Sentence examples for special appropriation from inspiring English sources

That is just the beginning — President Obama is seeking Congressional approval for a special appropriation of $60 billion to cover the cost of the storm.

And if the United States can avoid being dragged more deeply into the operation, the Pentagon may be able to absorb the costs without seeking a special appropriation, they said.

Some people figured that the mix-up would hurt the town, forcing it to collect a special appropriation from taxpayers or cut a program from the budget to pay for the mistake.

Under terms of the compromise, the President would be able to use a special appropriation of $100 million in any of the following ways: For an outright loan to the UN at whatever terms he chose; for the purchase of the special 25-year, 2 per cent UN bonds voted by the UN last fall; or for a combination in whatever form he wished.

Republican lawmakers, however, said the agency received a special appropriation of $24 million in 2013 to eliminate the backlog.

Mr. Lamont also complains frequently about earmarks, the special appropriations designated by individual members of Congress for pet projects.

And the lawmakers, who include powerful committee chairmen or party leaders, often pushed legislation or special appropriations sought by the corporations.

(In fact, he was ineloquently making a point about the need to fund the entire government, not just parts that Republicans have selected for special appropriations bills as a way to ameliorate the effects of the shutdown).

Today, there isn't even a need to secure state legislature approval for these "special" Yonkers education allotments; the executive branch can just cut a check from its lump sum "special" appropriations.

President Bill Clinton also won special appropriations for several important acquisitions, including $65 million to acquire a gold mining operation that threatened Yellowstone National Park and $250 million to acquire the Headwaters redwood forest in California from a private timber company.

"We have also put in a request in the latest special appropriations bill for a substantial increase in the federal air marshal service," Mr. Lunner added, but he declined to say the amount.