But, while I found "Vinyl" to be a slog, I can't stop watching "Billions," which, under its lurid surface, is smartly paced and frank — even thoughtful — about the disconcerting fantasies it provokes.
Mr. Franks kept up a slightly more hectic pace, with a half dozen campaign stops in Hunterdon and Union Counties.
The agency, which must enact some 50 new rules under the Dodd-Frank financial regulatory overhaul, has struggled to keep pace.
Those concerns include the efforts to carry out last year's health care plan, a vast expansion of business regulations under the Dodd-Frank measure passed by Congress and the slow pace of new trade agreements with foreign nations.
The agencies are struggling to keep pace with the deadlines set by the Dodd-Frank Act, delaying several derivatives rules until 2012.
In fact, the pace of small bank takeovers has slowed since Dodd-Frank, according to data from SNL Financial.
And House Financial Services Committee Chairman Spencer Bachus led 34 of the committee's Republicans in sending a letter to the six agency heads charged with implementing the Dodd-Frank Act stating that the members are "troubled by the volume and pace of rulemakings".
The Franks campaign notes that Medicare spending continued to grow, but at a slower pace.
Included in that bill were reductions in future Medicare and Medicaid spending; the Franks campaign notes that spending for those programs continued to grow, but at a slower pace.
General Pace said, "It's unfair to say that Doug was, quote, responsible, because the combatant commander"—Franks—"was responsible for drafting the plan".
