Fiscal analysts warn that such unchecked spending could, in the coming years, help undo one of Mr. Pataki's most significant achievements as governor.

The unchecked spending by these and other plans may have made Empire appear restrained, but by the end of the subcommittee's hearings last week it was clear that Empire had established its own pattern of injudicious spending.

He doesn't understand that his unchecked spending and his reduction of taxes for the wealthy have put this country on a collision course with economic disaster.

Mulcahy was subsequently dismissed for some corrupt actions including unchecked spending and secret deals.

"What we see here is unchecked spending, a complete lack of critical business practices in a major organization and a vote scheme that stole the voice of a union's members," Mr. Saunders said.

Many Nigerians and foreigners predict a return to the corruption and unchecked spending that marked Nigeria's last period under civilian rule, from 1979 to 1983.

Washington's Needed Restraint For too long, unchecked spending in Washington has crippled our nation's financial security.

The escalating bills for the damage wrought by the hurricane have begun worrying members of Congress, with a growing number of Republicans distancing themselves from what they view as unchecked spending by the White House.

McKinley has expressed concern over the "unchecked spending" of the United States, which he says results in us being "beholden to countries like China and Japan who own a significant amount of our debt."

Martin Waldron (1925-1981), winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize for reporting on unchecked spending on the Florida Turnpike.