The museum has earmarked more of its financing for scholarships than in any other year, she said, and it has received several donations specifically for subsidizing field trips.
Last month, however, the House of Representatives cut the aid by $60m (to $530m) and earmarked more of the money for social and justice programmes (some of these changes may be reversed by the Senate).All this exasperates Colombia.
Ten years ago, the Governor of Georgia earmarked more than $100,000 of his state's yearly budget for classical music CDs that hospitals would send home with new parents to play for their newborns.
Britain, for example, earmarked more than half of its automotive output for export and restricted domestic purchases for several years after the war.
Visa has earmarked more than $10 billion of the proceeds to buy back shares from the banks that helped build up its network over the last 50 years.
Newark has earmarked more than $200 million of that money to pay off, over 35 years, bonds that were issued for the city's share of the $310 million arena, which will be the home of the New Jersey Devils.
Politicians are overwhelmingly supportive of earmarking more visas to high-skilled workers in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields, but lawmakers also need to ensure that enough visas are set aside to meet the economy's demand for low-wage workers, especially during periods of economic growth.
Some members of Congress support earmarking more support for the Colombian National Police.
In other words, she'd like to make earmarks more transparent, but not get rid of them.Among Republicans, the most interesting debate is between the three candidates to succeed Tom DeLay, the legally troubled House leader (see article).
Quickly it spent $16.8 million to help workers with special needs, like those just out of prison, and earmarked more than $22 million for vouchers that workers could use to get job training.
