Word: provisionally
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"It will seriously erode civil liberties," complains James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute. "I think it would be terrible if the legislation passed in this atmosphere." One provision that has angered the bill's opponents would permit the deportation of aliens who donate money to activities sponsored by...
Even one of the bill's sponsors in the Senate, Democrat Joe Biden of Delaware, disavowed the evidence provision, calling it "Kafkaesque." But by last week Biden was predicting that compromise language would be worked out. Charles Schumer, the New York Democrat who sponsored the bill in the House, insists...
Representatives agreed that the council's provision of grants--which support many student groups on campus, including women's groups--is central to achieving the council's goal of increased accessibility.
The Senate approved and sent to the President a measure that would end a tax break to companies that sell broadcast and cable outlets to minority owners (though not before allowing one last such deal involving media mogul Rupert Murdoch). The provision is part of a broader tax bill, which...
Ultimately, the Republicans prevailed by a comfortable 58 votes, largely in the interests of political solidarity. Now, as they face the next 100 days, G.O.P. leaders must confront the conflicting goals they have set: the ideological imperative of tax breaks and the public's mandate that they cut the deficit...