They attempted to take advantage of a one-year loophole, and quite frankly, I think they're lucky they didn't lose draft picks".
The decision will be seen as a blow by environmental groups, who had urged the administration to close a 20-year loophole that has allowed coal-powered utilities considerable latitude in disposing of the waste.
Brown said Democrats are responsible for getting votes on his amendment "to close the 85-year loophole that allows child labor products into the United States".
And to increase the impact even more, what if people willing to take a little haircut could secure an advance of four or five years' loophole refunds, in order to get a one-time check of $1000 or more?
Since the value of most investments rises over the years, this loophole can make a huge difference to tax-liability calculations.
Finally, the deal closes a 15-year-old loophole that allowed high-income two-earner couples to game Social Security to garner higher benefits than they were entitled to.
Over the years, these loopholes have come in different names and different forms.
The bureau's slowness in taking action against Mr. Borgelt over the years underscores loopholes in the nation's gun laws and the weakness of the firearms agency, A.T.F. officials themselves acknowledge.
So you can be sure over the past 20 years the loopholing of the Cuban embargo is thorough and complete.
Earlier this month Ulster Bank's chief executive, Jim Brown, told the Irish news media his bank was likely to repossess more than 1,000 homes per year once the loophole was closed.
Whaling in Antarctic waters, where Japan hunts hundreds of whales each year under a loophole in the moratorium that permits whaling for scientific research, would also have been sharply curtailed.
