Synonyms for line item
line item

Princeton's WordNet

1. line itemnoun

   an item in an appropriation bill

   "Some governors can veto line items in their state budgets"

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1. Michael McCaul:

   I wrote to the President recently as part of my ongoing investigation and raised concerns that we have no lead agency in charge of countering domestic radicalization and no line item for it in the budgets of key departments and agencies, i am also concerned that the few programs we do have in place are far too small to confront a challenge that has grown so quickly.

2. Iraq Bush:

   Sure, I think that in Washington during my brother's time Republicans spent too much money, he could have used the veto power. He didn't have line item veto power, but he could have brought budget discipline to Washington, D.C.

3. Chris Christie:

   Senator Rubio said he was opposed to it, yet he did not show up to speak on the floor, he didn't show up to cast his vote. When you're governor of New Jersey and you don't like spending, you use the line item veto, and you make the argument to people. You show up and you get the job done.

4. Shalanda Young:

   This is not something we should have to call out, this is something that should be pervasive in how the government does its business. So Cecilia Rouse may not see a line item, and I think that's more than appropriate with the way The President has asked The President government to address these long-pervasive issues.

5. John Boardman:

   Our industry is one of first line items in business budgets to get cut and generally the last line item added back into a budget when things are getting better, right now, it's anybody's guess as to what we look like this summer or in the fall.