Sentence examples for pet program from inspiring English sources

He proposed reducing loans for shipbuilders, a pet program of Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi, the Republican leader.

Within the police department, community policing was viewed as a pet program of the mayor rather than a guiding philosophy.

(Westin, too, has a pet program in its United States hotels; other chains like Marriott and Best Western allow dogs in some locations).

Its celebrity pet program lets him sit in coach, in a harness that connects to the seat belt and keeps him safe.

It all stems from the Assembly Democrats' pet program to help districts provide prekindergarten classes for 4-year-olds, and smaller classes in kindergarten through third grade.

The Perkins has been a pet program of President Obama, who has proposed expanding it to $8.5 billion a year and increasing interest to 6.8 percent.

Besides promoting pet programs, legislators are experts at blocking reforms.

In 1998, Mr. Pataki issued 1,300 line-item vetoes, most of them aimed at Democrats' pet programs.

Mr. Pataki's call for bipartisanship and holding the line apparently rules out any sacrifices for his own pet programs.

There is little debate about the safety and success of pet programs that bring animals into nursing homes or hospitals for patients to play with and pet.

Democratic lawmakers, moreover, have committed the savings from the elapsed tax cuts several times to other pet programs, like eliminating the alternative minimum tax.