When several EP-FA senators indicated that they would vote against the legislation, the legislative effort was abandoned, but there was talk on the left about seeking yet another referendum.
Justin Unruh, the legislative assistant to State Representative Geanie Morrison, sponsor of the legislation, said efforts were under way to better publicize the law and try to make it more effective.
Mr. Obama took a fairly combative tone in his interview, defending the administration's actions on financial bailouts, health care legislation and efforts to help homeowners and job seekers.
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By Richard Harris The New Yorker, April 20 , 1968P. 57 ANNALS OF LEGISLATION about efforts to pass national gun-control legislation, which was opposed by the gun lobby.
While Democrats, including Mr. Leahy, have tried to get rid of arbitration through legislation, their efforts have met resistance from various industry groups.
On June 6 , 1968 Congress enacted a law called the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, of 1968, or, as it's… ANNALS OF LEGISLATION about efforts to pass national gun-control legislation, which was opposed by the gun lobby.
Since President George W. Bush revived military commissions in 2001, half a dozen prosecutors have resigned in protest and Congress has twice passed legislation in efforts to create a system that might win public confidence.
Four of the five Congressional committees working on the issue have approved some version of the legislation, but efforts have bogged down in the fifth panel, the Senate Finance Committee, the only one trying to forge a bipartisan proposal.
Finally, the report makes no mention of the legislation's efforts to find ways to rein in the relentless spiral of health care delivery costs — the main culprit in today's spiraling premium costs.
