Congress did step in last month to undo furloughs for air traffic controllers after a week of coast-to-coast flight delays, and lawmakers have found money for meat inspectors.

NPR: Furlough Friday: Unpaid Day Off For Many In Gov't

Last month CADE threatened to undo the 2009 merger that formed Brasil Foods, the leading firm in Brazil's processed-food market.

ECONOMIST: Competition policy in Brazil

New Labour's immaculately crafted 1997 election campaign was built with such care because we had lost four elections in a row, had been in power for only a tiny part of the last one hundred years, and were determined to undo that past.

BBC: Philip Gould: What 'permanent campaign'?

"The public accounts committee is right to acknowledge that it will take time to undo the consequences of years of over-promising and financial mismanagement by the last administration, " said defence equipment minister Philip Dunne.

BBC: Defence equipment budget 'may be unaffordable'