Only 50 Republicans are needed in the Senate to approve a tax plan if it is part of an already authorized budget plan, through a process known as reconciliation.
The National Science Foundation would see its authorized budget double over 5 years, to $11.2 billion in 2011.
Even if legislators agree to authorize budget levels higher than those in the Republican draft, there's no guarantee that Congress will come up with the money.
Mr. Braun had championed "Lost," even authorizing a budget of $12 million for the two-hour pilot, about three times the norm.
It will probably be another year or two, for example, before Universal's lineup completely reflects her choices -- the movies to which she gave the so-called green light by authorizing a budget and allowing a producer to start shooting a film.
In addition to authorizing large budget increases for those agencies, the bill advocated for a new energy technology effort at DOE, the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy.
Earlier this year, the California Legislature reacted to the need to build a stronger state and local partnerships to address homelessness, authorizing significant budget expenditures that would have included HHCP funding.
They determine the University's financial and investment policies, authorize the budget, supervise the endowment, direct the management of the University's real estate and other assets, and otherwise oversee the administration and management of the University.
The SEC's fiscal year 2008 authorized spending budget: $906 million.
Even though your Sponsor authorized the budget or gave a nice kick-off speech, don't assume he will instinctively do and say all the things you need to keep the change effort on track.
Last month, the U.S.Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs introduced the Improve Interoperable Communications for First Responders Act, which would authorize a budget of $3.3 billion over five years for continued telehealth initiatives and an additional $126 million for research.
