The rules "maintain an overly broad definition of national security, which is contrary to standard international practice," the chamber said.
The bill is predicated on an overly broad definition of "small business" — one with fewer than 500 employees, which can include multimillion-dollar partnerships and corporations.
Such an overly broad definition unfairly attaches malicious intent to the kinds of mistakes that inevitably appear in good-faith journalism.
This was partly due to an overly broad definition of assault against police in DC law, but the principle - that police are likely to describe black civilians as more threatening - is applicable to other jurisdictions.
It suggests that the basic Hudson administrative system gives the union the freedom to misclassify, arguing, for example, that the union has adopted an overly broad definition of charge-ability.
If you put together the pieces of publicly available information, it seems that the Obama administration, like the Bush administration before it, has acted with an overly broad definition of what it means to be engaged in combat.
Abbe Lowell, a powerhouse Washington criminal defense lawyer who recently joined Mr. Edwards's legal team, spent much of the hearing arguing that the government's case was vindictive, politically motivated and based on an overly broad definition of campaign contributions.
In particular, Mr. Lawsky wrote, the comptroller is trying to use an overly broad definition to determine whether it can overrule a state law and ignoring a mandate to review state consumer laws on a case-by-case basis.
While some legal experts questioned the validity of the government's case, saying it was applying an overly broad definition of campaign contributions, others say it is important that candidates take campaign finance law seriously.
Finally, the 2005 study used an overly broad definition of "medical filers," which included people with any sort of addiction or uncontrolled gambling problems.
Its overly broad definition of anti-Semitism would blur the distinction between acts of intolerance directed at individuals and criticism of the state of Israel.
