The White House issued a stern veto threat, saying the bill would "fail the test of fairness and shared responsibility".
The White House has not taken a position on the legislation, but ScienceNOW has learned that budget officials asked NSF earlier this year to write a stern letter opposing the Senate bill, S. 196.
The group's second album "The Writing's on the Wall," has had sales of more than seven million since its release in 1999, mostly on the strength of the sharp musical arrangements and stern reprimands of the hits "Say My Name" and "Bills, Bills, Bills".
Reagan vetoed the bill, and delivered a stern statement explaining why.
The governor promised to veto it, after hearing stern words of disapproval of the bill by his church leaders, who publicly balked at the fact that Sexual Orientation was on the list (yet the bill also included Religion).
The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, last week issued a stern warning to the crossbench on the bill.
The next day, when we emerged from the Three Gorges, Michael had everyone go to the stern and hold up a ten-yuan bill.
He has loved inappropriately, against the wishes of his mother — a figure (the actress is billed as Madame Konstantin) as stern and desiccated as Mrs. Bates in "Psycho" — and now he must pay for his error.
Ricky Vierbuchen had the $75, so we bought the canoe, painted R&R on the stern -- we flipped a coin for top billing -- and toted our new toy down to Bear Island.
Its tail feathers sadly bedraggled, its gaze stern but impotent, it suffered her to open its bill and stuff in meat until its gullet bulged.
The group joins Michelle Leonhart, current head of the DEA, who came out against the bill earlier this month (although she apparently got a stern "talking to" and has dialed it back since then).
