Sentence examples for asked for authority from inspiring English sources
In its 2013 budget proposal, the Obama administration has asked for authority to alter the composition of the nickel, too.
For at least two months, the unchallenged assumption had been that the government would abstain at both Lloyds and RBS if the banks asked for authority to award 200% bonuses.
In 1999, the Pentagon asked for authority to appoint a single military leader for the continental United States who could respond to a terrorist attack by, for example, ordering doctors and other emergency personnel to stricken areas.
The union complained to the trade group again, and asked for authority to impose $4 billion in sanctions, based on its estimate of the value of the tax breaks to American companies.
One day in May, at a meeting with the President and several cabinet members, McConnell asked for authority to wage information warfare against the tech-savvy insurgents in Iraq.
Mr. Rumsfeld had asked for authority to spend $60 billion as he chose on the war in Iraq or other military needs; the House committee voted to give him $25.4 billion in discretionary spending, with the rest strictly apportioned among specific needs in the Iraq war.
To fill the hole, Mr. Paterson will ask for authority to cut every state budget by about 2 percent.
For months Henry Paulson, Mr Bush's treasury secretary, held back from asking for authority to bail out the financial markets because he was convinced Congress would turn him down.
Sources familiar with the investigation say that he sent a prosecution memo to DC two months ago asking for authority to indict a public figure (Spitzer).
He is expected to ask for authority this year, but is unsure about what it should cover.Much of the mess reflects Mr Clinton's habitual indecisiveness in many areas of policy, not just trade.
In recent weeks, automakers said they wouldn't actively fight an effort to raise fuel efficiency standards; Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott said he would consider supporting the idea; and the Bush administration signaled approval, asking for authority to act on this issue.
