Yesterday, in a closed door meeting, the House Democratic caucus voted nearly unanimously not to bring the bill in its current form to the House floor.
But those leaders could not agree, and after a closed door meeting of Democrats, Reid called a news conference to demand an up or down Senate vote on the resolution being debated in the House.
And then, lo and behold, last night, in a closed door meeting, Republican senators basically made a deal with the White House saying that they would still allow wiretapping for 45 days without a warrant or informing Congress, but they would still maintain a congressional oversight over the program.
Mission informed reporters early Tuesday that the closed-door meeting will begin at 9 a.m.
Diplomats said Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin made the latest announcement at a closed-door meeting of the council.
He said the committee did not take a vote on whether to fire him during a closed-door meeting Saturday.
McCain received a warm welcome at a closed-door meeting Wednesday of House Republicans.
The welcoming ceremony was followed by a closed-door meeting between Bush and Fox and between Cabinet officers from both nations.
Rakhimov announced his retirement July 13 following a three-hour closed-door meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, according to STRATFOR sources.
"We've always said the process would include consultation, " the senior administration official said of the closed-door meeting informing Republicans of the moves.
President Ramos walks in at 3:15 and the three-hour closed-door meeting begins.
House Speaker John Boehner told Republican members in a closed-door meeting that he's suspending the use of military aircraft for official trips by House members.
On Thursday, key members of Obama's party emerged from a closed-door meeting of the Senate Finance Committee criticizing central tax measures of the president-elect's proposals.
The purpose of the hour-long, closed-door meeting was to engage in a "dialogue" about "immigration reform and how it fits into his broader economic agenda, " the White House said.
It is an argument that got 165 votes, including 157 Republicans, for a Bartlett amendment in the House last September and swayed several Republicans again in a closed-door meeting of the GOP on March 12.
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Tsvangirai announced the decision to withdraw following a closed-door MDC meeting Sunday.
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Netanyahu said at a closed-door Knesset committee meeting that Israel would agree only to a partial reduction of housing construction and for a limited time, not the year the United States would like, said a government official who was not authorized to speak about the meeting and did not want to be identified.
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Earlier in the week, Netanyahu said in a closed-door Knesset committee meeting that Israel would agree only to a partial reduction of housing construction and for a limited time, not the year the United States would like, said a government official who did not want to be identified because he was not authorized to speak about the meeting.
He and legislative leaders have been meeting in closed-door talks and in telephone calls on the proposal to use public money for campaigns as well as Cuomo's proposals to create a new enforcement board and laws to force greater disclosure of campaign donations.
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