An end-of-June deadline for passing secondary laws to flesh out the reforms in energy and telecoms has come and gone as the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party PRII) haggles with the opposition.
This week, the legislature failed to meet the deadline for passing a budget.Opponents of the recall say this paralysis is yet more evidence of the damage a rich individual can do through ballot initiatives.
Ukrainian military personnel besieged in their bases waited nervously for the deadline to pass, many of them preparing for an attack by Russian troops and pro-Moscow militias.
On the eve of the deadline to pass spending legislation that will avoid another government shutdown debacle, Congress appears poised to send a bill to President Obama that would ban the Department of Justice from meddling with state medical marijuana laws.
The abrupt halt to the bill's progress means the chances of it advancing before Friday's deadline to pass bills out of policy committees are slim.
Mr. Obama, of course, cannot fire lawmakers for failing to meet his deadlines for passing bills.
Final votes are expected next Monday, two days ahead of the June 30 deadline to pass a balanced budget.
While the Obama administration has urged those skeptical about the negotiations to wait until the final June 30 deadline to pass judgment, members of Congress are already interpreting the failure to reach a framework agreement by March 31 as evidence that the talks are doomed and that Congress must act.
Agencies have begun making contingency plans ahead of the 1 October deadline to pass a new funding resolution.
After some two dozen tragedies written to please the public, he was writing to please himself, free of deadlines, to pass the time.
"Congress not being able to perform its basic functions is worrisome, because when they do get back from vacation, they're facing a whole lot of deadlines to pass some crucial legislation.
