Mr. Bush also implies that by 1993 the budget will be in balance through a simple spending freeze.

Even President Obama exempted the military from his spending freeze earlier this year.

Senator Dole said he would consider a spending freeze, possibly for two years, but did not like the approach.

"Ed is the guy that invented the spending freeze 1997-98."

And a quiet chuckle for "Ed is the guy that invented the spending freeze 1997-98."

A three-year spending freeze has been imposed on health care and education, the two biggest items in the province's budget.

We are not talking about a spending freeze or a reduction of 1% or 2%.

We're talking about a spending freeze in the middle of a 1929-30-style meltdown!

He has advocated for an across-the-board spending freeze, including entitlement programs.

In 1983, at least, he proposed doing something about it, calling for a contingency tax and a Federal spending freeze.