Word: extended
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...temporary funding deals and put off the big, fundamental questions about restructuring government until after the November elections. As Sam Brownback told me today, 'Instead of going for the long bomb, let's grind it out on the ground.'" The next big hurdle for negotiators: reaching an agreement on extending federal borrowing authority past the March 1 deadline set by Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin. Markets and Congressional negotiators trembled Wednesday when Moody's threatened to downgrade its rating of $387 billion in U.S. bonds because it said the budget impasse had 'significantly increased the risk of a default.' Urged...
...would like to extend an offer of free membership to Andrei Cerny so that he can see for himself that the College Democrats have plenty of fresh ideas to offer. We are coming off an extraordinary year of growth in enthusiasm and in membership under the leadership of former president Derek T. Ho '96. We do not know how the usually professional U.S. News and World Report could print a fallacy like "young Republicans outnumber Democrats 3 to 1," but their editors clearly failed to check their facts...
...last episode, you'll recall, there was a tremendous wringing of hands when Congress refused in mid-November to extend the official $4.9 trillion debt limit, a tactic designed to force the President to approve its budget. Yet markets remained unruffled, knowing that Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin had internal bookkeeping changes up his sleeve that could lower our "official" debt and let Uncle Sam keep paying the bills. What Rubin has done to date--mostly shifting civil service pension money to accounts that aren't constrained by the debt limit--should take the government through mid-February. Such short-term...
...Apple, DEC, Adobe, Silicon Graphics, Hewlett Packard, Oracle and Toshiba. Everybody expected Microsoft to strike back, reaffirming its commitment to its own Java-like Visual Basic. But at the last minute, Gates changed his mind, announcing that he too would license Java, while also promising somewhat menacingly to "extend...
...four times previously about Whitewater, but this will be her first appearance before the Whitewater grand jury. "It's serious," notes TIME's James Carney. "In addition to highlighting Starr's investigation, this subpoena strengthens the hand of Senate Whitewater chairman Alfonse D'Amato, who will soon seek to extend the Senate investigation past the original February 29th deadline." Earlier Monday, D'Amato rebuffed Hillary Clinton's offer to provide written responses to questions about her involvement in the Whitewater affair. The Committee "looks forward to hearing Mrs. Clinton's responses," he replied, but not before the White House provides...