Another wrinkle is that the UK Treasury has also chosen to set 2011 as the base year for calculating the "frozen" budget - not 2013, which might seem more natural and would allow a larger number than the 886bn euros the Treasury has been insisting on.
Meanwhile, teachers, their pay frozen in the budget, have been on strike for nearly a month.
Total federal spending should then be frozen until the budget is balanced, with essential spending increases for programs like Social Security offset with the termination of outdated or inappropriate programs that no longer serve a desirable function.
If the budget remains frozen, funding will be allocated on a month by month basis, something that has not happened since 1988.
David Cameron wants Herman Van Rompuy, the President of the European Council, to be in no doubt that unless the EU budget is frozen in real terms and Britain's rebate is maintained there will be no deal at this summit.
The supermarket giant Tesco, frozen food firm Findus and budget chain Aldi received mince containing horsemeat from Comigel.
Mr Cameron had said the EU budget should be frozen or cut, but Mrs Merkel says an increase is necessary.
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In the UK, the supermarket giant Tesco, frozen food firm Findus and budget chain Aldi received horsemeat-tainted mince from Comigel, based in northeastern France.
If talks remain at an impasse, the budget will remain frozen at current levels, something that many MEPs say could call into question future funding for organisations such as the External Action Service and the ITER nuclear reactor.
One, preferred by Republicans, assumes that spending is frozen at the levels agreed in the budget for fiscal 2000 (without adjusting for inflation).
Council tax will be frozen at current levels for 2013-14 if the budget is approved.
In our fiscal year 1986 budget, overall government program spending will be frozen at the current level.
He said "at best" he would like to see the budget cut, and "at worst" frozen, but it was in the national interest to get a deal.
Cornwall Council's Conservatives and Liberal Democrat groups have revealed alternative budget plans which they say can allow council tax to be frozen.
This is Labour's first budget since it took power in May - previous administrations had also frozen council tax levels.
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