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frames- So the next time 0 Mr. Wilder talks about the rights of women *T*-1 , * ask him about [ARG1 this law] 0 [ARG0 he] tried *-3 to [rel pass] *T*-2 . ''
- The Senate-House conference committee is used *-1 [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG1 a bill] is [rel passed] *-3 by [ARG0-by the House and Senate] [ARGM-MNR in different forms] *T*-2 . ''
- [ARG0 The American Bar Association 's House of Delegates] [rel passed] [ARG1 a resolution *ICH*-1] [ARGM-TMP in 1985] condemning the IRS reporting requirement .
- Under [ARG1 the measure] [rel passed] * [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , the minimum wage would rise to $ 3.80 *U* next April .
- [ARG0 The Senate] plans *-1 to take up the measure quickly and is expected *-1 to [rel pass] [ARG1 it] .
- [ARG0 The House] [rel passed] [ARG1 legislation designed * to make it easier for the Transportation Department to block airline leveraged buy-outs] .
- Rep. James Traficant -LRB- D. , Ohio -RRB- , said 0 [ARG0 the amendment] , which *T*-19 [rel passed] [ARGM-MNR 271-147] , would `` let the American worker know that we consider them occasionally . ''
- `` The First Amendment proscribes [ARG0 the government] from *-2 [rel passing] [ARG1 laws abridging the right to free speech] , '' Judge Donald O'Brien ruled *T*-1 .
- Moreover , they said 0 [ARG1 the first appropriations bill] [rel passed] * [ARGM-TMP 200 years ago] covered many different items , and there was no discussion of a line-item veto .
- President Bush in June vetoed [ARG1 a measure] [rel passed] * by [ARG0-by Congress] and said 0 he would n't accept any minimum-wage rise that *T*-121 went beyond limits 0 he set *T*-2 early in this year 's debate on the issue .
- [ARG0 Britain 's House of Commons] [rel passed] [ARG1 a law that *T*-232 will force English soccer fans to carry identity cards *-1 to enter stadiums] .
- [ARG0 The compromise bill] [rel passed] [ARG1 the House] [ARGM-TMP last week] but *-1 has now provoked jurisdictional fights with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee , which *T*-81 jealously protects its prerogatives over operations at the State Department .
- [ARGM-PNC *-1 To avoid default] , [ARG0 lawmakers] [ARGM-MOD must] [rel pass] [ARG1 legislation raising the limit to $ 3.12 trillion *U* from $ 2.80 trillion *U*] [ARGM-TMP by next Wednesday] , according to the Treasury .
- Last night , after * meeting with Mr. Bush and administration officials at the White House , [ARG0 Mr. Dole] proposed * streamlining the fiscal 1990 deficit-reduction bill , now stalled in a House-Senate conference committee , and [rel passing] [ARG1 a long-term extension of the federal debt ceiling] [ARGM-MNR without any accompanying amendments] .
- -LRB- [ARGM-DIS Separately] , [ARG0 the Senate] [ARGM-TMP last week] [rel passed] [ARG1 a bill permitting execution of terrorists who *T*-1 kill Americans abroad] . -RRB-
- When [ARG0 the Supreme Soviet] [rel passed] [ARG1 laws] on workers ' rights in May 1987 and on self-managing cooperatives [ARGM-TMP a year later] *T*-4 , some Western observers assumed 0 Mikhail Gorbachev had launched the Soviet Union on a course that *T*-1 would lead inevitably to the creation of a market economy .
- When [ARG0 the Supreme Soviet] [rel passed] [ARG1 laws on workers ' rights] [ARGM-TMP in May 1987] and on self-managing cooperatives a year later *T*-4 , some Western observers assumed 0 Mikhail Gorbachev had launched the Soviet Union on a course that *T*-1 would lead inevitably to the creation of a market economy .
- If [ARG1 this] [rel passes] -- a Senate version has already been cleared *-1 for a floor vote that *T*-2 is likely early next year -- it would put the federal government into the contraceptive marketing business for the first time .
