Instead, Specter found himself yesterday in an almost surreal position, presiding over a hearing on a bill the Senate's already passed.
"We need to look over the fine print on the bill, " said a spokesman for Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi.
The BBC's political editor Nick Robinson said there was disagreement on Tuesday over how the bill should be presented to Parliament at a meeting of a Cabinet sub-committee, responsible for legislation, chaired by Harriet Harman.
The other episode which sprang to my mind is Peter Hain getting a rough ride in the House of Commons over his infamous "On The Runs Bill".
While he is still on top, his lead over Bill Gates has significantly narrowed.
Some analysts have said that uncertainty over the bill has been a drag on share prices of America Movil and Televisa.
For instance, as important as the health care debate is for our nation, I haven't been able to get any work done on my charter school bill over the past few weeks.
As Republicans and the White House tenaciously hang on to their stances over the balanced budget bill, the effects are being felt far outside of the Washington Beltway.
But the SEC was criticized over the timing of the Goldman charges, which came within days of a contentious vote on Capital Hill over the financial regulatory reform bill.
Once the Senate completes action on this bill, it will move over to the House of Representative for its consideration.
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Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton, a firm that deals with assurance, taxation, consulting and recovery and reorganization services stated their uncertainty over the bill in part of their global study on the mining sector released last week.
Democrats and Republicans traded harsh words on the House floor Tuesday in the debate over the bill.
But specifically on health care, is starting over and writing the bill with Republicans -- I mean, is that an option?
He was responsible for devising a procedural amendment which led the Major government to immense embarrassment over the Maastricht bill, by forcing a separate vote on the social chapter.
This bill was originally introduced in the 2010-12 session of Parliament and a carry-over motion was passed on 10 January 2012, allowing the bill to continue into the new session.
Peers passed the Welfare Reform Bill on 29 February 2012, ending a stand-off between the Commons and the Lords over certain aspects of the bill.
But the National Association for Research and Therapy on Homosexuality said the bill was a "legislative over-reach".
Republicans were steaming throughout the day Tuesday -- mindful of the guarantees they had made over the weekend that the Senate would dispose of the bill on Monday.
Just last week, for example, the Supreme Soviet further delayed action on an emigration bill, this time citing concerns over a potential "brain-drain" and adverse budgetary implications arising from the 10-20 billion ruble cost to print new passports and customs forms which would be needed to implement the new law.
This leads to surprisingly high charges on a credit card bill, not to mention anger over being swindled.
Olympia Snowe of Maine said deep divisions over a public option were holding back progress on a bipartisan health care bill.
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He inherits a government that spends 84% of its revenues on its wage bill, and now has to hand over another 13% in debt payments to the federal government.
In fact I took the Wal Mart challenge on more grocery bill and went to three different stores over a three month period and found little to no difference in buying from Wal Mart.
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There are 14 scheduled days of debate at committee stage on the bill, which gives health professionals more control over spending the budget in England and aims to encourage greater competition with the private sector.
Ever since the drama over Herbalife began, some people on Wall Street have been wondering about what Bill Ackman was up to.
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But frustration over Ms. Quinn's steadfast refusal to allow a vote on the bill has escalated, prompting members to contemplate using a little-known rule that permits them to circumvent her.
Most of what is left over was claimed by the big highway bill (HR2400) that is on President Clinton's desk or by an agriculture research and food stamp bill (S1150) that the House cleared June 4.
Ford is working on its third North American turnaround effort since Bill Ford took over as chief executive in 2001. (Last week, he handed over the chief executive s title to former Boeing executive Alan Mulally , but Ford remains executive chairman.) Bill Ford conceded in July that his latest plan, launched in January, didn t go far enough or fast enough.
The rate on the 10-year Treasury Bill fell to just a little over 3% today, which is the lowest rate in five decades.
Although the Senate has rejected an attempt to block debate on expanded background checks for gun sales, leaders say debate over the actual bill could last weeks.
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