Word: provisionally
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
As Organization of American States (OAS) Deputy Trade Director Sherry Stephenson put it, “liberalization of trade in services implies modifications of national laws and regulations”—notably to limit the ability of nations to preclude private competition (foreign or domestic) for government services...
Specifically, he said Senate minority Republicans objected to a provision not to renew a liable defendant's driver's license if he fails to pay his claim.
The last straw? On Thursday, the Bush administration announced it would seek to eliminate a provision of the Endangered Species Act that allows private groups to sue the Department of the Interior to add plants and animals to the official "endangered" list (and therefore make them subject to federal protection...
Opposition to the provision also comes from the single-issue Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform (CHEAR). CHEAR includes the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People-neither of which have Harvard College chapters-and over 30 other national groups.
The political issue has been heated at the national level. Rep. Barney Frank `61 (D-Mass.) has introduced a bill to Congress aimed at repealing the provision, which currently has 29 co-sponsors.