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- verb Present participle of
defund .
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Examples
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The more the "experts" on NASA and what's wrong with it's "vision" complain, the more justified the politicians become in defunding it.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill - and NASA - NASA Watch 2009
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But if they take over the House, which seems plausible, if not likely, defunding is a little bit easier because they will have the purse strings in the Appropriations Committee, and defunding it would be not so hard.
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In the unlikely event that the retardlicans gain control of anything this November, the only role you will have in any attempt at repeal of defunding is waving your pom-poms, and reguruitating whatever insane shit that the Fauxtards tell you.
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However, the idea of defunding Obamacare has also crossed my mind.
The numbers games: House and Senate in 2010, and beyond 2010
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But the idea of defunding public schools is quite literally unbelievable to me.
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MR. MCCURRY: Yes, the defunding, which is the rescission.
Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry ITY National Archives 1995
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At the same time, only 33 percent of respondents like the idea of defunding the legislation, and 62 percent disapprove.
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And, notably, not a single Democrat voted to annul President Obama's signature reform, demonstrating the sort of solidarity that may make it difficult to undermine the law in ways short of outright repeal, such as defunding its implementation.
Did Republicans overpromise on health bill repeal? Stephen Stromberg 2011
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Over at The Hill, Jordan Fabian reports that the GOP is preparing to get down to the business of "defunding" NPR:
GOP Looks To Defund NPR Over Williams Firing The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Over at The Hill, Jordan Fabian reports that the GOP is preparing to get down to the business of "defunding" NPR:
GOP Looks To Defund NPR Over Williams Firing The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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