Fifteen other states have adopted the same posture on lethal injections, in effect creating a moratorium on death sentences nationwide.
The Internet Tax Freedom Act, passed by Congress in 1998, created a moratorium on sales taxes on e-commerce across state lines until 2001, and antitax forces in Congress have tried, so far unsuccessfully, to extend the moratorium until 2006.
Still, were a bill creating a moratorium on the Bermuda deals to come up for a vote in the House while a study was under way, it would easily win 300 votes, far more than needed for passage, said Representatives Jim McCrery, a Republican from Louisiana, who is on the House Ways and Means Committee.
-- Enact a one-year payroll tax holiday (creating a moratorium on Social Security, Medicare, and FICA taxes will encourage businesses to hire new workers).
We met with city supervisor David Campos, who recently introduced legislation to create a 45-day moratorium on new market-rate housing in the Mission.
On May 5, supervisor David Campos, who represents the district, introduced legislation that would create a 45-day moratorium on the construction of multi-family market-rate housing in the Mission District.
And some scientists were calling for a moratorium on laboratory efforts to genetically engineer microbes for fear they might create a monster germ.
The blueprint also calls for the government to create a public strategy document within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to direct anti-death penalty strategies worldwide, and the adoption of a global moratorium on capital punishment.
The new law also created a one-year moratorium on the release of certain portions of audiotape and other recordings in which the condition of a homicide victim is described.
For example, we can celebrate the agreement just signed in Nagoya, where 193 UN member states created a de facto moratorium on geoengineering projects, condemning any attempt to manipulate the "planet thermostat".
