be spent

Even one senator can hold up the bill, chewing up many hours of Senate floor time that could be spent on confirming judges or passing other legislation deemed to be a higher priority.

Congress grew so incensed by the encroachment on its constitutionally prescribed powers of the purse that it passed the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to mandate that money approved by Congress must be spent by the executive branch under the president’s obligation to faithfully execute the laws of the land.

In his public remarks Thursday, McDonnell said his first 90 days on the job will be spent listening, evaluating and planning how to move forward.

Some of it should be spent to provide a lot of these desperately needed beds.

T-levels are designed to cater for students who want an alternative to A-levels but do not wish to take an apprenticeship, which typically requires as much as 80% of a student's time to be spent with an employer.