In some instances this degradation is apparent to only a small number of people until suddenly those weakened services create problems affecting large portions of the population.
"Let me put it this way: There's been a long litany of attempts to weaken services to women -- and the last one was about a week ago with the Blunt amendment -- and over the past 20 years that I've been here, all over reproductive rights," Feinstein said.
The survey, by the Institute of Supply Management, reported that sales had fallen sharply, new orders had dipped and hiring had weakened at service companies, which cover everything outside manufacturing, including retail, construction, health care and financial services.
Harry Nespoli, chairman of the Municipal Labor Committee, the umbrella group of unions representing city workers, said the recommendations would badly weaken civil service and seniority rules and invite far more favoritism in hiring.
Compared with cities not located along the rail lines, HSR does not weaken the service industry agglomeration of the medium and small-sized cities that are also situated along the rail lines and around the core city.
A deal could even help Mr Murdoch, if Thomson-Reuters were to drop Dow Jones's newswire from its own service, weakening Dow's position and hence making News Corp's offer more attractive.For the moment, Reuters' share price continues to hover well below Thomson's bid price of 697 pence a share, thanks to the blocking power of two groups.
The White House tried to press the unions and other veal pen groups into service weakening the health care bill to get Republican support, but progressives standing there ready to shoot on sight made othersback away for fear of losing their own progressive credibility.
"The Egyptian state is weakened, public services are weakened," he said.
Teaching unions, Labour and other opponents claim free schools will increase divisions in the state school system and weaken educational services provided by councils because they are directly funded from central government, not through local authorities.
Many are seeking refuge in communities that are already poor or hit by violence, pressuring already weakened social services.
