Meeting this year's legally mandated deficit ceiling is relatively easy, as the negotiators have just shown, especially with the use of a few handy budget gimmicks.

That has prompted wide cynicism among people who conclude that, once again, Congress must have been trading in mere budget gimmicks.

What he's really doing is forcing the Administration to cook up more budget gimmicks.

Over the years, reckless spending habits and budget gimmicks have brought us to this critical moment in history where we face a job-crippling national debt.

Mr. Weitzman said that reliance on budget gimmicks was a hallmark of the previous Republican administration.

You concede that "budget gimmicks" evade the deficit-reduction law.

The state's answer was a variety of budget gimmicks and borrowing that have led, in part, to today's crisis.

Yes, state revenue increases were half the national average, but they might have been higher without budget gimmicks.

In the past the state relied on budget gimmicks, borrowing, taxes and cuts.

And they described the sale as more of a budget gimmick than a way to reinvent government and improve the lottery.