Some Democratic officials concede that they may not come up with enough votes to stop approval.
The bill currently has the support of about 50 Democrats and most Republicans, so it will be hard to stop approval in the House.
Nearly 80,000 people have signed up to commit civil disobedience to stop approval of the pipeline, said Elijah Zarlin, senior campaign manager at Credo.
For many, the impetus was their regret at not having fought harder in 1993 to stop approval of the North American Free Trade Agreement, which workers in the most affected industries consider to have been a disaster for American jobs.
The Commissioner would, in any case, have had no legal competence to stop approval and therefore I am glad that, at the end of the day, common sense has prevailed in our vote.
These arguments failed to stop the approval, which was granted in late July.
Not even the sunny disposition of Ronald Reagan could stop his approval ratings plunging as he faced the mid-terms of 1982.
BAGHDAD — Top Sunni politicians say they are trying to stop final approval of legislation that they now believe would hurt Sunnis' chances of holding government jobs, rather than helping them get more posts in the Shiite-led government.
3 Sunnis Try to Block Iraq Law Top Sunni politicians said they were trying to stop final approval of legislation they now believe would actually hurt Sunnis' chances of retaining government jobs rather than helping them get more posts in the Shiite-led government.
– If the evacuation study had raised serious concerns, this might have been able to stop the approval of the event.
