And what happened is she never said no, but the money was eventually sent to Alaska but with the earmark for the bridge to nowhere taken out of it.
As for the sneaker tax, it could represent a new wave of targeted taxes that earmark revenue for particular use.
They want to solve specific problems in a specific way (rather than just earmark money for some vaguely benevolent purpose).
Specifically they provided donors with options like the ability to earmark gifts for the care and feeding of cats, or the vaccination of dogs.
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The USOC doesn't normally earmark funds for a particular athlete.
They want to be able to get their earmark spending in for their home district.
But the allies put off launching the new body until their next meeting in Iceland next May, and did not earmark any areas for joint decision with Russia following last-minute resistance by Washington as well as Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, diplomats said.
Fears have been raised by residents over plans to earmark greenbelt flood plain for 3, 500 homes.
Economic recovery, earmark reduction, a pledge for cleaner energy: all of these are ambitious proposals.
Consultants frequently advise families to earmark assets outside a company for those who aren't on the payroll.
The government spending watchdog Citizens Against Government Waste routinely took Stevens to task for his expertise with the earmark.
And they're doing it with millions of dollars that Tom DeLay secured for this project as an earmark in a recent federal highway bill passed by Congress.
The first outcome of this agreement is likely to be new powers for local councils, to be announced in next year's white paper on transport, allowing them to earmark the proceeds of road-pricing schemes for local transport.
The next day, when the cloud moved and I completed my journey, I learned that, after a similar belch of ash choked out all four engines of a K.L.M. flight into Anchorage in 1989, Ted Stevens finagled an earmark on an appropriations bill to secure federal funds for the Alaska Volcano Observatory, whose missions included the monitoring of volcanic activity and its attendant hazards.
DeMint also says he is confident that earmark reform legislation will be passed soon that will include provisions for more transparency, such as the identification of sponsors.
And the outgoing committee chair, California Congressman Jerry Lewis, remains under investigation for his ties to friends and former staffers who became earmark lobbyists.
Hayley Conboy, CBI principal policy adviser for enterprise, said Lord Young had rightly identified that the government "needs to earmark funding to effectively market existing finance and support schemes".
Other states earmark taxes as well, but Alabama outdoes them all, designating no less than 89% of its revenues for specific purposes.
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