The summit should yield more slow, steady progress toward consensus.
Although Laws cautioned his audience that the system remains a "work in progress," the consensus from the participants was that a lot of work needed to be done.
Environmental advocates, as well as the American Chemistry Council, said they expected new versions of the bill to reflect progress towards consensus from the bill considered last year.
The White House was more cautious, with its spokesman, Mike Hammer, saying the leaders "had a good conversation" about "the progress and consensus reached" in Geneva negotiations.
That informal rule, which bars a vote on legislation unless it has the support of a majority of Republicans, has been one of the biggest stumbling blocks to progress and consensus in Congress, and, in its own way, is even more pernicious than the filibuster abuse that often ties up the Senate.
However, science and medicine do not progress by consensus".
At times these actually impede rather than facilitate progress toward consensus.
After years of gridlock, a bill that would help legalize Internet poker in California advanced out of a legislative committee on Wednesday after its author said there has been "serious progress toward consensus" between many competing interests in the gambling industry.
Since the publication of Baron and Kenny's seminal paper in 1986 [ 4] discussing moderation and mediation effects, there has been progress towards consensus on definition and process of good methodology.
As the campaign in Afghanistan has progressed, a consensus has emerged that it is high time to remove Saddam Hussein from power".That may be a slight exaggeration.
