Permanently restricted funds are those that are donated for a designated purpose that will never expire.

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Now points never expire and there are no blackout dates or limited availability.

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Furthermore, Restaurant.com gift certificates never expire and they can be exchanged at anytime for any other restaurant on the program.

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And that doesn't include credits that never become part of an award and expire.

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Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) rightly noted that the games that are being played seem to indicate that House Republicans were never on board with a plan to let the cuts expire in the first place.

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The very richest Americans will never pay a dollar of income tax, even if the Bush tax cuts expire.

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Unless Congress acts the PTC will expire at the end of the year and many wind turbines will stop spinning and many more will never be built.

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