"pet" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Then hundreds of members came privately to Mr. Young seeking some $80 billion in new spending, much of it for pet programs.
- But as in previous years, the package became a magnet for pet programs and new initiatives that lawmakers feared would not otherwise be approved.
- Besides promoting pet programs, legislators are experts at blocking reforms.
- But the political winds shifted after Sept. 11, and with a fiscal crisis looming, the governor refused to restore any of the Democrats' pet programs.
- Some House members held out for one pet program or another, like more generous tax breaks for business expenses at restaurants.
- Legislators in both parties agree that the state's charter schools, one of Mr. Bush's pet programs, need to be fixed.
- Wall Street's boom has left state government flush, allowing for pet programs, rather than spending cuts, to be the order of the day.
- Mr. Kemp also spoke enthusiastically of his pet programs involving private and public partnerships.
- It's part of his pet program, "No Cash Left Behind."
- Lawmakers pinned their pet programs and policy initiatives to the bill knowing it was must-pass legislation.
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