Sentence examples for that authorized a from inspiring English sources

In 1985, he wrote parts of a successful bill that authorized a $100 million fund to strengthen historically black colleges.

But in 2012 a three-county referendum that authorized a property tax levy to support a financially beleaguered Detroit Institute of Arts won approval.

The Security Council resolution that authorized a no-fly zone and other steps in Libya makes no distinction between pro-rebel and pro-Qaddafi civilians.

Other major items this session included a bill that authorized a referendum in November, on whether to abolish the state's sheriff's system.

But that item suffered a setback Wednesday night, even as Mr. Emanuel's team negotiated the bill privately, when a House committee rejected a plan that authorized a Chicago casino and four others statewide.

Democrats, who supported the legislation as part of a larger bill that authorized a vast array of intelligence programs, criticized the veto sharply, but they do not have the votes to override it.

The Security Council resolutions that authorized an R2P-based intervention to protect Benghazi did not authorize outside powers to provide air support for the subsequent rebellion against Qaddafi.

Sergio Romano, a former ambassador to NATO, noted that Mr. Berlusconi's case for the military presence in Iraq had arguably been strengthened by a recent United Nations Security Council vote that authorized an American-led multinational force there.

How good of Congress to pass a "Rosie the Riveter" bill that authorizes a memorial park honoring the millions of women who worked in the defense industry during World War II (news article, Oct. 22).

Neither Mr. Cohen nor SAC Capital is named in the criminal complaint, but the firm said that the S.E.C. was considering filing civil charges under a rarely used provision of federal securities law that authorizes a case against a so-called controlling person, like an employer or other organization that directs the actions of another.

Here are some concerns that Russia, China and others should raise at the UN Security Council, before approving any UN Security Council resolution that authorizes a no-fly zone, or any other external military action.