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Pork barrel. 1917 cartoon from the New York World. 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.
Status: Pending. The Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2024[1][2] is a proposed law that aims to overhaul the regulatory framework for broadcasting services in India. The first draft of the bill was introduced in 2023 and was published for public consultation. [3] The second draft, said to be in drafting stage as of July 2024, has been ...
The Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Act, 2016 is an Act of the Parliament of India that repealed 758 Appropriation Acts that were now obsolete. An Appropriation Act is an Act that authorizes the Government of India to withdraw funds from the Consolidated Fund of India to meet expenses for a fiscal year. The Act was among a series repealing acts ...
Federal discretionary spending is supposed to be broken down into 12 appropriations bills. In most years for the past two decades, lawmakers haven’t passed a single one by October 1.
The U.S. Capitol. WASHINGTON — Lawmakers averted a government shutdown 40 days before the election, but they’ll face another funding crunch right before the holidays and a new Congress and ...
The top lawmakers on the House Appropriations Committee, Reps. Kay Granger of Texas, R-Texas, and Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., have had a good working relationship, but their bills are shaped by larger ...
Contents. 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest. The 2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest was a protest against three farm acts that were passed by the Parliament of India in September 2020. The acts, often called the Farm Bills, [ 25 ] had been described as "anti-farmer laws" by many farmer unions, [ 26 ][ 27 ] and politicians from the opposition ...
The Union Budget of India, also referred to as the Annual Financial Statement in Article 112 of the Constitution of India.It is the annual budget of the Republic of India set by Ministry of Finance for the following financial year, with the revenues to be gathered by Department of Revenue to identify planned government spending and expected government revenue and the expenditures gathered by ...