Word: permitting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Predictably, attempts to whipsaw public opinion have already begun. Corporate lobbyists urge that action be put on hold until science resolves the unanswered questions. Environmentalists argue that evidence for harm is too strong to permit delay. The issue is especially tough because the chemicals under scrutiny are found almost everywhere.Since many of them contain chlorine or are by-products of processes involving chlorine compounds, the environmental group Greenpeace has demanded a ban on all industrial uses of chlorine. The proposal seems appealingly simple, but it would be economically wrenching for companies and consumers alike...
...these companies are warily watching the telecommunications bill now in Congress, which would sweep away 60 years of regulations and create the legal framework for the industry in the 21st century. The measure, which passed the House in June and won Senate Commerce Committee approval three weeks ago, would permit the Bells to offer cable-TV and long-distance services to all their customers. But Bell lobbyists plan to attack any version that delays the Bells' entry into the long-distance market until after cable companies have first invaded the local phone business...
...that govern the telephone and television industries, with the goals of encouraging competition and accelerating construction of the information superhighway. In June, by comfortable margins, the House passed two bills (now combined into one, designated HR3626) intended to increase competition among cable-TV and phone companies. The bill would permit regional phone companies, the so-called Baby Bells, to get into the long-distance phone business from which they are now barred in exchange for granting their competitors, including cable-TV companies, access to their transmission and switching systems. The bill would also allow cable-TV companies and long-distance...
...they should disclose about their contacts with lobbyists as well as the gifts and favors proffered by them. Based on votes taken in May 1993, the Senate is prepared to ban all gifts except those from friends and relatives. The House, however, has so far shown a willingness to permit certain gifts and favors from lobbyists, such as subsidized conferences and trips on behalf of charitable causes. Under discussion is a compromise that would bar acceptance of any "gifts of value," a term as yet undefined, from lobbyists, as well as recreational trips paid for by interest groups. Such...
...have falsified information about their ability to pay for licenses they bid on, and some may have falsely claimed to be minority- or female-owned to gain special bidding preferences. The probe was begun after 27 of 178 winning companies failed to make down-payments for "interactive" licenses, which permit companies to offer customers two-way video and data services -- like video on demand...