Supporters of extending the cuts for everyone argue that raising taxes on any group, particularly one considered crucial for creating jobs, could endanger a precarious economic recovery.
Japan said last week that it would be "meaningless and inappropriate" for Kyoto Protocol supporters to extend the pact without more action by the top emitters.
The Rev. Al Sharpton, who has endorsed Fernando Ferrer for mayor, said he would try to stop any attempt by Mr. Giuliani or his supporters to extend his term.
Public opinion on same-sex marriage is shifting rapidly in the United States — with supporters of extending marriage rights to same-sex couples often finding themselves in the plurality and sometimes an outright majority in some polls.
Supporters of extending moral standing to future generations argued that temporal location, like geographical location, was an arbitrary ground for denying equal moral status to humans not yet living.
Even if the amendment fizzles in Congress, social conservatives are counting on other lower-court decisions to energize their supporters by extending Lawrence to strike down restrictions on gay and lesbian behavior in public, like the exclusion of gays and lesbians from the military.
A United States government official said the Central Intelligence Agency and other arms of the government were actively involved in courting a network of supporters to extend far beyond Mr. Chalabi, a Pentagon favorite who is viewed with deep suspicion at the State Department and other government agencies.
The survey, conducted by the independent newspaper The Monitor, found that 68percentt of Ugandans wanted the country to maintain its current limit of two five-year terms for the head of state, while 35percentt backed efforts by Museveni supporters to extend his tenure.
Republican whip John Cornyn, a strident supporter of extending the Patriot Act, divided the Senate into three groups on Friday.
World Rugby's new vice-president and the former Argentina scrum-half Agustín Pichot has been a vocal supporter of extending the residency eligibility period to five years – and the Pumas coach Hourcade endorses those views.
