Which did not guarantee that his name would be spelled correctly on the original issue of the bill.
Mr. Sarkozy had made a major issue of the bill as a symbol of his ability to stand firm and to prove to the financial markets that France can reduce its budget deficit.
In addition to the issue of the billing records, Mr. Ray investigated several other Whitewater-related allegations that he effectively divided into two categories: the Clintons' involvement in Whitewater and whether they had attempted to cover up information from investigators.
On each issue, supporters of the bill needed 60votess.
While there are a couple of huge issues that the bill barely deals with (or doesn't really touch at all), like the problem of Fannie and Freddie and the undue power of rating agencies in our financial system, it actually does something that reform bills don't always do: namely, reform the system.
To the Editor: In issuing his veto of the bill prohibiting extreme interrogation techniques (read: torture), President Bush said, "We have no higher responsibility than stopping terrorist attacks".
Such are the tensions around the issue that opponents of the bill fear those wanting a debate on the NHS will split their vote, meaning that the call for a debate on Syria secures the most votes.
On Monday, Japanese film director Hayao Miyazaki, who won an Oscar for his animated movie "Spirited Away," entered the fray, issuing heavy criticism of the bill at a news conference with foreign journalists.
The measure foundered last year on Republican concern over obscure issues like the bill's inclusion of additional visas for abused illegal immigrants, its treatment of same-sex couples and its strengthening of American Indian courts.
As for the Democrats, they lost the chance, at least for the time being, for a direct vote on one of their signal issues, the bill to ban donations of unlimited, unregulated soft money to the national political parties.
