Word: delay
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Council President Robert M. Hyman '98 said he was confident the council would consider those measures soon, even in light of the seven-month delay between last May's constitutional amendment establishing the popular elections and today's bylaws change beginning to implement them...
...court--corporate money probably would have found its way to their side even if the Republicans had done nothing more than leave a night-deposit box on the Capitol steps. But under Gingrich they have been much more aggressive. One of his chief enforcers is majority whip Tom DeLay of Texas, the third-ranking Republican in the House. DeLay is famous around Washington these days for "the book" he keeps in his office. It lists how much each of the 400 largest pacs gave to Republicans over the past two years and how much to Democrats. "Unfriendly'' donors--that...
...government shutdown might cause the Federal Reserve to postpone a predicted lowering of interest rates on Tuesday sent investors into a selling frenzy. Declining issues led advances by four to one on a heavy volume of 426.23 million shares as of 4 p.m. EST, despite a one-hour opening delay in trading due to computer problems that stock market officials have yet to fully explain. With the Dow at near-record highs this month, the slide represented only a two percent decline in the industrial average. But today's trading wiped out most of the gains made in December...
...doing, the Democrats have clearly put partisan interests before the good of the country. America desperately needs a balanced federal budget as soon as possible, yet the Democrats insist on playing political games that only delay the process...
...still privileged, and other Whitewater investigative bodies must agree to the terms. "This offer is reasonable," notes TIME's J.F.O. McAllister, "since it's impossible to argue there's no privilege between the President and his attorneys. It's also a wise tactic politically since complying with it will delay the investigation." But Senator Al D'Amato, the committee chairman, clearly preferred a court fight: "It's good politics to keep this issue churning, especially given Newt Gingrich's recent problems...