Officials had previously said a new rule was being drafted.
But he said both men had been aware that a text was being drafted.
While the anti avoidance scheme was being drafted, it was facing criticism.
The White House would not confirm that a document was being drafted.
As Race to the Top was being drafted, the administration and the Gates-led effort were in close coordination.
Furthermore, he said, when the statement was being drafted, it was Jewish students who were having problems.
In 1787, as the Constitution was being drafted in Philadelphia, James Wilson of Pennsylvania proposed direct election of the president.
Many states have also held public hearings while the election plan was being drafted, instead of afterward.
Curiously, he said, when Connecticut's mediation legislation was being drafted, banking industry lobbyists were the ones demanding a strict timetable.
Migrant workers and the city's poor would suffer the most, predicted Liang Zhongtang last year in an interview with state media, when Shanghai's target was being drafted.
Ken Wick, a Republican legislator, said in a telephone interview that a new measure was being drafted to revive the coal-plant proposal.
