AECL is funded through a combination of federal government appropriations and commercial revenue.

It would have a permanent financial basis of an endowment nature rather than depending on volatile government appropriations.

During the late 1980s, increases in government appropriations for the JSDF averaged more than 5% per year.

Office politics and worries over government appropriations kept most senior bureaucrats in a constant state of agitation.

"Can that really be done without the raw power of government appropriations given that the private sector has not been forthcoming?"

"There needs to be a government appropriation that deals with the safety and financial issues of the Postal Service," Ms. Link said.

Presumably what they resented - government appropriation of a basic human choice; whom to live with.

With the advent of a series of economic reforms and efforts at greater transparency since 2004, the prospect for government appropriation appears to be in decline.

The Senate is the political body for the empire, establishing laws and government appropriations.

Only one way would be possible: through a government appropriation.