Equally uncertain is how much blame may fall on Mr. Suozzi and whether he will suffer lasting damage to his political clout and popularity.
They need American political clout to end the occupation as the first step to a just and lasting peace.
"The crisis will last the rest of the government's term," predicts Arthur Virgílio, a senator from the opposition Brazilian Social Democracy Party.Mr Rebelo's election, greased by offers of pork and patronage, suggests that the government has regained some clout in Congress.
Many of the founders' descendants live in the area, and their last names still hold clout: Bevier, Crispell, DuBois, Hasbrouck, LeFevre and, of course, Deyo.
REUTERS In a Bill, Wall Street Shows Its Clout | A last-minute change in patent legislation before Congress demonstrates the power held by financial industry lobbyists, writes DealBook's Andrew Ross Sorkin.
Over the last few years the growing clout of developers has gradually chipped away at the city's resolve to protect its architectural legacy.
Ram Vilas Paswan, a popular dalit leader whose non-aligned Janata Dal party had just one seat from Bihar in the last parliament, will have more clout as an ally of the BJP.
Since roughly the middle of the last century, that kind of clout, which used to rest with the church and the state, has devolved to a considerable degree onto the academy.
An organization with some bargaining clout could at last try to pry open the U.S. domestic market in return for opening the entire eu market of 360 million people.
He does, however, rank dead last in terms of actual clout, since he is the only member of the minority party in the freshman class.
