For example, Trump easily disposed of criticism that he had changed positions on issues like abortion.
The commission, determined to dispose of the issue promptly, heard the arguments directly instead of delegating them as it normally would.
They said Democrats could dispose of the issue — and gain a reliable Democratic vote in the process — by acceding to the appointment if it met all legal requirements.
"We have to secure our borders, but we also need a temporary worker program, and we have to dispose of the issue of 12 million people who are in this country illegally".
The commission, determined to dispose of the issue promptly, heard the arguments directly instead of delegating them to administrative law judges, the first time since 1989 that the sitting commissioners have heard such oral arguments.
This week's accords reflected a clear calculation by leaders of both parties that they needed to dispose of some politically treacherous issues now, rather than risk fighting them out in the weeks immediately before the November election.
Mr. Boehner was clear, however, that Republicans were eager to quickly dispose of the politically charged issue.
He responded that "to seek to dispose of a major scientific issue by a show of hands is a striking demonstration of the way in which belief can come to dominate the thinking of scholars".
While it is technically possible to dispose of spent fuel safely, the issue is actually doing it.
Hopeful of doing well in the South in 1972, he sought to dispose of desegregation as a political issue before then.
The S.E.C. "did not have authority to dispose of" the records, said the statement issued Thursday.
