Critics say the SEC has been dragging its feet on tighter rules on short-selling.
Kennedy believes the intelligence community's leaders are "dragging their feet" on producing a new estimate.
"We are not going to be dragging our feet to get this done, " he promised.
On all these fronts, much of post-Crisis Asia is dragging its feet or simply backsliding.
If the federal government is dragging its feet, however, several states are powering ahead.
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Freedom of information bill is wending its way through Parliament, although it has been dragging its feet.
Clearly, American regulators need to modernise their rules, but so far they have been dragging their feet.
Another Labour MP, Stephen Timms, complained that the government was "dragging its feet".
Mr Christie complains that the legislature is dragging its feet over his reforms, but he has made some headway.
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Croatia in particular has been dragging its feet badly about welcoming back refugees.
Incredibly, the FDA is still dragging its feet: It won't allow radiologists to read digital results on a computer screen.
Lately, however, public interest groups have accused the FCC of dragging its feet on important topics, such as net neutrality.
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While the brokerage community bulls are dragging their feet on ZNGA, options traders appear to be loading up on bullish bets.
The NATCA said it has had ongoing discussions with the FAA about improving security, but accused the agency of dragging its feet.
Talk in the market place is that Germany is dragging its feet on any firm decisions coming out of the latest meetings.
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Talk is also in the market place that Germany is dragging its feet on any firm decisions coming out of the latest meetings.
The finance ministry is dragging its feet over introducing tax changes to let companies offset profits in one subsidiary against losses in another.
Mr Cardoso has told the central bank to stop dragging its feet and instead allow the inquiries full access to suspects' bank accounts.
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Critics accused the carmakers of dragging their feet on fuel economy.
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With some frequency, authority figures are dragging their feet or failing to take action when a fellow child athlete, or athletes, abuses a teammate, or teammates.
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An official with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban and Developement said BofA is purposefully dragging its feet amidst a federal investigation of its foreclosure practices.
The cabinet met at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant where Mr Cameron denied that the UK government was dragging its feet on an announcement about the commission.
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But credit Mark Zuckerberg for moving first, or Twitter dragging its feet or a combination of both, but they are now part of Facebook (FB).
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The deputy director of Jubilee 2000, Adrian Lovett, says he is encouraged by the new attitude, but that Western government and the IMF are still dragging their feet.
But being the kind of person who looks first at the ugly before dragging my feet in accepting the pretty packaging of so many life situations, I was intrigued.
In truth the king has always been capable of showing his displeasure at coups when it suited him, by rallying troops or by dragging his feet in accepting their outcome.
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