In 1996, he angrily challenged Representative Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island to "step outside" in a dispute over a proposal to outlaw assault weapons.
Among the most contentious items was a dispute over a proposal to provide federal aid to help school districts hire more teachers and to build or renovate school buildings.
The dispute involves a proposal by an upstate developer, Dean Gitter, to build a five-star resort on 2,000 acres he owns on opposite sides of Belleayre Mountain, where the state also maintains a ski center.
LINDA GRANT, a school board member, calls the dispute over a proposal to put up lights at the high school football field here "a tinder box that could go up at any time".
A DISPUTE over a proposal to put a Sprint PCS cellular telephone antenna on top of the high school here faced a new challenge earlier this month when two residents filed suit in State Supreme Court in White Plains, questioning the school board's authority to enter into a contract with Sprint.
Among the report's more disputed proposals is "a cooperative and voluntary arrangement" among the pharmaceutical industry, governments and the World Health Organization to cut prices on drugs and vaccines.
Eventually the framers resolved their disputes by adopting a proposal put forward by the Connecticut delegation.
Late Thursday, a new dispute flared over a proposal by African nations to add a guarantee that nations, not just individuals, should have access to "international telecommunications services".
Among Mr. Sadr's most hotly disputed proposals has been to form a popular militia that his senior aides said would provide greater security in Shiite neighborhoods.
In one of the plan's more widely disputed proposals, opposed by some governing council members, the government would be run by a three-member presidency, chosen by the national assembly.
