Mr. Lott also homed in on judicial appointments, and other Senate Republicans said they expected the handful of Bush judicial nominees who have been delayed in committee to receive swift consideration.
Formal consideration of the proposed amendments had to be delayed, in part because of problems with a copy machine before all the Samoan-language versions could be printed.
The resolution approved Monday was originally scheduled for a decision on Friday, but its two sponsors, Britain and France, delayed consideration in the hope of getting as close to unanimity as possible.
It turns out that adopting IES encounters many barriers: lack of trust between project partners, delay in project progress, financial feasibility considerations, lack of support from tenants, lengthy legal permit procedures, over-ambitious project goals, poor experiences in previous projects, and IES ambitions that are not taken serious by key decision-makers.
Never delay in enemy territory.
Mr. Schumer noted that Republicans delayed consideration of President Barack Obama's court nominee in 2016, Judge Merrick B. Garland, citing the presidential election that year.
Those companies are now asking for a delay in commission consideration of the rule, by extending the time for public comments past the current Aug. 17 deadline.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called late Sunday for a delay in further consideration of Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh after a second woman accused him of sexual misconduct.
Such a refusal shall also not constitute sufficient grounds for a denial of, a refusal to consider, or a delay in the consideration of, funding for such a recipient in succeeding fiscal years.
Notwithstanding any rule in either House concerning the printing of conference reports or concerning any delay in the consideration of such reports, such report shall be acted on by both Houses not later than six calendar days after the conference report is filed in the House in which such report is filed first.
