Mitch McConnell, a Kentucky Republican who has been one of the primary foes of campaign finance reform, called the Ney-Wynn bill "a step in the right direction" and said the Shays-Meehan legislation was "fundamentally un-American" because it would limit what outside groups and political parties could say close to elections.
Although the number given was only the total amount paid to its directors--we still had to estimate the pay of the CEO, Franz Humer--it is a step in the right direction.
"I believe that this alcohol-free zone is a step in the right direction and we are currently looking at the possibility of setting up further zones on the island, " he added.
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The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), which is Sinn Fein' main partner in Northern Ireland's power-sharing coalition government, welcomed the move as "a step in the right direction".
British Cycling - the national governing body for cycling which campaigns on road safety - said the move was a step in the right direction.
"Just as Wales took a bold step in creating smoke-free environments in public places, we have recognised that the time is right to champion new approaches to further protect children from the harms of second-hand smoke, " the minister said.
The attention caused by Everest's trash problem is a step in the right direction, said 31-year-old Suman Thapa, who started working as a porter at 17, but the mountain has a long way to go.
As it happens, the Basel gurus are introducing a 33-to-1 gross leverage ratio - which many would see as a step in the right direction, but British MPs and lords on the standards commission think is too high.
Simply making animal-free clothing available is a big step in the right direction, especially if it's hip and stylish, said Dakota Kim, a freelance fashion writer who attended the show so she could write about it on her blog, Fashtronaut.
This whole experience won't be too foreign to long-time users, but is the next step in the right direction.
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We have not escaped such race-thinking yet, but this decision is an important step in the right direction.
The new recently adopted common core standards for K-to-12 mathematics by some 40 states is a good step in the right direction.
Aggressive cyber security investments by venture capital-backed startups and sizable corporations are obviously a huge step in the right direction, but it is equally clear that much more must be done.
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The Conservatives welcomed the recommended part-privatisation of the Royal Mail, calling it a "step in the right direction".
This Eye-Control TV, on the other hand, certainly takes a step in the right direction.
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They backpedalled to the mid-term elections, bemoaning that we downed the campaign ad Kool-Aid and fell in lock step with what we already believed to be true, right and good.
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"It's a step in the right direction, but the bigger test will be the longer-dated auctions further down the road, " said Nick Stamenkovic, bond strategist at RIA Capital Markets in Edinburgh.
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"It's not the perfect solution, but it's a step in the right direction, and it buys us time to find a longer-term solution, " says Rich Williams, higher-education advocate at the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, a nonprofit based in Washington.
He called the reversal "a real step in the right direction, " but said he was still thinking about dropping the online-video service because of the cost.
The problem forced the 24-year-old seamer to return home before Christmas but, after flying back to Australia to step up his recovery last week, the right-armer is hopeful he will be fit to return in England's first warm-up game against Canada in Dhaka on February 16.
Anti-smoking group Ash (Action on Smoking and Health) said the hospital was taking a step in the right direction.
Cindy Mizelle, the most soulful voice in the new, seventeen-piece version of the E Street Band, takes one step to the right.
This is a step in the right direction, says Director of Research John Derrick, as China tries to balance too-low growth with too-high inflation.
One of the reasons I was so excited to write my book is that it gives readers step-by-step instructions to building a personal brand online, from figuring out how they fit in, to choosing the right tools and using them efficiently.
The Discover runs Android 4.0.4 ( Ice Cream Sandwich), though company reps have told us that Jelly Bean is in the works -- unfortunately, they wouldn't tell us which version, but this is at least a step in the right direction.
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The IMF's chief economist, Oliveri Blanchard, said the orchestrated rate-cuts could not solve the world's financial crisis on their own but "were clearly a step in the right direction".
But if the exec had changed the titling of the stock after moving and before her husband's death--say, by putting the stock in a joint account with right of survivorship--she would have lost that valuable community property step-up.
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