budget committee

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budget
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/us
/ˈbʌdʒ.ɪt/
in the UK, the official statement that the government makes about how much it will collect in taxes and spend on public services in ...
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committee
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/kəˈmɪt.i/us
/kəˈmɪt̬.i/
a small group of people chosen to represent a larger organization and either make decisions or collect information ...
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That was a legitimate method of speaking in thebudgetcommitteein those days.
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Thebudgetcommitteeis concerned with the allocation of expenditure.
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I was a member of thebudgetcommitteeand the budget sub-committee.
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The attendances at thebudgetcommitteemeetings are decidedly patchy and the personnel varies considerably.
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During his lengthy career, he was a member of the legislativebudgetcommittee.
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In addition, abudgetcommitteeworks with the board of directors to ensure the organization remain financially healthy.
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In 2011, thebudgetcommitteeof council passed several recommendations to cut staff through layoffs and buyouts.
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Especial attention was given to members of thebudgetcommitteewho would consider the bill in detail.
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Each elected town official, and the board of selectmen, town clerk, and chairman of the townbudgetcommitteeare members-at-large.
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She sits on the legislature'sbudgetcommittee.
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In presenting the plan, thebudgetcommitteemembers admitted that the renovation would not address all of the towns immediate needs, but would be better than what we have.
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She chaired thebudgetcommittee.
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The board also has the annual responsibility of adopting a balanced school district budget, developed in a budget process along with seven appointed citizen members of the district'sbudgetcommittee.
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If that be true, and it is so according to statements made locally by the budget committees and public assistance officers.
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Secondly, it represents pro student legislation and the student community before the council for higher education and the planning and budget committees.
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