But on the first step, are there any White House objections to the list of cuts that Boehner has in there?
Both sides said yes to this, but with a stumble on the first step, the sharing of this year's catch, nothing has changed.
And you said that the timing is based on the first step being completed, and you pointed to the Supreme Court action on this that required this endangerment finding.
It builds on the strong first step taken by the Federal Reserve toward improving disclosures and ending unfair practices.
Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the announcement of the expert group was the "first step on the journey towards creating a welfare system which will support the economy and society of an independent Scotland".
He said the request Exxon Mobil keep records on the spill was the "first step in determining what happened and preserving evidence for any future litigation".
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The way the German finance minister tells it, the first step on the road to increased competitiveness, for any country, is to bring the public finances under control.
We should be wary of assuming that the offshore trade in renminbi out of Hong Kong is the first step on the road to the yuan as a major global currency, with the City taking a big piece of the action.
So, the recovery plan we passed is the first step in getting our economy back on track, but it is just the first step, because even if we manage this plan flawlessly, there will be no real recovery unless we clean up the credit crisis that has severely weakened our financial system.
Putting on the brakes is a first step to repealing the whole law.
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Moving beyond micro-credit and micro-franchise, a new approach called the MicroConsignment Model has emerged as a first step on the ladder of micro-entrepreneurship at the Base of the Pyramid.
If one is bullish on the outlook for equities, then the first step would be to reduce the proportion of the portfolio held as cash and divert that free money into additional equity allocations.
He leaves the papacy on Thursday, becoming the first pope to step down since 1415.
But CBI director general Richard Lambert called the Budget "the UK's first important step on the long journey back to economic health".
It opened on March 1, and is the first step toward putting Kate Spade Saturday on the international fashion map, alongside its chic mother, Kate Spade New York.
The obvious first step on a Sri Lanka architectural itinerary is the 17th-century walled Galle Fort, one of seven Unesco World Heritage sites on the island, and set just steps away from those glorious beaches on the south coast.
"Instead of focusing on new laws, Max believes the first step should be effectively enforcing the laws already on the books, " Baucus spokeswoman Jennifer Donohue said Thursday.
But after their part in rugby's summer of shame, Robson's moment of madness inside the first minute was hardly the step on the road to redemption Quins were looking for.
The Secretary-General tasked UNESCO, the UN specialized agency with a mandate for science, to take the lead on following up on the science-related recommendations, the first step in their implementation.
Members of the loyalist parties were due to meet on Thursday in a first step towards ending the dispute.
Hong Kong Telecom plans to bring the world's first commercial video-on-demand service to the territory this year, the first step toward full-scale interactive television.
Sure, making great products is a very good first step on the road to doing so.
Most observers say it is just the first step on a quick ascent to the chairmanship of the Group.
The first step on 12-step programs is admitting that we have a problem.
Everybody sees it as a good idea, a prudent and powerful first step on the oft perilous journey to homeownership.
But we (and they) soon realized that putting PCs on every desk was only the first step in the information revolution.
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On June 18th it took the first step towards doing just that.
When Labour came to power in 1945 Cripps made Mrs Castle his parliamentary aide, her first step on the ladder to power.
His first step on the ministerial ladder came two years later, when he was made Personal Private Secretary (PPS) to Malcolm Wicks, then pensions minister.
Fast-food and convenience-store franchises, an obvious first step on the ladder, are often awarded to blacks, but franchises still account for a tiny share of retail sales.
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