The Senate should pass a companion bill before it recesses, and the president should sign it.
Then it recessed, returned, reconsidered, rejected the 4 and 6 and settled on 3 and 5.
The fund's strategy is to abandon stocks when Congress meets, and to invest in them when it recesses.
The administration has proposed $250 million more this year, which it would seek to get approved by Congress before it recesses early next month, officials said.
Re "Two More Weeks" (editorial, June 10): A critical bill left off your list of those the Legislature should address before it recesses is the Family Health Care Decisions Act.
The crowd that gathered outside the court earlier this week in the hope of an announcement before it recessed for the summer was not as big as the one that held vigil for Pope John Paul II, but it was nearly as breathless.
"Especially during this critical time in our economy and in our fiscal situation, the Senate should move quickly to vote on his confirmation before it recesses at the end of the month".
But early in the morning of Saturday, July 27th, in a nail-biting vote just before it recessed for the summer, the House of Representatives gave Mr Bush the trade promotion authority (TPA) he so badly needs.
But after Thanksgiving, Congress was left with so many issues to deal with before it recesses on Dec. 6 that there might not be time for a vote on trade promotion authority, which still faces substantial opposition.
Mr. Schumer's office said that the nomination is expected in the coming months, in time to be confirmed by the Senate before it recesses later in the year.
