Fighting dissension in their own ranks, House Republican leaders today abruptly postponed a vote on legislation that was designed to display their resolve to link an anti-abortion provision to some of the President's chief foreign policy priorities.
The Senate will vote Monday on a defunding measure, but since Democrats will be able to block it, there are already calls to attach the provision to some other piece of must-pass legislation. .
There will be some provisions to keep some people in still-overvalued homes that they still can't afford.
To offset some of these price increases, the budget includes provisions to use some of the auction revenue for tax relief.
The Bank chose this route in order to set a good accountability example to the government, but is already making provisions to take some of the funds off-budget if the delays continue.
The Senate leaders are developing cuts and other deficit-reduction provisions to provide some lubricant to pass the measure, which has been ridiculed by many Republicans as a slick effort to dodge accountability.
Insistence on treaty change makes them nervous.So, even more, does the second German demand: that future bail-outs must include debt-restructuring provisions to impose some losses ("haircuts") on investors.
Already included in the bill are provisions to spend some $500 million to keep the Cuba prison facility running, and to make it permanent, in defiance of President Barack Obama's recently renewed goal to close it.
