Eventually, a collection of Labour peers who were also frustrated by the months of apparent inaction, forced the issue by appending an amendment to the defamation bill.
Still, Mr. Kline defended his legislative timetable and sought to undercut the argument underpinning Mr. Duncan's waiver plans: that Congressional inaction had forced the administration to give states immediate relief from provisions like its accountability system, which requires that all students be proficient in reading and math by 2014.
The nephew's story, pieced together through documents and interviews with him and others, shows that the nephew, acting after years of torment and strong evidence of church inaction, finally forced the bishop's hand when the friend sent e-mail messages to all of Belgium's bishops threatening to expose Bishop Vangheluwe.
Mr. Schundler added that the troopers' "inaction" had forced the city's police department to coordinate the supply effort for emergency workers, and said that troopers did not even arrive in Jersey City until 4 30 p.m. on the day of the attack.
The coalition has yet to produce the results it was hoping for: getting other nations to provide the support the rebels need by persuading them that the group can control the flow of arms and head off sectarian tensions and religious extremism — trends the opposition attributes to international inaction, forcing the rebels to turn to extremist sponsors.
These forces for inaction may yet prevail, but let it no longer be said that alternatives do not exist.
It's a concern echoed by the International Freedom of Expression Exchange (IFEX) Tunisia Monitoring Group (IFEX-TMG), who were alarmed by repeated "attacks targeting journalists, artists, performers and women for the 'crime' of freely expressing their opinion as well as by the Tunisian security forces' alleged inaction during most of these instances in the past year".
They felt "forced into action by the state's inaction," Mr. Sherman said.
I'm not surprised by his utterly insensitive inactions -- until he was forced to take the ultimate step -- when his bottom line was threatened.
