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^[1]:

     Vought, a budget hawk and former conservative activist, still has to be confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate.