Although the presidential panel approved the elections measure, it also recommended that Parliament vote separately on an article of the bill dealing with political representation for Christians and other minorities.
But he also insisted it scrap a key article of the bill that would give company-level deals precedence over sector-wide agreements on pay and conditions.
Friday's Senate vote, by a show of hands, came after senators had on Wednesday approved the first article of the bill allowing gay couples to marry and adopt, by 179 votes to 157.
Critics say this provision does not guarantee against another article of the bill, which allows intelligence officers to use "any technical device" available to them to "open, delete, delay or divert communications, whether or not they have been received".
Because of an editing error, an article on Friday about the passage of a bill to prohibit genetic discrimination by health insurers gave an incorrect vote count for the Senate in some editions.
A headline in some copies yesterday with an article about the New York Senate's approval of a bill concerning sales of the morning-after pill, which can prevent pregnancy after sex, misstated a provision.
Correction: July 20 , 2003 Sunday An article last Sunday about the passage of a bill to protect the tax-exempt status of some charities misidentified the party of a co-sponsor, State Senator John McKinney.
George Bush promised to sign the bill swiftly.See article: A bill passes on corporate reformCall chargesAT&T announced losses of $12.7 billion for the second quarter.
There are important differences between the President's "return" of a bill pursuant to Article I, 7 and the exercise of the President's cancellation authority pursuant to the Line Item Veto Act...
The constitutional tribunal has ruled that 44 articles of an economic-reform bill are unconstitutional, including measures to allow private investment in oil production, and to make labour laws more flexible.Political squabbling has done nothing to increase investors' confidence in Ecuador's legal framework.
