Sentence examples for authorized for the first from inspiring English sources

The Treasury had already allocated all the $350 billion that Congress authorized for the first half of the program.

But that very week in Washington, the White House asked for only $2 billion, $1 billion less than authorized, for the first of the five years.

The legislation would strengthen the existing federal hate-crimes statute by authorizing for the first time the federal prosecution of crimes motivated by the victims' sex, disability or sexual orientation.

· In Pinellas County, Florida, voters may authorize, for the fourth time, a one-cent sales tax known as the "Penny for Pinellas".

Mr. Paulson, who teamed up with the Fed last week to begin a new $200 billion program to buy up consumer debt and small-business loans, said he had committed all but about $20 billion of the first $350 billion Congress authorized for the bailout fund.

Cartagena was the first Colombian city authorized for the trade of African slaves.

The commissioners, including Daniel R. Haggerty, the lone Republican, approved the tax increase, the first the county had authorized for the hospital district in 22 years.

His first step was to co-found one the nation's first charter schools in Newark, just weeks after New Jersey authorized charters for the first time.

The bill before Congress authorizes $1 billion for the first wave of projects.

And the House bill would authorize Medicare, for the first time, to negotiate drug prices directly with manufacturers.

The board unanimously voted to authorize $29.3 million for the first year of a three-year plan that includes hiring more managers to oversee deputies, expanding training and installing more video cameras in the jails.