Catholic bishops had called the rule "an unprecedented attack on religious liberty".
Local media have called the rule, Article 44 of an interim constitution, "the dictator law".
"Outdated and restrictive" is what the FCC's new chairman, Tom Wheeler, has called the current rules, as technology has advanced to the point where in-flight calls won't overload cell towers on the ground?
But the bulk of his testimony focused on the proposed ban on proprietary trading — what President Obama has called the Volcker rule.
The paradox has inspired what President Obama has called the "Buffett Rule", an effort to promote a more just tax regime.
And on Thursday, Paul A. Volcker, the former Federal Reserve chairman, said in a letter to crucial senators that the proposed ban on proprietary trading, which the administration has called the "Volcker rule," was sufficient to address the most worrisome kinds of derivatives trading.
The Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think tank that's advocated for new overtime guidelines for years, has called the updated rule "an important first step" to addressing stagnant wages.
Such a charge against congressional Republicans is effective only to the extent that Democrats themselves support adding a new tax on income over $1 million, which the White House has called the Buffett Rule after billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
Pereira has called the force-out rule the toughest to judge and has said he wants to see it eliminated.
Pruitt has called the EPA's rule "unlawful and overreaching" and has cast doubt on the overwhelming scientific evidence that human activity is causing the planet to warm.
