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appropriation bill

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Noun1.appropriation billappropriation bill - a legislative act proposing to authorize the expenditure of public funds for a specified purpose
line item - an item in an appropriation bill; "Some governors can veto line items in their state budgets"
bill, measure - a statute in draft before it becomes law; "they held a public hearing on the bill"
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"


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And they will be able to do that later this spring, when Congress considers supplemental appropriations bills for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as the Fiscal Year 2008 Defense Appropriation Bill.
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