Sentence examples for foreign appropriations from inspiring English sources

In the foreign appropriations bill, he included $1 million earmarked for organizations in Egypt like the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, which promotes voting reform.

This is because such a determination would require, under the U.S. Foreign Appropriations Act, a cut off of aid.

Even more hypocritical is the fact that AIPAC is also strongly supporting the 2016 Foreign Appropriations bill that includes a whole host of Congressionally mandated sanctions on the PLO, the Palestinian Authority, the United Nations and other international bodies should any of these entities pursue policies not to the liking of Congress.

In their foreign aid appropriations bills, the House provided $1.8 billion, the Senate $1.2 billion.

The House of Representatives will consider funding for international tuberculosis programs as part of the foreign operations appropriations bill this week.

Senate Republicans this week blocked the foreign operations appropriations bill for 2002 in an effort to force the Democrats to move quickly on some of the nominations.

Her record, she said, includes work on a major Clinton administration child-care initiative, a huge federal-state children's health insurance program, adoption and foster care bills and foreign aid appropriations for small loans overseas.

Earnest's comments contradict the statements of David Carle, a spokesman for senator Patrick Leahy, who said on Monday that the State Department and the foreign operations appropriations subcommittee had been told the "transfer of military aid was stopped".

Sonny Callahan, an Alabama Republican who heads the House subcommittee that oversees foreign aid appropriations, vowed earlier this week to slice $250 million from next year's $1.92 billion military package for Israel if the sale is concluded.

According to Mr. Munson, three other legislators besides Mr. Gilman have the power to freeze aid money: the head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the chairmen of the House and Senate subcommittees on foreign aid appropriations.

Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the foreign operations appropriations subcommittee, said the revelations were troubling.