Even when controlling both chambers, Republican leaders have discovered that advancing their social and economic agenda is much easier when they punt contentious legislation into House and Senate negotiations, where Republicans are firmly in command.
We won a significant victory in protecting benefits for our family members in these negotiations, and we must firmly oppose efforts to throw American families under the bus disguised as deficit reduction.
Palestinian officials still firmly advocate negotiation as the road to achievement, but they warn Israelis not to test their reaction to military threats.
The UN rates Niger, despite its natural resources, the poorest country in the world.While Mr Tandja sounds firmly against negotiation, some people in and outside his government may be readier to talk.
Leaders across Kosovo's political spectrum say they are firmly committed to negotiations.
Even France, which had flatly paid for the release of its kidnapped nationals in Lebanon, has firmly adopted the no-negotiation rule.
The Labour opposition at Westminster firmly backed the Tories in their negotiations with Dublin and with Sinn Fein, under both Margaret Thatcher and John Major.
However, Abbas is firmly wedded to a policy of negotiation.
If Mr. Paterson plans to prefer stubborn self-imposed isolation in Albany, the least he can do for the state he serves would be to put Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch firmly and finally in charge of concluding negotiations on the budget.
The US, under George W Bush, remained firmly outside Kyoto, so although the UN negotiations carried on year after year, the US negotiators were often in different rooms from the rest of the world.
