Minnesota lawmakers pushed through a flurry of compromises and votes today that legislative leaders hoped could help stave off Gov. Jesse Ventura's threat of a partial state government shutdown.
But support began to waver amid heavy lobbying from the retail food industry, leading to a flurry of late changes and compromises.
In 1996, still smarting from the beating they took after partly shutting down the government, the Republicans compromised on a flurry of important measures that the president signed into law.
The compromise emerged Monday after a flurry of closed-door meetings at the White House and on Capitol Hill.
The measure, a compromise of earlier House and Senate versions, passed the House by voice vote after a flurry of opposition to the Bomarc anti-aircraft missile program.
Throughout the day, senior ministers held a "flurry" of private meetings with the bloc of developing nations, said a spokesman for Europe, seeking a compromise to move forward when serious negotiations begin Thursday.
The flurry of exchanges among presidential candidates, according to interviews with lawmakers in both parties, is obscuring efforts to reach a substantive legislative compromise on Capitol Hill.
Expect a flurry of feathers.
A flurry of meetings followed.
Why the flurry of activity?
