Sentence examples for appropriations were from inspiring English sources

It also undermines the administration's claims that this case is really just a little dispute over statutory interpretation, as there is no question that Congress a) accepted the administration's prior position that appropriations were necessary and b) refused to appropriate the desired funds.

Part of the strength of the House's argument on this question comes from the fact that, up until Congress decided not to appropriate the funds for these payments, the executive branch acted as though annual appropriations were necessary.

Just two spending measures covering military appropriations were enacted.

As for the Corp. for Public Broadcasting-public television-federal appropriations were cut back.

Warmuth's reading of Dylan's memoir has revealed that Dylan's "appropriations were not random.

He said such midcycle shortfalls requiring supplemental appropriations were common in Texas.

Yet the long history of such appropriations is rarely mentioned.

Appropriations are also public laws, as are entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare.

One question: Why shouldn't appropriations be contained in relevant appropriation bills instead of being used as political candy?

Voting against military appropriations is both humanly and politically self-defeating.

Including grant appropriations is hardly a "far-fetched interpretation" by the Justice Department.