In the Senate, where the ship is not quite so waterproof, Dole agreed to a package of concessions to woo party moderates, who could hold the key to the bill's passage.
First, we need to reconcile the American people's demands for swift action with the fact that a good bill requires time -- time to hold hearings, read the bill in painstaking detail, and root out waste.
The Judiciary Committee is set to hold another hearing on the bill on Monday.
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In order to get the government spending bill passed, on Dec. 16, Republicans agreed to put on hold the implementation of a bill that would require more efficient light bulbs which, in the minds of many, meant the end of the much loved (and cheap) incandescent bulb.
But another QC, Conservative Lord Faulks, argued the bill's proposal to hold five-yearly reviews was legitimate because the bill had followed "careful scrutiny" of terrorism powers, in contrast to control orders which he felt had been rushed through Parliament.
If either bill is vetoed, Mr Khatami has indicated that the government will draft a bill to hold a referendum on the relevant subject.
Correspondents say he might try to persuade the opposition to hold off on that vote to allow for debate and passage of the finance bill, which is designed to cut the government's deficit.
Republicans are expected to hold a rally for the tax bill early next week before they send it to the president, where it faces a veto.
The best way to hold onto a customer is getting her to use the banks bill pay service who wants to go through the trouble of setting up all those accounts at a new bank?
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The reform bill that passed the Senate this morning, like the House bill, includes the toughest measures ever taken to hold the insurance industry accountable.
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The SDLP called for the bill to be delayed for 30 days in order to hold a special committee to consider the equality implications of the measure under Section 75 of the 1998 Northern Ireland Act.
He won applause at the California speech when he pointed to a bill he has introduced that would require the Senate to hold off voting on a measure for one day for every 20 pages of legislation it considers.
Every spare dime goes into a short-term bond fund, where it is certain to hold its value and be available when the tuition bill arrives.
Until this week, the proposed anti-terror bill also included a plan to extend the period for which police can hold terror suspects without charging them, from 14 to 90 days.
However, there is nothing in the bill that allows the PTO to hold onto any surplus.
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In fact, just this morning, a story showed that small businesses have put hiring and expanding on hold while waiting for the Senate to act on this bill.
The Conservative, Kris Hopkins, presents a ten minute rule bill to require parish and town councils to hold referendums before increasing their charge on the Council Tax, and then MPs rush through the Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill.
Rep. Angus McKelvey, chairman of the first of three panels the bill needs to pass to get to the House floor, said he won't hold a hearing for the measure.
The Government of Wales Bill allows it to hold a referendum on full-blown law-making powers for Cardiff Bay, provided two-thirds of AMs agree.
He said his chamber will hold a Tuesday hearing on the small changes made to the bill in the Senate.
If states were footing the bill, their citizens would have an incentive to hold officials accountable for the money spent.
Even though this bill will help the recovery, and has been endorsed by groups like the Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business, the Republican Senate leadership continues to hold it hostage to politics by denying an up-or-down vote on the bill.
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Also on Wednesday, the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on a similar bill to use TARP funds for automakers.
"At the end of the day, OPEC doesn't seem to hold to its production cuts, " said Bill Singer, a longtime securities attorney and trader.
Emboldened by winning a majority in the House of Commons in May after leading a Conservative minority government for five years, Mr Harper has unveiled a bill to limit Senate terms to nine years and to encourage the provinces to hold elections for senators.
The bill makes it harder for federal and state law-enforcement officials to seize and hold property that has a suspected crime connection.
But the awe and inspiration that I hold for the genius of Bill Lear, and the man that he was, continues to fly high.
James Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) to the Military Construction Appropriations bill, which would have prohibited the bill from funding the construction or modification of any facility in the United States to hold Gitmo detainees.
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His other stipulations are that use of his gift must meet all legal requirements of charity and that Bill or Melinda must be alive and active in the foundation for the pledge to hold.
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And a small business might wonder, I don't know how the energy bill is going to affect me, I don't know how the health care reform bill is going to affect me -- I'd better hold off on hiring.
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