11.   He had eight budget cycles in which to pull off that gallant feat.

12.   He said he will be ready in the next budget cycle to take more of a bite out of so-called corporate-welfare programs, including agriculture subsidies.

13.   Her proposal to go to a two-year budget cycle and streamline the Senate committee system has gone nowhere.

14.   Kemp believes any surplus we accrue in a budget cycle should go back in tax cuts.

15.   Learning a lesson from the overruns in the current budget cycle, lawmakers will also try to keep spending well below the constitutional limit.

16.   Republicans say shortfalls happen every budget cycle.

17.   Sen. Craig Thomas thinks Congress should adopt a two-year budget cycle.

18.   The volume and staying power of the accusations against Clinton have interrupted the normal rhythms of the Washington calendar, usually defined by the budget cycle.

19.   We weep for those boys, but we also make DSS fight for table scraps in every budget cycle.

20.   When they realized no pork was coming in the first budget cycle, they trusted it would come in the next.