Mr. Gee has had to respond to what some board members saw as runaway spending.

And to achieve that, we must address the runaway spending in our schools.

But there are other disturbing issues, too, he said: the erosion of civil liberties, runaway spending, and the religious right's squeeze on the party.

We want to force the government to live within its means by stopping runaway spending and balancing the Federal budget.

The following charts reveal the challenges America faces from runaway spending and debt.

I believe one path leads towards more government control, and more runaway spending.

The true danger, he believed, was big government and runaway spending.

What's new this time is that the administration has decided to pay lip service to conservative complaints about runaway spending.

Can't you do more to deal with the problem of this deficit and runaway spending?

He also objects to runaway federal spending while each state is meanwhile required to balance its budget.