Orszag made an opening statement in which he praised the work of the budget committees and announced a new tax-reform commission that would recommend ideas for overhauling the system by the end of this year — a bit of news that would help distract from the emerging story line of Democratic disunity.
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The announcement comes in the first budget request possible after a report by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) recommended the idea as part of an approach to stimulating more innovation in agricultural research.
10.06am BST George Parker from the Financial Times says that, although the report from the parliamentary commission on banking standards floats the idea of splitting up RBS (see 9.46am), it does not formally recommend the idea.
Spring City, Utah, moved forward with an ordinance this year "recommending" the idea of keeping firearms.
R.I.S.D. sometimes recommends the idea to M.F.A. applicants "who clearly show talent but right now don't have the chops," says John Terry, the dean of fine arts.
Although PCAST called for "very substantial mitigation," its report declined to recommend the idea of putting a price on carbon pollution, a centerpiece of climate legislation that Congress rejected earlier in Obama's term-or the administration's pending decision on whether to permit the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.
Woodroffe recommended testing the idea of a mass vaccination programme for badgers.
The Digital Britain report by the former communications minister Lord Carter earlier this year recommended that the idea should be explored.
