The chancellor has since asked the permanent secretary to conduct a review of the practice of releasing embargoed Budget information in advance of the speech.
It is widely believed that the President will use the pretext of now-pending budget cuts to advance his agenda of "ridding the world of nuclear weapons" by exemplary American action.
The budget does nothing to advance the permanent reform of the Medicare system that will be needed when the baby-boomers retire.
For starters, it makes members of the minority party dependent on the ability of the majority party to advance a budget if they all are to be paid.
But the announcement of the move was quickly followed by an announcement by Senate Democrats that they would indeed advance a budget for the first time in four years.
Mr Swinney's letter came in advance of the UK Budget on Wednesday.
If Congress and the president could reach even a temporary cease-fire on the budget, Mr. Obama might have an opportunity to advance his other legislative goals, including an immigration overhaul and new gun-control measures.
Parliament's budget committee would have to actively approve such a step in advance.
And I have been -- (applause.) I've been honored to have you by my side when I signed advance appropriations to protect veterans' health care from the budget battles in Washington, -- (applause) -- when I signed legislation to give new support to veterans and their caregivers, and, most recently, when I proposed new initiatives to make sure the private sector is hiring our talented veterans.
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Budget experts suggest doing a breakdown of where you spend every dime, but the simplest budget method by far is to remove a significant percentage of your pay in advance (double digits, at least) and deposit it into an account you cannot easily access.
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By paying in advance, you can take advantage of an average of 10% off menu prices and more effectively budget your food expenditures, instead of giving in to impulse purchases.
Of course, the United States will need to do much more to secure its interests, such as increasing its miniscule public diplomacy budget for the region, and invigorating state-to-state diplomacy to deny foreign states the opportunity to advance harmful agendas.
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