Sentence examples for for an appropriation from inspiring English sources

Sec. of Defense Schlesinger said that the fall of the Phnom Penh gov't would be a disaster" for the U.S. Oddly, with all this at stake the Administration was asking for an appropriation of only $220-million 220-millionntal ain.

But the current request for an appropriation of $700 million for the next year has come under fire on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are struggling with a federal deficit and sharp questions about whether Pakistan is a truly reliable partner.

Representative Peter King, a New York Republican, remembers that a while back, when the Senate voted for an appropriation he cared about, Schumer and Clinton called separately to tell him about it within a span of five minutes.

At first, the administration asked Congress for an appropriation to cover these costs.

Each year, he lobbied Congress for an appropriation with which to finish his work on "Cope's Bible", a volume on Tertiary vertebrates, but was continually turned down.

President John F. Kennedy supported the project, and lobbied for an appropriation of $197,000 19633 dollars) to continue study of the project.

Just two days after again promising the nation that he would veto every single spending bill with earmarks to cross his desk, John McCain said on Sunday that he would have voted for an appropriations bill containing two thousand earmarks.

"Congress is the only source for such an appropriation, and no public money can be spent without one".

Senator John Barrasso (R WY) is unhappy that the Central Intelligence Agency has started a center to analyze climate-related threats to national security, and may offer an amendment to strip funding for the center out of an appropriations bill for U.S. intelligence.

Presidential approval in hand, Colt pushed a bill through Congress endorsing a demonstration for the military, but failed to obtain an appropriation for military purchase of the weapon.

On March 16, 1805, an appropriation for $2500 was issued for the construction of the lighthouse.