Senator LINDSEY GRAHAM (Republican, South Carolina): It's what I was told in the ninth grade Congress would be like, where you had members of the Senate with the members of the executive branch, cabinet secretaries, literally writing a bill line by line.
The very first line of the Bill enacting the government's NHS reforms summed up ministers' intent and alarmed their critics.
After receiving today's report by the NHS Future Forum, ministers will confirm that from its very first line the NHS Bill will be substantially re-written.
But a bill to facilitate the power line is now hotly contested and while it cleared one chamber, it is now tied up in the state senate.
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These include about 600 third-party biller names that have been used to bill almost 3, 000 different line item charges.
They've always been able to vote their conservative leanings and not vote a party line to get a bill passed.
House members passed the bill in a largely party-line 235-173 vote.
The government needs to pass the Preparation Bill before the HS2 Hybrid Bill to build and construct the line, which also includes powers to make compulsory purchases of land.
The first known line-item veto bill was introduced in Congress during the 1870s and there were more than 200 attempts to pass it before it was approved last year.
He became part of the established line-up with Bill Owen and Peter Sallis - Compo and Clegg - until 2000, when Compo died in the series following the real-life death of Owen.
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"Most of the companies seem to be coming in ahead of earnings expectations, but the thing that's still problematic is the revenue line, " said Bill Stone, chief investment strategist at PNC Wealth Management.
Many fixed line operators are integrating wireless with their traditional phone services, selling the service to consumers with the convenience of having one device and one bill for both mobile and fixed line calls.
And after months of bipartisan work, Senator Chris Dodd and his committee have offered a strong foundation for reform, in line with the proposal I previously laid out, and in line with the reform bill passed by the House.
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New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said he would push for line-item veto authority to balance the budget as president.
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The bill passed on a largely party-line 245-178 vote, with most Democrats voting in favor of it and most Republicans opposed.
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Recognizing that Peres's government was on the line, then US president Bill Clinton flew to Gaza to "oversee" the Palestinian National Council's conference and its cancellation of the charter.
An innovation can be as simple as your bookkeeper reducing a bill paying process by 3 steps and thus saving 5 minutes per bill, to an entirely new product line, to an improvement to a current product, to a new high margin service, to a new cultural ritual to improve employee engagement.
This pension bill passed the Arizona legislature on party-line votes, which in most cases would not be an indicator of political progress.
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There is an old joke among congressmen that every bill is a jobs bill, because it is your job on the line.
Essentially, the bill would move to the front of the visa line any immigrant with a business idea and proof of investor interest.
When the time comes to pay the bill, consider using a home equity loan or line of credit instead of the federally sponsored parent Plus loans.
And I urge Congress to take us over the finish line, and send me a reform bill I can sign into law, so we can empower our people with consumer protections, and help prevent a financial crisis like this from ever happening again.
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But lest we become entirely cynical, it is worth noting that our industry (and the world at large) also has many examples of leaders whose high rank and access to female company has not led them to step over the line: I give you Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Apple founder Steve Jobs, both devoted family men.
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Senator Mattingly has introduced a bill permitting a 2-year trial run of the line-item veto.
The Foyle Fisheries (Amendment) Bill will be brought forward to bring the legislation into line with the North-South (Implementation Bodies) Order.
The bottom line is with the death of the tobacco bill in the Senate, both parties may have to rethink some promises.
Spain has passed anti-doping legislation since 2006, and parliament is expected to vote on an anti-doping bill later this year that would bring Spanish law into line with Wada's guidelines.
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