pursestrings

I love it when Legislators – you know, the guys who control the pursestrings – vote for massive, record-breaking deficits when it comes to financing tax cuts for the rich and "eternal war" in the middle east, and then tell us that we have to slash spending on nation-building at home, because they've suddenly discovered that we have – GASP!

CNN Exclusive: Obama weighs ordering new debt commission 2009

When he governed Virgina, the state ha a huge surplus, similarly when Clinton governed the u.s. (and I was never a fan of Clinton) we had a surplus nationally .... so tell me why is it exactly that the GOP screams wasteful spending when everytime they're in charge of the pursestrings we go into debt and STILL have failing schools and potholes in the road and terrorist attacks?

Dem defends $50B fund, challenges GOP to provide alternatives 2010

With tax hikes on the way and the government's Office for Budget Responsibility estimating 600,000 public sector job losses over the next five years, many U.K. families will still have good reason to keep a tight grip on the pursestrings for some time to come.

Uncertainty Will Linger After U.K. Spending Review Laurence Norman 2010

In that piece, she tried to explain her lifelong compulsion to lie as a product of her upbringing at the hands of a stern father who kept such tight control of the family pursestrings that his wife and children would buy things behind his back.

Story pick: Janet Cooke and "Jimmy's World" Annys Shin 2010

"Could the healthcare needs of some patients be compromised because GPs are now holding the pursestrings and are more concerned with the consortium's bottom line than the patient's needs?"

NHS shakeup could set patients against their GPs, warns report 2011

What is surprising is that Mr. Bent would want to leave a club like Sunderland — sixth in the Premier League and with an owner, Ellis Short , who's shown a willingness to invest — for Aston Villa, which is fighting to avoid relegation and, after several seasons of heavy spending, seems inclined to tighten the pursestrings.

Is Barcelona Soccer's Greatest Team Ever? Gabriele Marcotti 2011

If I remember correctly the Democrats were in control of the house and pursestrings for the last 2 years of Bush's presidency and at the control of the Fanny and Freddy meltdown etc.

Democrats hope Bush-bashing works in Virginia race 2009

"The city's pursestrings were tied to only one individual, resulting in a perfect breeding ground for fraudulent, wasteful spending."

Bell Scandal: Robert Rizzo's Bail Set At $2 Million 2010

"The city's pursestrings were tied to only one individual, resulting in a perfect breeding ground for fraudulent, wasteful spending."

Bell Scandal: Robert Rizzo's Bail Set At $2 Million 2010

Asked by a reporter whether that meant he rejected criticism that the committee should have tightened its pursestrings from the beginning, Steele shot back by questioning whether the reporter meant he shouldn't have paid off the debt of the party's two campaign arms.

A defiant Michael Steele defends his tenure at RNC, says he may run for second term Felicia Sonmez 2010