Sentence examples similar to authority of spending from inspiring English sources

The military bill provides legal authority for spending a total of $343.3 billion, the amount requested by Mr. Bush, plus $21 billion to respond to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

On Oct. 1, much of the government will run out of authority to spend money unless Congress acts to approve at least a stopgap spending measure.

A takeover would strip local officials of their authority to spend and borrow money.

And yet, even that $100 billion could seem small compared with the Treasury Department's authority to spend unspecified amounts of tax dollars to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac if they are in peril of collapse.

Mr. Dodd all but accused Mr. Paulson of misleading Congress less than two months ago when the Treasury secretary prevailed upon lawmakers to give him the authority to spend untold billions of dollars to rescue the two companies, assuring them at the time that he had no intention of using that authority.

The legislation supported by the Working Lands Alliance would direct the Bond Commission to authorize the issuance of bond funds for farmland preservation in two installments each year and would give the commissioner of agriculture the authority to spend the money without getting approval for each individual purchase.

Congress returns on Monday with a major overhaul of immigration pending in the House, the farm bill lying in a heap and new fiscal deadlines looming when the government runs out of spending authority on Sept. 30 and reaches its borrowing limit shortly thereafter.

It has the authority to spend up to $46 billion even after the expiration of TARP.

The authorities accused the Alavi Foundation of spending millions of dollars to obtain and develop the properties, in violation of federal laws that ban trade with Iran.

For instance, it should permit local authorities to spend some of their statutory advertising budgets through hyperlocal news providers.

Elected mayor Mr Oliver initially revealed the authority was planning to make £22m of spending cuts between 2014 and 2016.