But to look just at the spending side is to miss the full magnitude of the Medicaid problem.

I think they'd like to see us try to do a better job on the spending side.

But more important, consider the spending side of the District government equation.

"On the spending side, I don't see how you get from here to there."

"They're making a lot of progress on the spending side," a senior Administration official said.

The spending side of the reports is not due until June 15.

On the spending side, the proposal calls for an 8.5 percent cut in state aid to school districts, a loss of $1.2 billion.

I wish we could control the spending side better.

The woman didn't appeal to him from her spending side.

The better though more difficult course is finally to address the spending side of the fiscal equation.