budget gap

One of their odder arguments is that, since the teachers' pay freeze will not plug the entire budget gap, it should not happen at all.

He stressed that the government is serious about tax reform to at least partly close the current budget gap.

Texas will be able to close its budget gap this year only through brutal cuts, now being negotiated.

Overnight, the budget gap swelled to a staggering $26. 3 billion and now grows by an estimated $25m each day.

By declaring a fiscal emergency, former Hollywood action star Schwarzenegger is forcing lawmakers to focus on plugging the budget gap.

Chicago faced a huge budget gap; naturally, Mr Daley wanted to use some of the deal's cash to fill it.

It will now be even harder for Mr Paterson to persuade an already reluctant legislature to help close a widening $2. 1 billion budget gap.

After a decade-long boom peaked in 2007, the Irish government saw its tax revenue plummet and a huge budget gap open up.

But how exactly is the budget gap going to be closed?

Residents now face the prospect of higher car taxes and college fees to close the state's budget gap.

Over the two years from December 2007 to November 2009, the 50 states have faced a cumulative budget gap of $304 billion.

With revenues vanishing, the states collectively face a $70 billion budget gap this year.

In the small hours of June 29th Mr Christie and the state legislature closed an unprecedented $11 billion budget gap.

To close a $688 million budget gap, the governor announced the most drastic furlough program in the country.

Linda Lingle, the state's governor, recently announced measures to close a $1. 2 billion budget gap that would otherwise open up by 2011.

By contrast, the budget gap that lawmakers closed with cuts this spring was about $300 million.

New York, which estimated its budget gap at 29 per cent in its 2010 budget, will charge US11c more on beer and wine.

But he was too weak to convince the state legislature to balance the books; he now faces a $9. 2 billion budget gap.

Montgomery County is facing a nearly $1 billion budget gap.

The budget gap; the technology gap.

Evans also noted that the council raised cigarette, sales and income taxes to help fill a budget gap last year.

The city's budget gap may reach $8 billion by the July 1, 2010, start of fiscal year 2011.

The government has pledged to cut the budget gap to below 3 percent of GDP by 2013.

Last year Mr Daniels closed a $957m budget gap by using reserves and making cuts, including some for education.