Thrilling, rather like the budget negotiations, but when done correctly, not fatal.

In other words, he has renewed the battle over the issue that wrecked the last round of budget negotiations.

Despite concern over the budget negotiations, most analysts are hopeful that a compromise will be reached.

He was speaker of the legislature from 1987 to 1991 and generated some controversy in that position after heated state budget negotiations.

I urge them to... quit adding or resurrecting endless ideological debating points, and to stop using budget negotiations to score points with political allies or against partisan opponents.