Politicians trying to prop up banks amid the credit crisis complain that the European Commission's competition directorate, known unattractively as DG Comp, is blocking their efforts.
Within weeks of the discovery, some C.I.A. security officers came to believe that senior agency officials seeking to protect Mr. Deutch were blocking their efforts to conduct a thorough inquiry.
But within weeks of the discovery, C.I.A. security officers came to believe that senior agency officials seeking to protect Mr. Deutch were blocking their efforts to conduct a thorough inquiry, according to the report.
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, which features stories of downtrodden immigrants exploited by employers and landlords, is now the subject of a unionization drive by nearly 30 part-time tour guides who say the organization has been blocking their efforts to organize for higher wages, better benefits and more regular work schedules.
The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, which explores the stories of downtrodden immigrants exploited by employers and landlords, is now the subject of a unionization drive by nearly 30 part-time tour guides who say the organization has been blocking their efforts to organize for higher wages, better benefits and more regular work schedules.
And ranchers seeking federal grazing permits and leases see the government as blocking their efforts to make a living.
The company responded by suing the dissidents in federal court to block their efforts and had labeled them "corporate raiders".
In interviews, Democratic officials said that Republicans on the panel, which meets in closed session, had blocked their efforts to formally request the document from the White House.
American officials have been unhappy in the past when the authorities blocked their efforts to investigate some Americans here with close ties to the Panamanian government.
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