But president and Congress check and balance each other so well that gun policy stays unchanged.
In addition, the app lets you check the balance of any loyalty points you've accrued with certain stores.
Most of all, though, Britain, like other parliamentary democracies, needs a head of state in possession of reserve powers to check and balance the government.
"There was not enough of a check and balance, " he said.
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If an upper house were controlled by the same party as the lower one, it would merely echo the lower one's wishes, so imposing no check or balance.
Because one of the reasons Greeks remain so wedded to the euro project is the international guarantee of governance it provides: a check and balance on crooked politicians.
The term refers to the three branches of the U.S. government which serve as a check and balance on each other, or did until the current Supreme Court.
On the other hand, for many moderate voters, the best argument for Mr McCain is that a Republican president and a Democratic Congress would check and balance each other.
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Real democracy involves having different branches of government check and balance each other, and I applaud your efforts in that regard, particularly as the head of the committee of the rule of law.
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All signs point to this happening again in 2011, especially if there is divided party control of government and the Constitution is activated to do what it does best: check and balance, and thereby ensure gridlock.
Should congress or state legislatures intervene like some states have and make it a crime to impersonate another person or entity on a website for an improper purpose or should the marketplace of ideas provide any needed check and balance?
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Non-executives often remained a minority on their board, but their ability to act as a check and balance on the chief executive increased significantly, thanks to proposals in a series of reports written by knighted worthies three company bosses (Sir Adrian Cadbury, Sir Richard Greenbury, Sir Ronald Hampel) and a fund manager (Sir Paul Myners).
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Mr. BAMFORD: No, I think there are key aspects that would indicate that maybe in their vacuum-cleaner approach to eavesdropping, that our communications were picked up or even targeted, for all we know since--now that the court is being gone around, that they could be eavesdropping on us very well in the United States, and there's no check and balance.
You'll be charged the same amount if you request a check for whatever balance might remain after the six-month mark.
Also, it doesn't hurt to check your account balance annually, by phoning an automated or recorded line or logging into a password-protected online account.
Two-thirds of mobile banking users say they used their mobile phone to check an account balance or available credit before making a large purchase in the past twelve months.
Do users really need to wiggle and click their mouse to open an animated door and walk over to a virtual bank teller to check our account balance online?
The legislative branch has its own powers and its own prerogatives, and so they check my power and balance my power.
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The company excelled in revenue growth and share price growth, but there was no reality check provided by the balance sheet.
During rehearsals, players take turns walking out into the auditorium to check for sound and balance and then report back to the ensemble.
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Gaffney, Gray and Uhlmann all argued for Congress to become more assertive in playing its constitutional role as a check-and-balance concerning the uses made of American military personnel.
Nearly 10 years ago, I wrote about how the weakness of check-and-balance mechanisms within the high tribunal and the porousness of the structures and procedures that govern the court allowed illicit approaches to justices.
"I don't think anyone in the elite would try to grab power because there is a well-established check-and-balance system, " said Chang Yong-seok, senior researcher at the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University.
If you're thinking of signing up now, check the plan's balance sheet and read the fine print to see whether your legislators reserve the right to welsh on their promises.
In the case of the Iraq war, by the time Congress began to take a more active role and summoned the now infamous National Intelligence Estimate, they were not in a position to function as a "balance" to the executive branch and "check" that branch's characterization of Hussein as an imminent threat.
If you just need basic checking, bill pay, ATM access and a debit card, search for accounts that don't charge fees if you're below a minimum balance or fees of 25 cents or more for each check written.
Mobile devices allow real -time decision support by enabling users to check the caloric value of foods and activities and track energy balance in real time.
This would allow even the tiniest Hong Kong broker to offer its clients online trading on the Exchange's site, which will simply check with the brokers to confirm the client's account balance and credit-standing before executing the order.
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