Sentence examples for attach spending from inspiring English sources

In Armey's view, DeLay saw earmarking — the practice by which members of Congress can attach spending projects to larger bills — as a means of keeping the Republicans in permanent power.

But he indicated the House would attach spending cuts to any measure to raise the federal borrowing authority.

Since 2011, Republicans have also introduced legislation and attempted to attach spending-bill riders to gut the ability of other agencies -- including the Federal Communications Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission -- to write rules on campaign funding and spending.

The preordained outcome followed several acts of odd political theater on the House floor: Republicans urged the defeat of their own measure, while Democrats — who not long ago were seeking just such a vote to raise the debt ceiling without attaching spending cuts — assailed Republicans for bringing it up, saying its certain defeat might unnerve the financial markets.

Congress came dangerously close to defaulting in July 2011 as Republicans insisted on attaching spending cuts to the vote.

Now in opposition, the Republicans are finally voicing their disdain for earmarks, the pet projects that lawmakers attach to spending bills.

He also said he found it increasingly tiresome to see social policy amendments attached to spending bills that the Democratic-controlled Senate would never accept.

No decisions have yet been taken, but GOP aides are exploring possible provisions that can be attached to spending authorisations that would somehow "defund" aspects of Obama's action.

When Democrats argue that money for these items should be attached to spending bills going through Congress now, the Bush administration wants to wait until next year, apparently because it feels the nation cannot afford the additional costs.

Already this week, we worked to attach language to spending legislation that would put sharp restrictions on use of federal funds for military purposes in Afghanistan.

They could do so by attaching provisions to spending bills for the relevant regulatory agencies, among other methods.