The measure at issue is known as the Feeney Amendment, for its sponsor, Representative Tom Feeney, Republican of Florida.
He said that subjecting "referendum-petition signatures to on-demand public disclosure" violated the First Amendment regardless of the subject matter of the measure at issue.
Representative Ralph Regula, an Ohio Republican and author of the spending measure at issue, said House Republican leaders thought the "rules that have been promulgated are fair because it does elevate the million people into an opportunity to make some extra money and get paid for time if they put it in".
But she adds: "However, the measure at issue raises doubts as to its compatibility with the principle of proportionality".
Journal of Banking and Finance 27, 153 181], we employ a single measure that simultaneously considers all of these features: the expected probability (measured at issue date) that the convertible will be converted to equity at maturity.
I choose "at issue" deliberately.
But it is the two main sections of the bill that most concern the administration, which generally supports the measure, and are most at issue in the Senate.
Generally, findings measured by PRO instruments may be used to support claims in approved product labeling if the claims are derived from adequate and well-controlled investigations that use PRO instruments that reliably and validly measure the specific concepts at issue.
Also at issue were measures that would restrict the regulatory powers of the Environmental Protection Agency, a favorite target of Republicans since they took over the House, by preventing the agency from enforcing significant portions of the Clean Air Act and regulating carbon emissions.
Of course, in many cases, governments do comply by changing their measure, even where the regulation at issue is a politically sensitive one.
At issue are four measures from the stimulus law.
