Such tasks included the tillage of the soil, which was the work of the peasant, or colonus; the transport of cheap bulky goods to the metropolitan centres of Rome or Constantinople, which was the work of the shipmaster, or navicularius; and services rendered by the curiales, members of the municipal senate charged with the assessment and collection of local taxes.
She now faces trial by the senate on charges of doctoring government accounts to give an unrealistically healthy impression ahead of the 2014 election.
"If the Democrats' solution means they are not paying for extensions, expiration is a real possibility," said Representative Renee Ellmers of North Carolina, a Republican member of the House-Senate committee charged with coming up with a deal.
WASHINGTON — Members of a House-Senate committee charged with writing a measure to extend a payroll tax reduction and provide added unemployment benefits reached a tentative agreement Tuesday evening, with Republicans and Democrats claiming a degree of political victory in a fight with significant election-year implications.
WASHINGTON — Members of a House-Senate committee charged with writing a measure to extend a payroll tax reduction said Wednesday that their work was done, just shy of an hour before their deadline to get a bill ready for a Friday vote.
As the House-Senate committee charged with coming up with a plan to extend the benefits continued to negotiate, Republican leaders said they would introduce legislation this week to extend the payroll tax cut by itself, allowing the conference members to negotiate the unemployment proposal and the Medicare measure, known as the "doc fix".
Over a breakfast of bagels and pastries, Ryan, Murray and other members of a new joint House-Senate committee charged with crafting a budget deal met for the first time Thursday — the day after the president signed the agreement that ended the recent standoff.
Justice Brown noted the months of legal and judicial maneuvering over whether General Pinochet, who is a member of Chile's senate, would face charges, and said: "It is high time the decision was taken.
The decision adds to the political turmoil in Latin America's biggest country, following last month's lower house impeachment vote against president Dilma Rousseff, who will probably be forced to step aside next week for up to 180 days while the senate examines the charges against her.
