appropriator
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“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
In her infamous Brisbane speech, Shriver hailed the novelist as cultural appropriator par excellence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 31, 2026
“We can in no way pass 11 bills in eight days,” said Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the top Democrat appropriator, referring to the number of bills Congress would have to approve before Sept. 30.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2023
The enhanced federal matching funds, or Federal Medical Assistance Percentage, will be gradually phased out through 2023, according to a bill released by Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Connecticut Democrat and a top House appropriator, early Thursday.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 20, 2022
In other words, the first appropriator is the first in right.
From Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 by United States. National Conservation Congress
