21.   He ended the week deftly forcing the opposition-led parliament at home to approve a budget it had firmly opposed.

22.   He ended the week by deftly forcing the opposition-led parliament to approve a budget it had firmly opposed.

23.   He said he would like to start contract negotiations with Jackson County within weeks, before a budget is approved in December.

24.   However, Congress must approve the budget before the tower can be removed.

25.   If a budget is not approved until November or December, as appears increasingly likely, then the federal government could be temporarily shut down.

26.   If a budget is not approved until November or December then the federal government could be temporarily shut down.

27.   If that budget is approved, then the hospital would not have enough money to pay for the employees it is currently scrambling to hire, he said.

28.   If the past is any guide, the Council leadership will extract a few changes from the mayor before approving the budget in June.

29.   In the past, the U.S. central bank has approved its budgets one year at a time.

30.   It approves budgets, sets general policy and technically picks the schools chancellor, although mayors have traditionally muscled the board into choosing someone of their liking.