Many of these clients have benefited directly from Rep. Murtha's position on the appropriations committee; in 2006 their companies received a total of 60 earmarks, worth a combined $95.1 million.
If the Republican majority gain enough seats for a majority in the Senate, Senator Cochran would have a stronger position in the Appropriations Committee and be able to steer millions of dollars to the state of Mississippi -- at least that is Jackson's hope.
But someone from a country that calls itself Ecuador may not be in a very strong position to object to the appropriation of geography in the cause of national identity.
"Two of my men assaulted in the appropriation of donuts".
In the appropriation phase, it is evaluated whether and how the further development, maintenance, and sustainability of the intervention effects are ensured.
Allocating money to each agency is the job of the appropriations panels in Congress.
As for the appropriations of, and accommodations with, liberal positions, the general abandonment of Marxist positions in favour of liberal or post-liberal ones is evident wherever one looks, but particularly evident, perhaps, among France's political theorists.
Republicans on the appropriations committee, who voted overwhelmingly in March against the budget adjustments, said irresponsible spending in the past had put the state in an untenable position.
The plan, which now goes to the appropriations committees of Congress, calls for eliminating 180 of 6,000 staff positions.
But as chairman of the appropriations panel that distributes money for energy and water projects, he was in a position to benefit his state.
