The prospect of the layoffs of highway and transportation safety workers had loomed as an embarrassment to both the Bush administration and the Republican Congressional leadership, and irked lawmakers responsible for the highway measure.
Rattled by scores that sometimes mirror Arizona's, or unnerved by how the Arizona results appear from afar, these states have winnowed material to be tested, lowered passing grades or delayed the effective dates of those exams until as late as 2007, when many of the lawmakers responsible will be out of office.
Lawmakers responsible for doling out foreign aid are likely to remember which countries showed support for the U.S., says Scott Lasensky Scott Lasensky, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York who is writing a book on American foreign aid.
On this view, in an egalitarian society, all permanent adult members of society are equal citizens, equal in political rights and duties, including the right to an equal vote in democratic elections that determine who shall be top public officials and lawmakers responsible for enacting laws and public policies enforced on all.
Well, ultimately, the lawmakers responsible need to lose their jobs.
Instead, the two lawmakers responsible with crafting one hadn't spoken in days.
Rep. Cameron Henry (R-Metairie), one of the lawmakers responsible for drawing up the new budget, called the move "premature at best and reckless at worst," reported WAFB-TV. .
It was Ms. Waters's responsibility to direct Mr. Moore to stop any actions related to OneUnited, the complaint says, as each lawmaker "is responsible for the oversight and administration of her Congressional office".
A day after a majority of justices at the Supreme Court appeared to express doubts about the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act, one of the lawmakers most responsible for its passage announced he would try to return to Congress.
If Mr. Boehner is to retain any credibility as a leader of the House and a responsible lawmaker, he needs to extinguish this rebellion and make it clear that a deal is a deal.
