21.   Japanese household spending fell for the fourth straight month in July as higher taxes and smaller wage increases continued to cut spending.

22.   Many analysts expect Smithburg to cut marketing spending and leave the brand as a regional product.

23.   Mayors plan to cut spending on culture, education and other areas, he said.

24.   Republicans and Democrats have long argued over whether it is fair to refer to that vote as a vote to cut spending.

25.   Selling the railroad will help cut spending while adding to the coffers of the cash-strapped country.

26.   States, the president said, would simply use their new flexibility to cut welfare spending, putting children in particular at risk.

27.   Stenholm would allow Congress to cut spending, but not raise taxes to meet his cap.

28.   States will be under tremendous pressure to cut spending on the poor to save money in these tight financial times and to drive the poor elsewhere.

29.   Still lacking, they said, are plans to cut government spending and privatize inefficient state industries.

30.   That approach only continues inefficient operations and fails to look for ways to cut spending, he said.