Congress can strengthen the President's authority to submit specific appropriations for cutting.

The Senate also began beating back amendments that would variously strengthen or narrow the president's military authority.

That has not strengthened their authority or their ability to combat terrorism.

The Government is simultaneously asking Congress to strengthen its authority to bar aliens for foreign policy reasons.

The new law strengthens and extends their authority to do that.

However, he used violence to strengthen his authority.

These actions allowed Herman to strengthen his authority and alleviate further tensions in international affairs.

However, he failed to strengthen his royal authority among the nobles.

I believe that adopting measures which are more in line with international democratic standards could only help strengthen its moral authority further.

The other would strengthen the president's constitutional authority over the courts, which are now dominated by religious extremists.