As with the FAA budget and the ticket tax fiasco, the authority of the federal government to collect most of the federal gas taxes is not automatic.
In 1945, the World War II Allies replied to a Japanese communiqu , saying the authority of the Emperor and the Japanese government to rule Japan would be subject to the Allied Supreme Commander.
It was the linkage between something that Congress absolutely has to do -- which is extend the borrowing authority of the United States government -- to specific legislation that one-half of one body of Congress wanted passed.
In defending the constitutionality of the Act, the federal government relies upon the Commerce Clause of the Constitution as the enumerated power supposedly delegating authority to the federal government for this regulatory compulsion.
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Indonesia's faltering economy and political scandals have also undermined the authority of the central government.
Danny Alexander is unlikely to win any awards for inspiring rhetoric but he speaks with the authority of the coalition government.
The reason for this is not the money NPR receives from the government but the colophon of authority that federal subsidy confers.
All of these presidents, particularly Nixon and Reagan, likewise promoted a muscular vision of presidential power that strengthened the authority of government and introduced concepts, such as the unitary executive, which would become the intellectual underpinning of the Bush administration.
The Yemeni event had shone light on a serious threat that hit the front pages and quickly drew the attention of nearly every government and port authority in the world, especially in the United States.
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In this grab bag of proscriptions and prescriptions, can we find a provision defining the size and scope of the central government authority in creating and maintaining a social welfare system?
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The appointment of Mr. Hamdallah means Palestinians are unlikely to head to elections any time soon, keeping Mr. Abbas in power as head of the Palestinian Authority, the Western-backed government that has a measure of self-rule over Palestinians in the West Bank.
David we've been heartened by the very positive reaction to our report, virtually every government in the world has endorsed it including the government of Israel and the Palestinian authority.
The Kuwait Investment Authority, Temasek and the Government of Singapore Investment Corp.
The leafy London borough of Richmond came out as the best-performing local authority, with 87% of pupils reaching the government's benchmark of Level 4 in maths and English.
Why would anyone willingly submit to the authority of a government if it delivered no more than the citizen could get on his own?
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Adams says the professional football he encountered when he relocated to India from Britain in the early 1990s was "amateurish" and held back by the government-controlled Sports Authority of India and the AIFF, which administers association football in India and controls the top-tier I-League.
Kosovo declared independence in 2008, but many of the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo have refused to recognise the authority of its mainly ethnic Albanian government.
Catalonia's autonomy statute gives the regional authority - the Generalitat - broad powers of self-government within Spain, especially on matters such as culture, education, health, transport, public safety and commerce.
It includes the provision that strips the government-employee unions of the collective-bargaining authority.
Given the international nature of the situation, what are the chances that any government authority would ever track down someone like that?
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Finally, the frequent use of referendums can actually undermine democracy by encouraging elected legislators to sidestep difficult issues, thus damaging the prestige and authority of representative institutions, which must continue to perform most of the business of government even if referendums are used frequently.
Republicans also called for tax code reforms, but with the goal of slashing the responsibilities of the agency as part of the party's longstanding push for smaller government and a reduced taxing authority.
The move, officially in honor of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, was also meant to bolster the reputation of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, whose government is locked in a power struggle with the Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza Strip.
The group included representatives of affected councils, the Coal Authority, unions, the Scottish government, environmental agency Sepa and the UK government.
Tanaka, formerly vice chairman of the Japan Atomic Energy Commission, appears to get his authority from Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda as opposed to the central government of the Diet, the Japanese parliament.
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Resolving this requires two things: reconciliation between the social agenda and the regional one, and a restoration of government authority.
The government is now reviewing the authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oversee and control reproductive medicine.
The Conservative led authority is responsible for about 80% of local government spending, with the other local authorities providing the rest.
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