But the bill must first travel through parliament, which will no doubt debate it enthusiastically: as the bill stands, senior politicians, many of whom lost money in the pyramids, are ineligible for reimbursement.Ordinary depositors are likely to be disappointed too.
As things stand, senior officers with no legal training but ample conflicts of interest can decide whether court-martial charges can be brought against subordinates and whether to throw out a verdict once it is rendered.
While feigning restraint, Obama has telegraphed where he really stands; senior adviser David Axelrod told CBS on 28 December that Obama understood Israel's urge to "respond" to attacks on its citizens.
As we explained in a recent editorial, "as things stand, senior officers with no legal training but ample conflicts of interest can decide whether court-martial charges can be brought against subordinates and whether to throw out a verdict once it is rendered".
As it stands, a senior banker with 60 percent of compensation in deferred form receives most of that in restricted stock.
As things stand, no senior politician publicly disputes the consensus that the NHS will have to make do, somehow, with more years of tiny budget rises.
Varley will travel to New York to take the witness stand alongside senior colleagues including Barclays US-basedd president, Bob Diamond, in a case brought by the remnants of Lehman, which imploded in September 2008, triggering a panic that threatened to jeopardise the global financial system.
89e3fe0a-fd30-4b1d-9994-9105360999b0 A HANDFUL of protesters stood outside George Bush senior's presidential library.
As Junior beamed, Senior stood to the side and teased him.
Then linebacker Graham Goldwasser, a Williams senior, stood and gave Farley the game ball.
