· In Pinellas County, Florida, voters may authorize, for the fourth time, a one-cent sales tax known as the "Penny for Pinellas".
And the House bill would authorize Medicare, for the first time, to negotiate drug prices directly with manufacturers.
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.
WASHINGTON, Jan . 31- Congress has given the Pentagon important new authority to fight terrorism by authorizing Special Operations forces for the first time to spend money to pay informants and recruit foreign paramilitary fighters.
Last year, Congress gave the Pentagon important new authority to fight terrorism by authorizing Special Operations forces for the first time to spend $25 million a year through 2007 to pay informants and recruit foreign paramilitary fighters.
By the end of 1800, peace with France had been declared, and in 1801, to prevent a second disarmament of the Navy, the outgoing Federalist administration rushed through Congress an act authorizing a peacetime navy for the first time, which limited the navy to six active frigates and seven in ordinary, as well as 45 officers and 150 midshipmen.
And after meeting with King Abdullah II of Jordan last week, Mr. Trump authorized a statement that, for the first time, cautioned Israel against building new West Bank settlements beyond existing lines.
"The bill that the intelligence committee voted on this week would expressly authorize this bulk collection for the first time, and that would be a huge step backward for the rights of law-abiding Americans," said Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore)., one of four committee members who voted against moving the bill.
In March, the Security Council authorized a new "intervention brigade" of United Nations peacekeepers in Congo, for the first time authorizing offensive military action to pacify the region.
WASHINGTON — It was a wild finish on Capitol Hill just after midnight Thursday as lawmakers approved a stopgap spending measure, authorized NASA space programs and, for the first time in several years, managed to adopt the annual intelligence policy bill.
