He will argue that the public want parliament to spend time on the economy, welfare reform, schools and the NHS whilst his opponents want to get bogged down on the minutiae of press regulation.

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The downside is they are also more likely to miss out on great opportunities, get too bogged down with details, and have a tendency to be overly anxious.

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Brown says Lincoln advised her to focus on the music and not to get bogged down in worries about agents and money.

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To ensure that tax reform gets a fair hearing, he says Republicans plan to create a "fast-track" authority so that the compromise doesn't get bogged down in committees and is assured an up or down vote on the House floor.

WSJ: The Weekend Interview with Dave Camp: Is Tax Reform Politically Possible?

So it seems a pity that a review of the court's workings, due to open in Uganda on May 31st, will in all probability get bogged down in a destructive argument (see article).

ECONOMIST: The International Criminal Court and aggression

He says the legislation's wording on competition must be amended or doctors could get "bogged down" in the process and distracted from patient care.

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Attempts to get the G20 group of the world's biggest economies to tighten rules on transparency and bribery have also bogged down.

ECONOMIST: Bribery