Yet the very fact that many big businesses seem so strategically like-minded a few months ahead of a legislative drop-dead day (literally) suggests a quieter brand of leadership, one wholly appropriate to the current exigent circumstance.
Last year, Gov. Patrick signed the sales tax holiday law on July 31, the last day of the legislative session, giving taxpayers two weeks official notice before it started on Aug. 14th.
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Most business luncheons and legislative events happen during the school day, not in the evening or weekends.
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Dave Wheeler, who also lost his son Benjamin that day, calmly told the legislative panel that the government's priorities need to be set straight.
Would a Broad Front victory in the presidential and the legislative elections, to be held the same day, usher in radical change in the government's economic policy?
Local reporting: Brad Schrade, Jeremy Olson and Glenn Howatt of the Star Tribune, Minneapolis, for their powerful reports on the spike in infant deaths at poorly regulated day-care homes, resulting in legislative action to strengthen rules.
When Congress returns from its summer recess after Labor Day, tax items will be at the top of the legislative agenda.
The decision came at the end of a day of debate by supporters and opponents - and a 12-year legislative process.
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Separate moves to make St David's Day a public holiday failed to make it into the government's legislative programme for this parliament.
The government plans some immediate fiscal changes on July 4th, a day after Jean-Marc Ayrault, the prime minister, outlines his legislative plans to parliament.
Obama's comments came the same day that Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan announced the formation a 21-member legislative committee to consider the possible impeachment of Blagojevich.
Second, not just legislative agendas, a reputational strategy or the lack of one directly affects regulatory actions on a day-to-day basis.
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But to be effective here, I've learned that while you need to have a legislative focus, you also need to be flexible enough to work on the issues of the day.
It would appear that Senator Lugar is going to such lengths in defiance of traditional Senate practice and good governance principles for a simple reason: As a veteran of a number of scarring legislative battles over defective accords, he must recognize that this Law of the Sea treaty cannot stand the light of day.
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