The White House budget submitted to Congress Wednesday includes a $2.5 million appropriation for Puerto Rico to hold another plebiscite on its relationship to the United States.
As Vice President of Development & External Affairs for Staten Island University Hospital, Gary raised nearly $20 million, including a federal appropriation for the first dedicated pediatric emergency room on the Island and led the campaign for Care and Healing to expand emergency services to the Borough's 500,000 residents and build the hospital's first library and education center.
A15 Lawmakers Help Home First A House spending bill is stuffed with an estimated 7,000 special interest provisions, including a $225,000 appropriation for a swimming pool in the hometown of Representative Jim Gibbons, Republican of Nevada.
Last year, Congress allocated a total of $42.1 billion for education, including an advance appropriation of $2.1 billion for 2002.
In a related development, Metro got some good financial news from Capitol Hill: The omnibus federal spending bill moving through Congress includes a full $150 million annual appropriation for its capital spending for the current fiscal year.
It keeps government agencies functioning at current funding levels, and includes additional appropriations for the Pentagon, hurricane relief, veterans health care and other projects.
This inevitably leads to such disparate treatment, including the failed appropriation for the Caroline Pryce Walker Conquer Childhood Cancer Act.
The annual appropriation for the Department of Education is an obvious figure to include, but as you can see, education spending includes a significant amount outside annual appropriations, much of which goes to support the Pell Grant program for college students from low-income families.
One is the emergency budget bill submitted by Mr. Paterson on Sunday, which also includes annual budget appropriations for education, and which, under the law, cannot be amended.
