Fed officials emphasized that the proposal for the "term deposit" program would have no immediate implications for monetary policy, and would probably not go into effect for at least a year.
[A longer version of this article, turning its attention to a proposal for judicial term limits, appeared in the December 2014 issue of The Federal Lawyer.].
Finally, his proposal for longer-term financial arrangements.
Mr. Ravitch's proposal for short-term borrowing is plausible if -- and only if -- the Legislature accepts the discipline called for by the rest of his plan.
The proposal for fixed-term parliaments, which involves a general election only if 55% of all MPs support a dissolution, is not a radical constitutional change.
The BBC reports that the Commons debate on News Corporation's recently abandoned bid for BSkyB might not begin until about one hour from now, after the conclusion of a debate on a proposal for fixed-term parliaments.
If you looked quickly at what the Senate did on Saturday, it seemed as if it agreed to President Obama's proposal for short-term middle-class relief by extending the payroll tax cut and unemployment insurance.
Her proposal for short-term economic stimulus, centered more on home-heating and mortgage subsidies than a broad tax rebate, has generally received lower marks from economists than Mr. Obama's plan, which emphasizes immediate tax rebates to most workers.
And the remaining gap could be closed using a combination of ideas, including Mr. Paterson's proposal to tax sugared soft drinks, the Assembly's proposal for short-term borrowing, or the Senate's proposal to refinance New York's share of the nationwide tobacco settlement.
In another case, one that Politico wrote about Friday, The Times considered but decided against a correction on an article that had been sent out on Twitter and with a breaking news alert that read: "Obama rejects Republican proposal for short-term debt limit plan".
