The main points of contention in Congress are likely to include the scope of the new regulatory powers conveyed to the Federal Reserve in view of the arguably minimal use it made of its already existing regulatory powers in the run-up to the crisis.
None of that excuses the mess it has made of its banking system.
Any objective assessment of the use it has made of its powers to improve sometimes very complicated legislation, to hold the commission to account and to make EU financing more transparent, would have to recognise that the parliament is playing the kind of role for which it was set up, and for which we have elections.
The sophisticated use this school made of its technical vocabulary made it increasingly inaccessible, and so, in the 17th and 18th centuries, several manuals or compendia were written to explain in simplified language the basic tenets of the school.
For some, especially the newspapers, the Scratch Orchestra was just a grand joke; and much was made of its intuitive response to the "music" specially composed for it by Mr. Cardew, which was written representationally, not with notes and staffs but with pictures and poems.
One day it will take off, a film might possibly be made of its origins, with a supporting role for Justin Timberlake.
An artefact is made of its parts, and, in a sense, they are more basic than it because they constitute it.
Not enough is made of its spice industry (pepper, cinnamon and vanilla, as well as cloves).
However, no mention is made of its outstanding archaeological sites like Sigiriya and Anuradhapura.
Much was made of its potential economic impact on the city.
