Word: pushed
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...sense that the most highly paid people on Wall Street continued to make extraordinary amounts of money with the bonus payments, when their companies had to bailed out by taxpayers. In an ideal world, they would not have been given those bonuses. But, Paulson was not willing to push that point. He did not have the time to make the effort...
...every ten grant applications, and thousands of approved projects await funding, according to Harvard statements on the issue. NIH has said some of the money from the stimulus package could be awarded in only four to six weeks, according to Casey. Harvard has used its clout to push hard for more federal science funding, and Casey said that its representatives have been on Capitol Hill, arguing directly to senators and house members that such a sweeping economic stimulus package would be incomplete without funding for basic research and “intellectual infrastructure.” Earlier this month...
Many Republicans say their opposition to the bill is based on a suspicion that Democrats are using the economic crisis to push forward a partisan agenda. Their list of objections, which has been e-mailed to reporters, includes a number of targeted items that offend Republican constituencies: $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts; $150 million to insure honey-bee farmers; $335 million for preventing sexually transmitted diseases; $150 million for repairs to the Smithsonian Institution; $462 million for equipment and construction at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta; $20 million to remove fish barriers in rivers...
...group of alumni who in 2003 led a successful charge to reduce what it termed “excessive” multi-million compensation for Harvard’s money managers has renewed its push for lower pay in light of Harvard’s plummeting endowment value...
...organizations that pushed for this provision didn't originally ask for it to be included in the stimulus package. They expect the Administration to push for its adoption soon, either in another piece of legislation or as a stand-alone bill. The provision has been introduced in the past three Congresses as the Prevent Prematurity and Improve Child Health Act, sponsored by Democratic Senators Blanche Lincoln of Nebraska and Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico and Republicans Richard Lugar of Indiana and Olympia Snowe of Maine. Senate aides anticipate that the bill will be reintroduced this year...