Sentence examples for requests for appropriations from inspiring English sources

Had successive administrations heeded the Army Corps of Engineers' requests for appropriations to strengthen the levee system protecting New Orleans from storm waters, the disastrous flooding might have been averted or mitigated.

Such a program could be used as the basis for requests for appropriations, for expenditures, and for allocating scare materials.

Robertson, who grew up in Fresno in a family of teachers and administrators, had started in Obama's Senate office coordinating requests for appropriations, then rounded up superdelegate votes during the primary campaign in 2008.

As for this fiscal year, the Bush administration recently said it would tack $142 million for the V.A. onto its request for supplemental appropriations for the Pentagon.

Therefore, AD(− 1) immediately limit administration units' requests for additional budget appropriation even during fiscal year t and even though initial budget appropriations are insufficient.

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.

The ruling put at least a temporary damper on the fire-ant program, for although the Department of Agriculture continued to request annual appropriations for the purpose, local agricultural agents became increasingly reluctant to advise farmers to use chemicals that would probably result in making crops legally unmarketable.

In the first congressional action on NSF's 2011 budget request, a bill marked up yesterday by the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee (CJS) for appropriations would increase funding for education programs by 7.8%, to $958 million.

Referring to Bush's request for a supplemental appropriation to finance ongoing operations in Iraq, she said recently, "For me, the eighty-seven bislionotollars is not just a bill for Iraq it's a bill for failed leadership".

He also said the county Legislature rejected a proposed $8 million capital improvement bond issue for the county clerk's building five years ago and that it has tabled a request for a smaller appropriation.

The administration initially submitted a request for an annual appropriation — about $4 billion last year — but then changed course.