Would it be accurate to say that they have been tasked with finding a compromise that can pass by the end of the year?
First Solar's management, the analyst added, was also one of the few who were willing to say that there was a less than 50% chance that the investment tax credit legislation, commonly referred to as ITC, will pass by the end of the year.
China is set to pass Japan by the end of the year, and become the second largest global ad market.
He said families are forgoing care and losing insurance coverage when they lose their jobs, and he urged Congress to pass initiatives by the end of the year.
Irish debutant Conor Henderson - another ball-playing midfielder - probed for a gap through the back-line and the 19-year-old's deflected pass was pounced on by Tomas Rosicky, who sped to the byeline to clip a square ball through the legs of Charlie Daniels across the box.
Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott says he hopes Congress will pass the legislation by the end of the year.
By one vote, the Senate this year failed to pass a constitutional amendment that would balance the budget.
And the Northern Irishman, a contender for player of the year, was alert to pounce on a suicidal cross-field pass by David Elebert to McLaughlin.
If there is no farm bill by September 30th, Congress might pass a one-year extension of the 2008 law (in which some programmes, due for expiry, would disappear).
JPMorgan, an investment bank, reckons that an increase of just 0.2 percentage points in the borrowing costs of British banks such as Lloyds Banking Group and Royal Bank of Scotland would trim their earnings by 8-11% next year, assuming they could not immediately pass these costs on to customers.
Obama has called on House Republicans to pass a bill approved by the Senate last July that would extend for one year most of the 2001-2009 tax cuts, except for high-income households.
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If Congress fails to pass a bill, we'll be back to square one in the new year, with the Senate needing to pass a new bill which will then have to be ratified by the House.
It will be a one-lane dirt road, closed for seven months of the year by snowfalls on the 2, 900-metre (9, 500-foot) pass south of Shatili.
The mosque -- subject of a two-year battle marked by legal wrangling, vandalism and anti-Muslim sentiment -- still needs to pass inspection and get its occupancy permit, mosque officials said.
The sale will need to pass final regulatory conditions, and is expected to be complete by the end of the financial year.
Currently, the firm is hoping to release it into less restricted overseas markets by the year's end, but analysts here in America are questioning its ability to pass through all the red tape required for it to hit our shelves.
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Here, under the date palms, where the sun shines more than 300 days a year and the scent of coconut oil drifts from the beach, joggers, cyclists, dog walkers and rollerbladers pass by in a constant parade that ends only after nightfall.
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