budget and for their programs.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
Facing a $1 billion-plus budget deficit over two years, Gov. Katie Hobbs has some ideas on what items to cut to balance the budget, as required by the state constitution.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
Instead of selling our land to balance the budget, lets reduce the cost of government.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
This action combined with rejecting new spending outside of the priority areas listed above should balance the budget until our revenues rebound.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
Today, few politicians meaningfully discuss how to balance the budget.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
The bill, approved by the GOP-majority committee by a 22-12 vote, would ask the commission to recommend ways to balance the budget at the earliest reasonable date and to improve the long-term solvency of Medicare, Social Security and other programs paid for through trust funds.
—Kevin Freking, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024
Meagan Flynn, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024
The Senate Budget and Taxation Committee is scheduled to vote Friday on its plan to balance the budget.
—Erin Cox, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
No justification details are offered except that the authors in the Legislature want more money to balance the budget and for their programs.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
Facing a $1 billion-plus budget deficit over two years, Gov. Katie Hobbs has some ideas on what items to cut to balance the budget, as required by the state constitution.
—The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
Instead of selling our land to balance the budget, lets reduce the cost of government.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
This action combined with rejecting new spending outside of the priority areas listed above should balance the budget until our revenues rebound.
—The San Diego Union-Tribune Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
Today, few politicians meaningfully discuss how to balance the budget.
—Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Feb. 2024
The bill, approved by the GOP-majority committee by a 22-12 vote, would ask the commission to recommend ways to balance the budget at the earliest reasonable date and to improve the long-term solvency of Medicare, Social Security and other programs paid for through trust funds.
—Kevin Freking, Fortune, 19 Jan. 2024
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