appropriations

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With few exceptions, the limit applies to most appropriations of tax revenue, including money that lawmakers tuck away into the rainy day fund and other reserves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

“What you really get as appropriations chair is hundreds of millions of dollars in earmarks,” a fellow congressional appropriator told me, “not what everybody else gets.”

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

Senate appropriations rules prevented federal funding from naming Discovery, nor Texas as its final destination, but Sen. Ted Cruz believes Texas is the ideal spot because of Houston’s ties to space history.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

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

From Slate • May 16, 2026

The statements made by Department witnesses seeking appropriations were not in accord with those contained in key publications of the Agriculture Department.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson