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This committee was not empowered to block the appointment, though, as had been called for by some members of Harper's Conservative Party.

The Security Council is empowered to block the transfer of materials to Iran that it deems are contributing to the missile program.

"Even big companies like Twitter, YouTube and Facebook have a problem with Islamic State and are not entirely empowered to block all their content - it is a problem with the architecture of the internet".

Amnesty International said the legislation meant that any inquiry would be controlled by the executive, which is empowered to block public scrutiny of state actions.

WASHINGTON — At the heart of President Obama's drive to rein in health costs is a proposal for federal review and regulation of health insurance premiums, with a new agency empowered to block excessive rate increases.

The rules do not empower the legislature to block the executive.

The Lieberman-Graham amendment, which would empower the Pentagon to block the photos for up to three years without review, has sharply curtailed House support for the congressional war supplemental, as has a $108 billion line of credit for the International Monetary Fund.

Through her heartfelt work, Jania's clients around the world get empowered to dissolve the blocks preventing them from living their fullest potential and manifesting their highest vision and soul purpose.

But the bureaucracies empowered to grant the reductions have tended to block any applications.

The decision was that the former attorney general Dominic Grieve was not empowered to issue a certificate blocking the tribunal's ruling, which may sound like a narrow point.

WASHINGTON — When a Congressional committee subpoenaed Harry S. Truman in 1953, nearly a year after he left office, he made a startling claim: Even though he was no longer president, the Constitution still empowered him to block subpoenas.