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Any such payment would in any case require congressional authorization, as the US Constitution bars the president from spending Treasury funds without an appropriation made by law.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The project, now estimated to cost roughly $400 million, is supposedly being financed through private donations rather than a congressional appropriation.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

Plagiarism can be defined as the appropriation of someone else’s words or ideas without acknowledgment or compensation.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

The money comes from the judgment fund, which is a Congress-approved ongoing appropriation that allows the Justice Department to settle cases and make payments.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

That gave him not only oversight of Fermi’s reactor research at Columbia, for which the committee made a six-month appropriation of $340,000, but also jurisdiction over the spectrograph and plutonium projects at Lawrence’s Rad Lab.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

Navatek targeted the powerful members who sat on the House and Senate appropriations committees.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

The program received nearly $100 million in federal appropriations, according to WPC.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

It cleared the Senate’s appropriations committee this month and heads to a Senate vote.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

“There’s a price to be paid for people who may be thinking about different issues,” Farmer said, “but maybe you’ve got an appropriations request in and you don’t want to risk burning that bridge.”

From Slate ● Jun. 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