His successor, David A. Paterson, who appointed Mr. Fisch, authorized expansion of the inquiry in cooperation with the office of the New Jersey governor, Jon S. Corzine.
"If we had just gotten a simple bill authorizing the expansion of the Javits, I'd have supported it," said Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Democrat of Manhattan.
In the last year, the Commerce Department and the Office of the United States Trade Representative have adopted tougher tactics, authorizing the expansion of duties on Chinese imports and taking China to court at the World Trade Organization.
Shortly after O'Neal became the C.E.O. of Merrill, he authorized an expansion of the mortgage department.
Directors authorized the expansion of the repurchase program to $8.8 billion, or about 17percentt of the market capitalization of about $51 billion.
The agreement comes at a time when Musharraf, according to a former high-level Pakistani diplomat, has authorized the expansion of Pakistan's nuclear-weapons arsenal.
In November 2008 the Security Council authorized the expansion of the force by 3,000 military and police, and as of Nov. 30, 2009, 20,255 uniformed personnel were in the field.
Phillips is cautious, and while he says he calls the co-owner Fred Wilpon at least twice a day with updates, Wilpon has not authorized an expansion of the payroll beyond $95 million or so.
Yet quietly, Mr. Obama has authorized an expansion of the war in Pakistan as well — if only he can get a weak, divided, suspicious Pakistani government to agree to the terms.
In this year's session, lawmakers approved new gun laws in response to the massacre in Newtown, Conn., voted to raise the state's minimum wage and, on Friday, agreed to ask voters to authorize an expansion of casino gambling.
