1.  He and other opponents say the Legislature should have the flexibility to weigh appropriating money to cover a fund shortfall against other state spending priorities at the time.

2.  In the Senate, however, Gorton remains adamantly opposed to appropriating money needed to buy the dams and restore the river.

3.  McCaffrey conceded that appropriating money to treat every addict had been a hard sell, on Capitol Hill and elsewhere.

4.  Republicans have opposed appropriating money.

5.  The petition asks the Chancery Court to prohibit the state Legislature, City Council and Shelby County Commission from appropriating public money for the arena.