This month, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed four pieces of gun legislation: the straw purchasing measure; the assault weapons ban, which included limits on gun magazine sizes; a grant program for school security; and enhanced background checks for gun buyers.
Some expect Mr. Reid to bring a bill to the floor that combines the straw purchasing measure with a background check component that either alienates many Republicans or is rendered far less potent.
If Mr. Reid considers only the straw purchasing measure, it is likely that senators who favor gun rights will offer a flood of pro-gun amendments, many of them likely to pass the full Senate, which could essentially turn a bill intended to strengthen gun regulations into one that enhances gun rights.
Britons are putting off buying big items such as a car or house, with the major purchases measure staying at -31, down 11 points from a year ago.
The straw purchase measure, which was supported by Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa, the highest-ranking Republican on the committee, began as a sleeper bill but appears to have more momentum, politically and practically, than a background check bill.
I purchased measuring cups, bowls, and a food processor.
Changes from baseline in appraisal and purchasing behavior measures were obtained from these statistical models and compared between EB and enhanced UC groups.
He noted that as with all iTunes purchases, antipiracy measures allow the silence to be enjoyed on no more than three computers.
BEIJING — Spooked by a sharply slowing economy, China's leaders have begun opening the financial spigots to build still more roads and airports and subsidize consumer purchases, reprising measures that enabled the nation to sail mostly unscathed through the last great global recession.
When purchasing tiles, measure the area where your backsplash will be to determine how many tiles to buy.
