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The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Senate Bill 1), also known as the "Gas Tax", is a legislative bill in the U.S. state of California that was passed on April 6, 2017 with the aim of repairing roads, improving traffic safety, and expanding public transit systems across the state.
In roughly this sense, the President detains funds in the treasury rather than spending them as appropriated. The first use of the power by President Thomas Jefferson involved refusal to spend $50,000 ($1.24 million in 2023) in funds appropriated for the acquisition of gunboats for the United States Navy. He said in 1803 that "[t]he sum of ...
Supplemental appropriations bills may be used for areas of sudden need, such as disaster relief. Appropriations bills are one part of a larger United States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation.
President Donald Trump said he would provide details Thursday of what he and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) claim are billions of dollars of wasteful and fraudulent ...
The payments are part of Newsom's $7.6 billion relief plan.
CalSHAPE isn’t costing anyone money now — its funds were collected from past utility bills. California schools have already submitted applications for most of the $250 million left in the ...
Pork barrel, or simply pork, is a metaphor for the appropriation of government spending for localized projects secured solely or primarily to direct expenditures to a representative's district. The usage originated in American English , and it indicates a negotiated way of political particularism .
Advisers to incoming U.S. President Donald Trump are recommending he waive environmental reviews for federally funded critical minerals projects to boost domestic production of materials used in ...