Gov. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee plans to ask a special session of the Legislature to grant him authority to negotiate a contract with the company, pending final approval by the Legislature, his press secretary said tonight.
Senators gave tacit blessing to president Barack Obama's strategy for fighting the Islamic State on Thursday, overwhelmingly passing a budget bill that also granted him authority to arm and train rival Syrian rebel groups.
The proposed amendments would do away with the office of the Prime Minister, empower the President to appoint the country's highest judges, and grant him authority to dissolve parliament and legislate by decree.
Estelle Strongin, a 94-year-old stockbroker and the grandmother of Miri Navasky, one of the film's producers, has a self-preserving wit that comes into high relief when she talks about her son's failed efforts to get her to grant him authority to make decisions regarding "termination".
It granted him authority to control the parliament and judiciary and the power to rule Turkey by decree.
Two powers in particular, which would grant him authority over military and construction projects, have been floated as possible avenues for him to pursue, according to Goitein.
WASHINGTON -- Senate Democrats dealt a stinging blow to President Barack Obama Tuesday by blocking legislation that would grant him authority to fast-track international trade deals.
President Obama has said he does not think the Constitution grants him that authority.
The catch-all article grants him the authority to pass any measures he deems fit to protect the revolution, or national unity or national security.
McCloughan, among the NFL's more respected talent-evaluators, has said from the outset that his contract grants him total authority over the Redskins roster under his contract, with final say on player signings and roster cuts.
