appropriations

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Courts Director Robert Conrad will testify before an appropriations subcommittee this summer; members should question him about workplace conduct.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

And there was an incident this week while McConnell was chairing his defense appropriations subcommittee hearing.

From Slate • May 16, 2026

But Ward’s effort to revive his program last year failed to pass the Assembly appropriations committee.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

Millions of dollars Tennessee GOP Rep. Chuck Fleischmann scored in earmarks in this year’s appropriations bills—the largest total in the House.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

He was chair of the appropriations committee in the Utah House of Representatives, where he’d been first elected in 2000.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel