Pressed by opposition lawmakers in parliament, Yoko Komiyama, minister of welfare, health and labor, has said she would consider reducing welfare payments.
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Opposition lawmakers tried unsuccessfully to have the new law blocked by France's highest court after it cleared the National Assembly and Senate.
Parliament had ground to a halt for the past month as opposition lawmakers called for a wider probe into corruption surrounding the telecom scandal.
Opposition lawmakers have agreed to support it, although they fear that Mr de Venecia, an ally of Mrs Arroyo, is setting a trap for them.
Park spent much of her first month in office negotiating with opposition lawmakers over an ambitious government reorganization plan that aims to focus on science and economic growth.
At least 100 Pakistani opposition lawmakers have resigned as a sign of solidarity, but their moves are not expected to affect Saturday's vote by parliament and four provincial assemblies.
Opposition lawmakers protested that parliament was exceeding its powers.
Opposition lawmakers have called for Jeremy Hunt, the minister for culture, media and sport, to also resign over the allegations he was too close to News Corp. while he handled the regulatory process over the BSkyB bid.
If confirmed, the CWC's move would be a further symptom of the growing parliamentary volatility of recent months, reflecting opportunistic shifts in political allegiances and, in particular, the destabilising entry to the coalition of a large number of opposition lawmakers.
But Mr Noda still faces stiff opposition from lawmakers and the public, says the BBC's Mariko Oi in Osaka.
The steps that require legislative action are likely to bump up against the often-visceral opposition of lawmakers from conservative districts -- and some of their more outspoken constituents.
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There is little expectation Feinstein's proposal, which President Barack Obama backs along with expanded background checks and other steps, will win congressional approval due mainly to stiff opposition from lawmakers aligned with the politically potent National Rifle Association.
The Doggett proposal has galvanized opposition from Republican lawmakers and powerful industry groups.
And the same-sex marriage bill being examined by the Congress faces strong opposition from religious and conservative lawmakers.
He also lost on money for the United Nations and the International Monetary Fund because of the opposition of anti-abortion lawmakers.
The effort, however, could not overcome opposition from some powerful Republican lawmakers.
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Lawmakers from the opposition Socialist Party in France have called for a parliamentary inquiry into any role the French government might have played in facilitating Amesys's sale of equipment to Libya.
The general election forced some GOP lawmakers to reconsider their opposition to comprehensive immigration changes, clearing the way for the swift consensus that has emerged between the White House and bipartisan lawmakers in recent weeks.
Cuomo said lawmakers have strong, philosophical opposition to some measures, including a Democratic proposal to use public funds to pay for election campaigns in a voluntary matching fund system.
Afterwards, Calderon's lawmakers were gloating while their leftist opposition remained defiant.
Musharraf made his comments a day after newly-elected lawmakers -- dominated by the opposition -- nominated a candidate to lead the coalition that has vowed to overturn the moves they say Musharraf took to hold on to power.
Among the dead lawmakers is the spokesman for the main opposition party.
Obama has already faced strong opposition on the issue from many Republican state and congressional lawmakers, as well as social conservatives.
They rarely draw opposition among party lines because both Democrats and Republicans farm, and lawmakers are keen to secure funds for their farmers back home.
Lawmakers approved the bill, amending the 1955 marriage act, despite opposition from Christian lobby groups.
In the Senate today, lawmakers pushing for a new strategy in Iraq ran into a wall of opposition.
Despite opposition from conservatives concerned about adding billions of dollars more to the nation's debt, Northeast lawmakers were optimistic about having the 60 votes needed to win Senate approval and send the long-delayed package to President Barack Obama, who has said he would sign it.
Opposition politicians pushed for the resignation of Venezuela's prison minister, Iris Varela, after the clashes, while lawmakers from Chavez's United Socialist Party of Venezuela praised her work cleaning up Venezuela's prison system.
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