But it's an acceptance now enshrined in a raft of legislation tackling issues on which governments have been previously tentative: a new bill that allows gay and lesbian couples to register their unions as "civil partnerships", transsexuals to be issued with new birth certificates, the repeal of Section 28 of the Local Government Act.
The House committee negotiators reached a tentative agreement on its bill today.
The songwriters sharing the bill encompass tentative pop-rock (Chris Lee) and, more often, fragile variations on brooding.
Congress reached a tentative pact on a bill to give the White House broader authority to negotiate new trade agreements and increase help for American workers.
The two sides have reached a tentative agreement on the bill, including a 22.5percentt increase in financing for elementary and secondary education.
Investors, though, reacted immediately as though the disaster will be a severe blow to the whole industry.Estimates of the total bill are tentative at best, ranging from $10 billion to as high as $70 billion.
A8 Agreement on Trade House and Senate negotiators said they had reached a tentative agreement on a bill that would give President Bush broad powers to negotiate new trade agreements while extending more benefits to Americans hurt by foreign competition.
House and Senate leaders said on Wednesday that they had reached a tentative agreement on a bill to provide prescription drug benefits to the elderly, but many Democrats spurned it, saying parts of the deal would weaken the traditional government-run Medicare program.
Lawmakers said they have reached a tentative agreement on a bill that could possibly be signed into law by this weekend, and a Wall Street Journal report cited by TradeTheNews.com said the deal would be worth the full $700.0 billion proposed by Paulson, but distribute the funds in installments, beginning with $250.0 billion.
Second, all scenarios of the effect of a cap-and-trade bill are tentative due to uncertainty about the pace of technological change, among other things.
Early Monday morning, White House and Congressional negotiators reached tentative agreement on a spending bill of nearly $114 billion for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education.
