Word: rubber-stamp
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...battle gives his supporters effective control of the House as well as the Senate. In the wake of the heated budget fight, some of Reagan's aides crowed about having formed a new "philosophic coalition," and some losing Democrats moaned that the President was converting Congress into a rubber-stamp body that would do whatever he wished...
...vote again in the fall on a constitution, which was drafted this spring, for the Student Council. If the Faculty and a majority of the entire undergraduate student body approve the specifics of the proposal in the fall, the issue will go to the Harvard Corporation for final, and rubber-stamp, approval. If all goes according to plan, the Dowling system could be in operation by second semester next year...
Once the board approves the eviction certificates, court approval is likely to be "pretty much a pro forma matter," Moulton said, though she added that "occasionally" the court does not rubber-stamp rent board decisions...
Under a new constitution that Guyana's rubber-stamp parliament approved in October, Burnham gained virtually limitless authority as President and Commander in Chief. Nonetheless, he called for another show of support-specifically, 75% of the electorate. Opposition candidates were not allowed to see a list of eligible voters, even after the government blithely removed more than 111,000 names, or about 20% of the electorate. There are accusations that other names have been added, including those of victims of the 1978 Jonestown massacre...
...function of the huge congress was more formal than real. It was to rubber-stamp decisions already made by the party's leaders and carefully advertised in advance. Still, every effort was being made to make it a showcase event and to prepare the country for the changeover. The congress was also expected to consider new laws on marriage, income tax and foreign investment, and was likely to approve a measure limiting the length of time one individual can hold any given public office. In a highly unusual gesture of openness, the foreign press was invited to attend some...