| 11. | The government is tightening the purse strings of Medicare and Medicaid.
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| 12. | Adding Clemens to the mix would stretch the Astros purse strings even more.
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| 13. | He sits on the House Appropriations Committee, which controls Congress'purse strings.
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| 14. | Consumers are tightening their purse strings, getting ever so price conscious.
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| 15. | You are in many senses a supplicant _ they control the purse strings.
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| 16. | The regional economic crisis forced Malaysia to tighten its purse strings.
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| 17. | That could make Comcast a bit tighter with the purse strings.
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| 18. | Sohn said it is not clear if consumers will tighten their purse strings.
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| 19. | Journalism's powerful bean counters have opened their purse strings to make it happen.
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| 20. | And in some investment circles, purse strings are starting to tighten.
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