But that doesn't stop the purchases.
By last summer, some members tried to stop the purchase of a biology textbook recommended by teachers because it mentioned Charles Darwin.
In practice, the hawks at the Fed might force Uncle Ben to stop the purchases, out of fear of too great an expansion in the monetary base.
The Asian sub-committee called for nothing less than a $100,000 acquisitions budget for their area along with a demand "to stop the purchase of trivia, memorabilia, de luxe edition, and pretty books". (pp. 78-79, quone on 79).
Turkey buys almost half its oil from Iran, and Washington has been pressuring Ankara to stop the purchases when Iran sanctions related to the nuclear deal are snapped back next month.
The chief pilot, as an equipment expert, often has veto power over purchase decisions and may be able to stop the purchase of one or another brand of jet by simply expressing a negative opinion about, say, the plane's bad weather capabilities.
Democrats had proposed barring firearm sales to all individuals on the FBI's list, while Republicans instead put forth a plan that would impose a 72-hour waiting period for such transaction in which the justice department would have to prove there was probable cause to stop the purchase.
Mr. Trudeau, by contrast, has pledged, among other things, to legalize marijuana, revise the antiterrorism laws, stop the purchase of F-35 fighter jets from the United States and end Canada's combat role in the American-led fight against the Islamic State.
Traditional marketplaces like Craigslist are exacerbating this problem, as there is no safeguards in place to detect and stop the purchase of a stolen bike.
Instead, it said it would concentrate first on winning approval from the U.S. Justice Department, which sued to stop the purchase.
