A committee of state party chairmen voted unanimously to urge its defeat on Wednesday, Republican officials said.
A committee of state insurance regulators is being formed to oversee the sale of A.I.G.'s life and property-casualty insurance companies, considered the jewels in its crown.
The proposal would take effect if a committee of state athletic directors approves it next week and the association's Board of Control approves it June 19.
The North Dakota bill, introduced by Representative Phillip Mueller, a wheat farmer himself, allows a committee of state officials and farm representatives to lift the ban earlier if Canada approves genetically engineered wheat.
The decisions were made after all sides of the dispute had spent a day before a committee of state and local finance officials who had until now recommended holding off sanctions, because the talks had appeared headed toward a settlement.
The judge, Michael Kenny, rejected a request from the California High-Speed Rail Authority to sell $8 billion of the $10 billion in bonds approved by voters in 2008, saying there was no evidence it was "necessary and desirable" to start selling them when a committee of state officials met last March.
The start of the New York State fiscal year should be moved to July 1 from April 1, Carole E. Stone, below, the director of the State Division of the Budget, said in a March 2 letter to a committee of state lawmakers working to reform New York's budget-making process.
Mr. Burris tried to explain why he did not mention three phone conversations with Mr. Blagojevich's brother — in which he now says he was asked for fund-raising help — during testimony last month before a committee of state lawmakers weighing whether to impeach Mr. Blagojevich.
One of them took on a committee of state senators, a majority of them who were against a proposal.
At a hearing in Sacramento Wednesday morning, a committee of state legislators voted in favor of an audit of the Division of the State Architect, the government office responsible for making sure that schools are built in compliance with safety laws.
