In July, when Congress gave the administration authority to take over the two mortgage giants, Paulson said he had no plans to use that power.
And Bowles said he would back a measure that would link the buyout to a provision that would give the Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority over tobacco, which the Bush administration opposes.
Last week he urged Frank to introduce a bill immediately that would give the Federal Housing Administration the authority to refinance loans in default.
Repeal the DSHEA law and give the Food and Drug Administration full authority over every manufactured substance that purports to promote health or relieve illness.
Speaking hours later on the Senate floor, McConnell said Paul deserves an answer from Attorney General Eric Holder on whether the Obama administration has authority to use lethal force against a suspected terrorist who is a U.S. citizen.
But the administration still has authority to complete talks it began under the so-called Uruguay Round of global trade talks.
The Food and Drug Administration has little authority to regulate bottled brands, according to a U.S. Congressional report released recently.
Congressional Republicans accuse the administration of overstepping executive authority and seek a role in revamping the law.
Mr. Kline and others said the waiver plan exceeded the administration's legal authority.
The Administration responded by seeking authority for the President to waive for one year those statutory provisions he found inconvenient.
The first approach, known as the Kennedy-Waxman bill, will give the beleaguered Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate tobacco.
Lieberman, a prominent Democratic supporter of the war, called on Bush to turn over Iraq's administration to an international authority within 60 days.
In a more recent salmonella outbreak linked to peanut butter, involving products sold by various retailers, the Food and Drug Administration used its new authority last November to shut down Sunland Inc.
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Those concerns include questions about whether the Bush administration has overreached its authority, and whether information that might have been gathered illegally was used to obtain warrants from the court, the newspaper said in Thursday's editions.
The official said the main sticking point is whether the Food and Drug Administration will have regulatory authority over tobacco, which is supported by the White House, former FDA Administrator David Kessler and former Surgeon General C.
Michael Foxley, leader of the council's administration, said the local authority intended to use its leadership role to help construction companies find work and offer support to small businesses through business support, advice and by paying its bills promptly.
No one was seriously injured in any of the events, and the National Transportation Safety Board, an independent federal agency charged with investigating civil aviation accidents in the US, and the Federal Aviation Administration, the national aviation authority of the US, have ordered investigations into the incidents.
Truman says it might behoove Bush to educate his counterparts about the realities of U.S. politics--Congress also has a say in foreign investment, as evidenced by the outrage produced on Capitol Hill after the administration approved the Dubai Port Authority's takeover of operations at some U.S. ports two years ago, a deal subsequently scuttled by Congress.
The Port Authority has been working with the Federal Aviation Administration to rectify the failures, detailed in a new agreement between the Port Authority and the FAA to create an independent aircraft rescue and firefighting force without additional duties as police officers.
He said the administration was prepared to use its authority to grant states waivers.
The administration has said it has the authority to find money to hire those workers elsewhere in the federal budget.
Administration officials charged that the Port Authority Police Department was incompetent.
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Judge Jerry Smith of the 5th Circuit responded to the president's comments by ordering the Department of Justice to submit a three-page, single-spaced memo stating the administration's position on judicial authority to invalidate unconstitutional laws.
For the Clinton Administration, doing without fast-track authority will mean a tougher time in trade negotiations.
Indeed, the Bush Administration will likely continue to use regulatory authority to squelch state policies it dislikes.
And I think the Obama administration is not likely to cede that authority back to the Congress.
Mr. Gilani's administration claims the court is overstepping its authority in many areas, including its contempt of court proceedings against the prime minister.
Meanwhile, the council - led by Plaid Cymru - has been keen to stress that its problems are those inherited from the previous Labour administration when it took control of the authority in May last year.
It was mid-morning on March 25, and two of his aides were telling him that the tobacco deal he had painstakingly negotiated among impossibly contrarian parties was disintegrating yet again--this time over how much authority the Food and Drug Administration should have to regulate tobacco products.
The government is now reviewing the authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to oversee and control reproductive medicine.
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