appropriator

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“I think it’s safe to conclude there will not be another reconciliation bill,” McConnell, the top defense appropriator in the Senate, said during a hearing this week.

From Slate • Jun. 13, 2026

Means said she found areas of agreement with Collins, but the powerful appropriator expressed doubt that the administration sincerely aimed to fight chronic disease, given its cuts to health research.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Thomas, after all, was an appropriator, a revered title reserved for lawmakers who have the power to dole out the nation’s dollars.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

One, Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., a veteran appropriator, said later that he would not be “pressured or intimidated” over his vote.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 2023

But he, being liable to be removed at the pleasure of the appropriator, was not likely to insist too rigidly on the legal sufficiency of the stipend: and therefore by statute 4 Hen.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir