As the branch of government with the power of the purse, we really have no other reasonable choice when the economy is in the shape it is in.

作为拥有财政权力的政府部门，当经济处于目前的状况时，我们确实没有其他合理的选择。

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Who holds the purse strings in your house?

你们家里谁管钱？

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Women control the purse strings of most families.

在大多数家庭中，女人掌控着财政大权。

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"This bipartisan letter from senators to the administration is a very significant one because of the growing opposition both among Republicans and Democrats to holding the trial in New York,but too,in the end, the Congress has the power of the purse,"

VOA: standard.2010.01.30

Conrad also appeared on This Week. The U.S.Constitution gives Congress power over the nation's purse strings.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

Because that's the power of the purse, and under the Constitution it rests solely with the legislative branch.

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Warren's claim said the purse for fights after Hopkins would be "negotiated in good faith".

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This promise, they hope, will be enough to excite the holders of the purse strings.

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