"The House Democrats have not signed off on any deal," Representative Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, who has been representing House Democrats in formal negotiations on the tax issue, said Monday night.
"No deal," Representative Paul D. Ryan, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, said as he left a meeting with fellow Republicans in the Capitol.
As the price for approval of the Colombia deal, Representative Nancy Pelosi, the House speaker and a California Democrat, demands specifically that the administration expand programs for American workers.
PAGE A14 MR. RANGEL'S VERY GOOD DEAL Representative Charles Rangel said on Friday that he has been responsible for millions of affordable rental units.
After months spent trying to obtain more information about the classified Halliburton deals, Representative Waxman's staff discovered that the original oil-well-fire contract entrusted Halliburton with a full restoration of the Iraqi oil industry.
"These are collusive, price-fixing deals," said Representative Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, who is one of those urging Congress to ban the arrangements.
"The message was, Go get another job because you can't work with us, you're messing our deals," said Representative Billy Tauzin, the Louisiana Republican who heads the Energy and Commerce Committee.
Meanwhile NEC (along with a group of other Japanese firms) is in talks to sell its stake in the Japanese subsidiary of Silicon Graphics, an American computer maker, for ¥4 billion (around $50m), according to Japan's Nikkei, a financial-news provider.Together, the deals are representative of the formidable changes in Japan's electronics industry.
"Staff over there did a good job given the hand they were dealt," said Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader.
"The town hall in Tallinn represents the zeitgeist" says Weiss. "Of course we are still dealing with representative democracy where decisions are made by a small group of politicians, but there is a thriving idea that you can create architecture which helps to break down walls between citizens and power.
That was the deal until Representative Duncan Hunter came along.
