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...alternate route, described by two aides as a "nuclear" option, is for the Senate to pass a measure first, then adjourn and force the House to accept the Senate measure. Such a move would need to be attached to an innocuous tax bill already pending before the Senate in order to circumvent a constitutional mandate that all tax writing must originate in the House. "We always keep tax bills available for such situations," said Jim Manley, a senior adviser to Senate majority leader Harry Reid. "But I don't see that happening as of right...
...complete self-sufficiency, and refusing to consider help as an option seems foolish at best. We are lucky to attend a university that provides us with services for the times when we simply shouldn’t go it alone. But it’s up to us to accept that help, and be wise enough to know when we need...
When crisis strikes, it has often been Congress’s knee-jerk reaction to accept whatever the executive branch has to offer. The Patriot Act and the Iraq War are a couple of recent examples, and the trend continues today. The current financial crisis is an issue that strikes at the hearts—and pocketbooks—of every American, and is sending Congress into panic mode again. It seems that few predicted a worsening crisis after the subprime bubble months ago, listening to President George W. Bush’s serene conviction that everything was going smoothly...
...Jeanne-Claude said. “To put it in human terms, a nine-month pregnancy is for the mother a part of having the child, but it is not the aim.” The artists never accept outside funding for their work. The hugely expensive projects, with budgets often running into the tens of millions of dollars, are entirely financed by the sale of Christo’s preparatory works and work from the 1950s and 1960s.“We don’t do commissions—the process is sometimes more important than the product...
...House Democrats are not certain about such a hybrid approach and would prefer to offer insurance as just one of several tools open to Paulson, but not mandate that he use it. "I do not see why the secretary cannot accept some of those (insurance and/or loan provisions) among the options he has to choose from," Pelosi said. Congressional officials believe they have until Monday morning to come up with a package. Congress is preparing to work into the weekend with the aim of passing something by the end of Sunday, or at least having the deal locked down...