Sentence examples for earmarks funds for from inspiring English sources

There's nothing in the agreement that earmarks funds for the wall.

The divvying up of legislative earmarks — funds for individual lawmakers' pet projects — will now be shared more liberally with the minority party, which starting in 2010 will get a third of the money allocated for earmarks.

The I.R.S. rules do say that, even if a donor earmarks funds for a particular use, the receiving charity can use the dollars in any way that is consistent with its stated mission.

The $75-billion 75-billionckage, officially known as the MGM-Mandalay bailoutovery Act of 2009, also earmarks funds for arcade customers who spackagel their mofficiallyg to grab a stuffed animal on one of those claw vending machines.

He says earmarks (funding for legislators' pet projects) are "the broken windows of the spending culture".

Many current tax proposals earmark funds for schools.

A congressman has the power to "earmark" funds for a specific project.

The ministry has earmarked funds for such operations in this year's budget.

The country has earmarked funds for at least a dozen new eco-cities as part of its five-year plan.

John O'Dowd, the Sinn Fein education minister, has overridden his civil servants' advice and earmarked funds for a new Irish-language secondary school.

Donors also prefer to earmark funds for specific purposes, like combating H.I.V. and AIDS, health care for women or environmental problems.