This is what in legislative jargon is called a member's issue, a senior staff member explained.
The disappointing results came just months after the company's chairman and controlling shareholder, Edward S. Lampert, took over as chief executive from Louis D'Ambrosio, who stepped down to tend to a family member's health issue.
Although Cheney's public statement said she was withdrawing because of a family member's "serious health issues," Simpson said she did not mention anything health-related in her conversation with him.
Marcia Aranoff, a senior member of Mr. Bradley's issues staff from Weehawken, who had been the senator's chief of staff in Washington, was at her desk by mid-morning, fielding calls from well-wishers around the country who were asking how she and the senator, were doing after Tuesday night's trouncing.
Dear Anne, It is welcome that, with Labour MP David Hinchliffe's forthcoming private member's bill, the issue of parents physically punishing their children in the name of "reasonable chastisement" has come to the fore again, though it is a sad indictment of our society that this defence - dating back to 1860 - still remains.
In an interview with the BBC, timed to coincide with a debate on a private member's bill on the issue today, Brown said: "There are clearly issues about the exclusion of people from the rights of succession and there are clearly issues that have got to be dealt with".
The new zoning resolution, which is under an advisory evaluation by the neighborhood community board, must be approved by the planning department and the Council (the Council typically defers to a member's wishes on neighborhood issues).
Last month, Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security and Global Women's Issues, and Ranking Member Barbara Boxer (D-CA) convened a hearing on "Protecting Girls: Global Efforts to End Child Marriage," with opening remarks from Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), a long-time Senate champion on the issue.
Achieving great things in her sport means a lot to her and she is striving to do her very best, but she has other responsibilities and isn't one for spending all of her time thinking about ticking boxes when a family member's health is an issue or she has to prepare for a world championship.
A Conservative backbencher's private member's bill on the issue is due to get its second reading on 5 July.
