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unusual facts about budget bill



Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup

In 1877 Estrup was unable to secure support for his budget bill in Folketinget, as demanded by the Danish Constitution, but chose instead to issue it as a provisional law.


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Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup

In 1894, Venstre and Estrup's Højre cooperated to pass a budget bill, and Estrup resigned.

Mark Rey

Rey was the key author of the 1995 "Salvage Rider" which was attached to the "must pass" Congressional budget bill containing financial aid for victims of the domestic terrorism Oklahoma City bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building.

Project On Government Oversight

In 2011, POGO worked with Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) to amend a defense budget bill that would have applied more secrecy to FOIA requests at the Department of Defense.