power of the purse

钱权财政权财权权力

power of the purse 的定义

  1. The influence that legislatures have over public policy because of their power to vote money for public purposes. The United States Congress must authorize the president's budget requests to fund agencies and programs of the executive branch.

power of the purse 近义词

power of the purse

等同于 purse strings

更多power of the purse例句

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  2. From this attitude he draws a singular comic and literary power.
  3. And the fact that satire unnerves the intolerant is evidence of its positive power.
  4. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  5. Would the Democrats rescind those rights if they were to return to power?
  6. Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
  7. For this use of the voice in the special service of will-power, or propelling force, it is necessary first to test its freedom.
  8. Wharton smiled at this littleness in so great a man, but determined that he should feel the power he despised.
  9. Absently his hands wandered through the pockets, and found his purse and the money in an outside pocket.
  10. I turned round, thrust my purse into the lap of the nearest, and with a light heart led the lady back to the hotel.