Sentence examples for earmarked project from inspiring English sources

First, from the view of horizontal relationships, the earmarked project system increases competition among central ministries.

Second, from the view of vertical relationships of government organizations, the earmarked project system causes interdependency in the multilevel hierarchies.

He said that money for earmarked projects had not been disbursed, resulting in delayed projects.

José Manuel Soria, the new industry minister, estimated that the freeze would save €160 million this year, based on the number of earmarked projects.

The Florida congressman has collected about $150,000 in contributions since 2005 from companies for which he earmarked projects in this year's bill.

It is important, she said, to judge earmarked projects against other priorities, "particularly in a time of two wars and so many demands on our resources".

Mr. McCain, who has vowed to veto all earmarks as president and to "make the authors famous," said this week that he understood that some earmarked projects were worthwhile and deserved money.

A new report by Citizens against Government Waste, a group that monitors pork-barrel schemes, shows a 32% rise in the number of "earmarked" projects in last year's spending bills, compared with the year before.

In protests in Berlin, Brussels, and Washington last February the German government demanded to know what was happening to the money, why earmarked projects were not going ahead and why the US military was taking 15%.

refers to expenditures through earmarked projects and other types.

–In March 2009 Washington passed a $410 billion omnibus bill, which included $12 billion in pork barrel stimulus spending for 9,000 earmarked projects.