PARIS Jean-Claude Trichetet, president of the European Central Bank, on Sunday defended measures taken by euro-zone governments to relieve the pressure on Greece, saying there was no doubt about the commitment of the Continent's governments to aiding the beleaguered country.
When he takes any tax increases off the table and passionately defends measures like a more generous estate tax, which benefits the richest Americans, it makes that challenge difficult.
Begich: Has concerns but will defend Measure 2 if passed Sullivan: No. Opposes Measure 2. Social Issues: Should abortion be highly restricted?
Seventy-five senators, led by Max Baucus of Montana, the chairman of the Senate Finance committee, wrote a letter to Mr. Zoellick defending antidumping measures as a vital tool to protect American workers against unfair trading practices.
Defending the measure, Darling said the personal allowance bands were frozen because they were set at a time of negative inflation, in September.
Representative Jan Schakowsky, Democrat of Illinois, said Mr. Obama needed to become more aggressive about defending the measure he fought so hard to pass.
Pemex and the government have run advertisements defending the measure, while brigades of white-clad women who support Mr. López Obrador have staged demonstrations in front of the Senate.
On the Caravan Tax, the Government has got itself a position of defending a measure that contradicts so many of its stated policy goals and the arguments ministers frequently use to support them.
After all, the administration had spent the previous four years drafting the proposal, striking a compromise with the City Council, winning the approval of various public agencies, and then defending the measure against several court challenges.
Defending the measure, Netanyahu said the law's goal was "to prevent an absurd situation, in which foreign states meddle in Israel's internal affairs by funding NGOs without the Israeli public being aware of it".
