While leaders of the Democratic majorities in the State House and Senate praised the concessions proposal, some top Republican lawmakers said they were worried about the no-layoff promise.
Although the mayor praised police officers and firefighters, they did not escape his concessions proposals unscathed.
Not just from Democrats who appreciated the slate of administration policies (there were critics among both progressives and centrists), but because for an administration that has gained a reputation for making preemptive concessions, the proposal represented a welcome departure.
Mr. Dean invited Mr. Tsarapkin to confer at American delegation headquarters, to put forward some additional Anglo-American concessions and proposals in one last effort to get a treaty agreed before President Kennedy gives the "resume testing" order.
Gross debt, a more internationally recognised benchmark, would equal 96% of GDP by then.Mr Obama's most significant concession is a proposal to index Social Security benefits to the "chained" consumer price index rather than the standard CPI.
WASHINGTON — In return for concessions on their proposal for a new government-run health insurance plan, liberal Democratic senators pushed Monday for expansion of Medicare and Medicaid and more stringent federal regulation of the insurance industry.
[C3.] United Unions to Offer Concessions The unions at United Airlines plan to offer a proposal for concessions late next week to help the carrier obtain a federal loan guarantee.
But in another ideological concession, the new Democratic proposal places much greater emphasis on skilled workers, especially scientists and engineers, who typically come to the US as students or on temporary work visas.
