Still, in the case of the derivatives trading bill, Citigroup's lobbyists redrafted the proposal, striking out certain phrases and inserting others, according to documents reviewed by The New York Times.
The two redrafted the proposal more than five times, honing in on details like the budget for meals and supplies, liability policies, community outreach to help potential students apply to the program and requiring that teachers complete background checks.
He also had by his side John Holmes, his youthful-looking private secretary, who had run all of John Major's Ireland policy from Downing Street and possessed an encylopedic knowledge of the drafts and redrafts of the proposals.
After the proposal was redrafted six times, it was accepted to include children from kindergarten through fourth grade.
Today's announcement followed several days of postponements as the proposal was redrafted to emphasize what a senior E.P.A. official, Ben Grumbles, said at a briefing was the administration's commitment to the federal protection of wetlands "to the full extent possible under the Clean Water Act and the recent Supreme Court case".
So Cross Sound Cable Company, the subsidiary of TransÉnergie U.S. Ltd., that is seeking to build the line, redrafted its proposal so the cable would cut through only 700 feet of the commercial shellfish beds, and made an effort to highlight the benefits for Connecticut.
The F.C.C. first approved a similar measure in 2008, but the technical requirements for unlicensed devices drew objections from 17 companies or groups on both sides of the issue, forcing the commission to redraft its proposal.
During the internal debates, many argued for the proposal to be redrafted because it was patently a mess.
The proposal involves paying the £39bn EU divorce bill, redrafting the backstop arrangements over the Irish border and extending the implementation period until December 2021.
After a year and a half of studying the issue, engaging in political debate, redrafting the bill, and the emergence of a public campaign in favor of the proposal, Uruguay's parliament is set to approve the measure this year.
