But Vitaly Churkin, Russia's UN envoy, insisted in New York later that the Kremlin would block a draft resolution on Syria if it is tabled.
State Department officials quietly raised the possibility of introducing another U.N. Security Council resolution on Burma if they do not see stronger action from China and India.
But Republican officials said tonight that he was not inclined to allow a censure resolution on the floor if one was defeated in committee, as expected.
As Persaud notes in an article for the Petersen Institute for International Economics: "On such occasions these securities, which may also have encouraged excessive lending, either will inappropriately shift the burden of bank resolution on to ordinary pensioners or, if held by others, will bring forward and spread a crisis.
Republican officials, though, said Mr. Livingston was unlikely to let a censure resolution on the floor if it is defeated by the committee.
In testimony to Congress in early February, Alan Greenspan, the Fed's chairman, hinted that he would wait for a resolution on Iraq, to see if the economy then rebounds, and then cut rates if necessary.
At the same time he said Russia did not exclude supporting a UN resolution on punitive military strikes if it were proved that Damascus used poison gas on its own people.
The Council is planning to consider a nonbinding resolution on Wednesday stating that if the city opens the bus company contracts to competitive bidding, it should only consider companies that will honor the pension commitments of the current companies and negotiate with the current union.
Put your resolutions on Facebook if you dare; you'll need the support and you will be motivated by the fear of laughter and the "I told you so's" if you fall off the wagon.
The House of Representatives passed a resolution on Oct. 7 threatening sanctions if the government does not negotiate in good faith.
Until Apple ups the resolution on the Air (or, rather, if Apple ups the resolution on the Air), the screen will continue to be one of the laptop's central selling points.
