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• n  someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission)

• Though under scrutiny for his close ties to lobbyists at the center of a corruption investigation, Pennsylvania Representative John Murtha, a Defense appropriator, pushed to add $9 .
• He wrote the character of Sammy Glick, his novel's screenwriter antihero, as such a crass schemer, appropriator of other men's work and trampler of decency that no one could .
• What's more, Pelosi has tapped Wisconsin's David Obey, a 37-year veteran of the House who is the top Democratic appropriator, with drafting the actual earmark reforms, a troubling .

News & Articles

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• Metro Escalators, Asian Carp Among Issues Highlighted by Appropriators
  Being an appropriator isn't what it used to be, but that won't keep some of them from touting work to include provisions in fiscal 2014 spending bills benefiting their home states -- including an oft-ridiculed transit system.
  July 1, 2013 - CQ Politics

Quotes

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• Ed Pastor in AZ Central.com
  Whatever my constituents ask for, I try to meet their needs. When you're an appropriator, obviously, you are able to do things, so I try to help as much as I can,Pastor said in an interview with The Arizona Republic. "The situation is...
• David Obey in American Chronicle
  And then Obey begins his first question with the key phrase: "As an Appropriator:." "As an Appropriator I must ask, what will that policy cost and how will we pay for it? We are now in the middle of a fundamental debate over reforming our...
• John McCain in SunHerald.com
  Asked by moderator Tim Russert what Cochran was basing his statements on, McCain said, "I really don't know. Do I feel strongly about issues? And we all know, as much as I love Thad Cochran, he's an appropriator. And I have fought him hard time...