The Bush Administration, of course, did authorize much too much.
11 law that authorized much of the surveillance.
On its face, the statute does not affirmatively authorize, much less command, the States to adopt durational residency requirements or other eligibility restrictions applicable to aliens; it merely directs the Secretary not to approve state-submitted plans that exclude citizens of the United States from eligibility.
"They get broad, programmatic approval from the FISA court," says Crocker, referring to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act courts, which authorize much of the NSA's surveillance activities.
While Mayor Corning supported the largest purchases of Pine Bush land as a city preserve, he was also responsible for placing the Albany landfill in the Pine Bush, the construction of the Washington Avenue Extension, and authorizing much of the development that occurred during his 42 years in office as mayor.
To cite just one example, Oklahoma's statute authorizes as much as one year in prison and a $500 fine for anyone convicted of blasphemy.
Lawmakers authorized as much as $1.65 billion, but the administration's budget for it in the next fiscal year is zero.
The Obama administration, which has ruled out deploying American troops in Libya, announced Wednesday that it would authorize as much as $25 million in military surplus supplies, though not weapons, to the Libyan opposition forces.
Republican leaders contend that Democrats well understood that while the law authorized as much as $80 billion in additional spending on Title I high-poverty schools alone by 2007, that did not mean the full amount would be appropriated.
