budget hawk

English

Noun

budget hawk (plural budget hawks)

  1. (politics) An advocate of a smaller budget, a deficit hawk.
    • 2020 March 18, Bobby Allyn, “Trump Picks Budget Hawk Russ Vought As OMB Director As Coronavirus Crashes Economy”, in NPR‎:
      Vought, a budget hawk and former conservative activist, still has to be confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate.
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