The rule, like many of the bureau's actions, could become bogged down in a larger political battle that has bedeviled many regulators in the Obama administration.
But they expressed concern that the bill could become bogged down in an election-year struggle between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate.
He expressed concern, however, that such a plan could become watered down in the legislative process and that Americans might end up with something less than they have now.
A senior State Department official acknowledged that the Obama administration was concerned that the O.A.S. meeting could become bogged down by Honduras and other issues that pit the United States and a handful of allies against much of the rest of the region.
We have been told that Boingo is not among the partners, although if the number of hotspots is rising later this quarter, it could become one down the line.
The fear is that it could become watered down.
New Cassel will "need to take care of what we have and take pride in what the finished product is looking like," he said, or it could become "run-down again".
And if something is not done this year, the issue could become hopelessly bogged down in election-year politics in 2002.
As he presses an ambitious agenda expanding the reach of government, Mr. Obama has come to worry that a conservative Supreme Court could become an obstacle down the road, aides said.
The business fundamentals "are going to get awful," in the next year, Mr. Hodulik said, adding that at some point AT&T could become so pared down that its acquisition price would become low enough to attract bidders.
