The rules, the sponsors say, would seriously undermine provisions intended to eliminate the role in federal elections of unrestricted donations of soft money by unions, corporations and individuals.
The 18 states involved in the Microsoft antitrust case appeared headed for a sharp split today, with one group of attorneys general planning to sign onto the proposed settlement between the software giant and the Bush administration and another group preparing to challenge it, saying it leaves loopholes that would undermine provisions intended to promote competition.
Context and challenge: Insufficient resources, poor maternal health outcomes, political instability Decades of conflict and instability have disrupted Afghanistans basic health infrastructure and undermined provision of maternal health services.
Antismoking activists charged the United States and Japan with siding with tobacco multinationals by diluting treaty language designed to curb the influences of the tobacco companies and their commercial reach, thus undermining provisions that campaigners had thought were settled during the first negotiating round last fall.
Lack of funding will also undermine the provision of basic formal and non-formal education services, and will impede the provision of child protection services, including psychosocial support to help refugee children coping with exposure to violence and displacement.
But when faced with reality, he sensibly reconsiders or is forced to recognise that spending cuts can sometimes undermine public provision.
It's a shambles and symptomatic of a lack of interest in the future of the service that threatens to undermine library provision even more than it already has been".
The National Association of Pension Funds is among those who have spoken out against them, describing the effects as "arbitrary and unfair", giving warning that the changes could "undermine pension provision across the income scale" and suggesting a simpler curb on tax relief.
Some state courts have ruled that private-school teachers must have the same high pay as state ones, and have mandated budget-busting facilities such as large playgrounds and libraries.Big aid organisations and charities have long been sceptical of the private schools, arguing that they increase inequality and undermine state provision.
