Residents of the club district are essentially powerless to block them, community board members say, because the area is zoned for manufacturing.
The Republicans will also offer a motion to "recommit" the Democrats' bill for changes -- essentially an effort to block a vote on the bill.
BERLIN — E.U. justice ministers reacted coolly on Friday to a plan that would give consumers the ability to expunge the personal details Internet businesses have collected on them, essentially allowing individuals to block most kinds of online ads.
And the day before appearing in the Rose Garden with Ms. Rice, he showed up in the same place to nominate three lawyers to the nation's most prominent appeals court, essentially daring Republicans to block them.
Absent a bipartisan deal, Mr. Reid said Friday night that he would accede to the president's request to put to a vote on Monday Mr. Obama's plan to extend tax cuts for all income below $250,000 a year and to renew expiring unemployment compensation for as many as two million people, essentially daring Republicans to block it and allow taxes to rise for most Americans.
SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act) essentially allows ISPs to block entire domains because a piece of hosted content infringes copyright.
By bringing up the two nominees on the floor for a vote, Mr. Lott essentially challenged Mr. Inhofe to block the consideration with prolonged debate, a filibuster, or fold.
The proposal, which the board of Morgan Stanley had opposed, would essentially give shareholders the power to block any severance package that is 2.99 times a senior executive's base pay and bonus.
But even before he has disclosed details of his proposals — including new tax incentives for hiring, public works measures and state aid for teachers — Mr. Obama has essentially dared Republicans to try to block them, suggesting the onus is on Republicans to prevent a recovery-threatening impasse.
Essentially, NIDA's mission is to block any research that could undermine the Schedule I status of marijuana as a dangerous narcotic, as insisted by the DEA.
