If Mrs. Johnson's bill becomes law, it would delay discussions until after this year's Congressional elections.
He wants to avoid a row in the sensitive setting of the dinner, being held to mark the centenary of the outbreak of the first world war, by delaying discussions about Juncker until Friday afternoon in Brussels.
Negotiations are conducted by blocs of countries, consensus is necessary and it is easy to tactically derail the talks or to delay discussions to a point where no strong deal can be negotiated in the limited time available.
The opposition accused the government of cherry-picking parts of the plan in order to delay discussions on broader issues, such as ways to transition power away from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
He suggested that the decision to delay discussions about renewing the BBC's royal charter until after the next election was made to avoid the corporation being caught up in "partisan point-scoring", though when he heard that Harriet Harman, the shadow deputy leader, reported she "hearts the BBC", he said he needed to say "the Tories heart the BBC too".
But Montiel noted that the noisy chanting and disrobing by the protesters interrupted the meeting and delayed discussions of several important issues.
Perhaps it is the fear of having a patient refuse a DNAR order that causes doctors to delay discussions until the patient is dying, when he/she may be unable to participate in decision-making.
The president had been hoping to delay discussion of the bill until after the elections.
The International Monetary Fund this week delayed discussion of the latest $1.6 billion installment of a $15.7 billion loan package, saying Turkey had not met its obligations.
Before the consultation period on Professor Hood's green paper has elapsed, a group of academics is mounting a challenge in Congregation to delay discussion of the reforms.
