However, there was no palpable desire and willingness to achieve bipartisanship or to call on the Republicans for any bargain that would produce immediate legislativeresults.
The Army's top legislative official has taken responsibility and resigned, said the Army statement, which summarizes the results of an investigation by the Army Inspector General.
It was not until the off-year election results provided business with some confidence that the administration's ability to further implement its policies through legislative action was at an end that the recovery began to show modest improvements.