To ease objections, Democrats have scaled back the unemployment proposal, which originally was to extend through December and included billions of dollars in health insurance subsidies for the unemployed.
Authors of the proposal introduced a slightly revised version on Monday in an effort to ease objections that the amendment would prohibit same-sex civil unions even if they were approved by lawmakers in individual states.
But as security in Mali continued to deteriorate, the Algerians have eased their objections.
Given the need for Democrats to keep Mr. Lieberman in the fold, Democrats sought to find ways to ease his objections.
To ease potential objections, the Senate also passed, by voice vote, a measure to extend government financing for four days to allow time to work out the longer-term agreement when the House returns next week.
New arrangements with NATO, however, could well ease Russian objections to the expansion of the alliance into the former Baltic republics of the old Soviet Union, a step likely to be considered next year.
WASHINGTON — Facing vocal opposition from religious leaders and an escalating political fight, the White House sought on Tuesday to ease mounting objections to a new administration rule that would require health insurance plans — including those offered by Catholic universities and charities — to offer birth control to women free of charge.
He allocated a bit more more for direct farm subsidies and for cohesion to ease the objections of France and Poland.Either as an affront to fiscal hawks, or because he wants to hold back a final concession, Mr Van Rompuy made no change to the budget for the EU's administration.
The BBC's Wyre Davies in Jerusalem says that while Mr Netanyahu will be warmly welcomed in the US, he is coming under increasing international pressure to ease his objections to a Palestinian state following the unity deal signed between rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah earlier this month.
The BBC's Wyre Davies in Jerusalem says Mr Netanyahu is coming under increasing international pressure to ease his objections to such a state following the unity deal signed this month between rival Palestinian groups Hamas, which governs Gaza, and Fatah, which runs the West Bank.
