Word: enactment
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...backroom haggling and front-and-center rhetoric over the Act's extension went on right up to the end. Earlier in the week, Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist declined an offer made by Vermont Democrat Patrick Leahy of the Judiciary Committee to enact a three-month extension of the law to buy time for further negotiations. In the last few days, the White House dispatched Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to address the Senate Republicans' policy luncheon on Capitol Hill. But he failed to convince key Senators, such as Republicans Larry Craig of Idaho, John Sununu of New Hampshire and Lisa...
...fundraising dinners to keep expanding the budget. “Basically, our concept is that HRC has become such an active organization that it needs an organizational structure,” said Dewey of the campaign platform on which he and Souther ran. Dewey and Souther have promised to enact a platform that will focus on a “bottom-up” approach to running the HRC, allowing autonomy to the leaders of the club’s different subgroups, which will be oriented towards political issues and more practical functions. According to Downer, this election...
...only do John and Annie have the vision to fix the UC, but they have also demonstrated that they have the ability to enact changes that dramatically affect student life. John was the driving force behind many of the UC’s biggest accomplishments in the past year, from a 24-hour Lamont to expanding the party fund to creating blocking neighborhoods for freshmen. In the case of getting a 24-hour Lamont, we watched him dedicate days on end to polling students, researching other schools’ policies, and winning over skeptical administrators...
...CityStep, athletics, activism, and campus groups like the Black Men’s Forum—but we have come together in unwavering support of John and Tara. We know that Voith and Gadgil are the only candidates who can give you a voice and the means to enact positive change within our community...
...report’s recommendations, should the Faculty enact them, would give students the ability to take greatly divergent paths in their plan of general education...