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As such, in litigation where these attorneys represent the United States or federal agencies, or federal officials are parties, the Justice Department has filed motions seeking to stay the proceedings (including pending filing deadlines) until the "lapse in appropriations" ends, and is asking for extensions commensurate with the length of the shutdowns.
There has been a shocking admission by the present chief minister, Prithviraj Chavan, that even the purchase of 5,000 CCTV cameras for Mumbai (a suggestion by the Ram Pradhan committee set up after the last attacks to examine security lapses) is still pending with the central government.
"You, as the speaker of the House, must insist that Representative Rangel step down from his Ways and Means chairmanship pending an investigation of his ethical lapses," Mr. Boehner said.
The official reason was that their licenses had lapsed, though both had renewal requests pending.
That authority, which lapsed in 2007, would speed up two pending trade deals with Asia and Europe.
Illinois' estate tax lapsed on Jan . 1 but a bill is pending to reinstate it retroactively to Jan . 1with a $2 million exemption.
The security lapses come against the backdrop of a potentially vigorous pending competition for the contract to manage the lab.
Bona was quick to point out that the lapse of Del Taco's acquisition agreement is not related to the pending sale of Grace's Irvine restaurant division, which operates such eatery chains as Coco's, Baxter's and Charlie Brown's.
It lapsed after 2009, and a proposal to renew it for this year is pending in the Senate.
Britain's lapse into negative growth in the last quarter of 2010 stirred anxiety about the impact of austerity on a weak economy, but, in his second budget in March, Mr Osborne chose not to delay the pending cuts and tax rises.
