The ITU's leader has said he intends to prevent any measure being put to a vote, and that proposals must be agreed, instead, by consensus.
At one point Democratic state senators even fled Wisconsin in an attempt to prevent the measure from passing, escaping the reach of Mr Walker's state troopers.
"What the rules prevent is the same measure being reconsidered by general Synod without a special procedure, " he explained.
Congress has yet to enact its yearly stopgap measure to prevent the AMT from applying to more taxpayers, known as the patch.
Peel said the closure had been "a purely precautionary measure to prevent passing vessels spreading the oil into a wider area than that already affected".
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In particular, the federal government may try to prevent implementation of the California measure, making it difficult to collect tax revenue.
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The proponents of initiatives are therefore comforted by the news that, this week, Arizonans also passed a measure that will prevent both legislature and governor from countermanding future referendums.
Leahy has said the measure would help prevent repeats of deadly bungles that occurred during the notorious "Operation Fast and Furious" by giving border patrol agents a solid legal framework for catching smugglers.
The first is known as data execution prevention, or DEP, a measure designed to prevent hackers from hijacking programs by sneaking their own commands into what is meant to be harmless content like pictures or text.
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The Senate passed a measure Wednesday that would prevent the detainees from being transferred to the United States.
Apple later fired back in a statement Thursday, asserting that passage of the proposed shareholder measure wouldn't prevent Apple from issuing preferred stock in the future.
House Republicans are expected to pass a measure this week that would prevent the NLRB from conducting business until the Senate confirms new members constituting a quorum or the U.S. Supreme Court decides the board has the authority to act.
Dr. Singh and other researchers are studying how to better define and measure errors and what strategies best prevent them, such as using electronic health records to track patient test results and helping doctors with software that suggests an alternative diagnosis based on symptoms.
Whether we act in time to prevent the worst from happening will be the final measure of America's leadership in the world for years to come.
Thus, some measure of control has to be retained to prevent an abuse of right to speak freely.
The IGs are working with the Chief Financial Officers Council to help measure the level of erroneous payments, their causes, and the best methods to prevent them.
Supporters of the measure, passed by a Republican state legislature and Republican governor, said it would help prevent electoral fraud.
The measure had stalled for two weeks when large numbers of House Republicans insisted on changes they said would prevent gaps in the military's use of intelligence and reform immigration and border security.
The purpose of the Amy Hestir Student Protection Act is to prevent school employees from engaging in improper sexual conduct with students, but the ban on website communication is a broad measure that extends far beyond this purpose.
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