- The New York court also upheld [ARG1 a state law] , [rel passed] * [ARGM-TMP in 1986] , extending for one year the statute of limitations on filing DES lawsuits .
- [ARG1 The bill] is expected *-1 to [rel pass] [ARGM-LOC in Congress] [ARGM-TMP next month] .
- A spokesman for Sen. Edward M. Kennedy -LRB- D. , Mass . -RRB- says 0 Mr. Thornburgh would be required *-2 to reinstate the units next year if [ARG1 an proposed omnibus crime bill] is [rel passed] *-1 .
- The decision reflects the Fed 's tougher stance on * enforcing the Community Reinvestment Act , [ARG1 a federal law] [rel passed] * [ARGM-TMP in 1977] [ARGM-PNC * to help low-income residents obtain loans] .
- It was considered *-1 [ARG1 the stiffest sentence] [rel passed] * [ARGM-TMP since the start of the 22-month-old Arab uprising in the Israeli-occupied territories] .
- It 's the line-item veto , a procedure that *T*-1 would allow the president to kill individual items in [ARG1 a big spending bill] [rel passed] * by [ARG0-by Congress] without *-2 vetoing the entire bill .
- Now the White House is declaring that he might not rely on [ARG0 Congress -- which *T*-1 has n't shown any willingness * to surrender such authority --] *-3 to [rel pass] [ARG1 the line-item veto law 0 he seeks *T*-2] .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 Congress] [ARGM-TMP finally] [rel passed] [ARG1 the Metric Conversion Act] [ARGM-TMP in 1975] *T*-1 , industry was far ahead .
- `` They do n't have the votes 0 * to get [ARG1 it] [rel passed] *T*-1 . ''
- As members of the Black Caucus in Congress asked during the debate on the legislation that *T*-1 freed Dr. Morgan , does anyone seriously believe that if she were an uneducated , black , working-class woman , [ARG0 Congress] would have rushed *-2 to [rel pass] [ARG1 a private relief bill freeing her] ?
- [ARGM-DIS Yet] [ARG0 a bill tailored * to the interests of a single individual] [rel passed] [ARG1 Congress] [ARGM-MNR with almost unimaginable speed] , [ARGM-TMP before the judicial process had run its course , and , indeed , while the Morgan case was awaiting a ruling by the appellate court] .
- [ARGM-TMP While the model was still on view] , [ARG0 Manhattan Community Board 1] [rel passed] [ARG1 a resolution against South Gardens] .
- Their reluctance * to support the proposal is another blow to the capital-gains cut , which *T*-1 has had a roller-coaster existence since the beginning of the year , when [ARG1 it] was considered *-2 dead *T*-3 and then [ARGM-MNR suddenly] revived *-2 and was [rel passed] *-2 by [ARG0-by the House] .
- Although the proposal , authored * by Mr. Packwood and Sen. William Roth -LRB- R. , Del. -RRB- , appears *-1 to have general backing by Republicans , [ARG0 their votes] are n't sufficient * to [rel pass] [ARG1 it] .
- [ARG1 Every Bill] which *T*-2 [ARGM-MOD shall] have [rel passed] [ARG0 the House of Representatives and the Senate] , shall , before it becomes a Law , be presented *-1 to the President of the United States ; If he approve he shall sign it , but if not he shall return it , with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated *T*-4 , who *T*-3 shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal , and proceed *-5 to reconsider it .
- If after such Reconsideration [ARG0 two thirds of that House] shall agree *-3 to [rel pass] [ARG1 the Bill] , it shall be sent *-1 , together with the Objections , to the other House , by which it shall likewise be reconsidered *-2 *T*-4 , and if *-5 approved *-6 by two thirds of that House , it shall become a Law ... .
- The adjustments result from the [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel passed] [ARG1 thrift-industry] bailout legislation , which *T*-1 requires thrifts to divest all high-yield bond investments by 1994 .
- The trend is making proponents less optimistic 0 [ARG1 a tax cut] [ARGM-MOD will] [rel pass] .
- [ARG0 Michigan 's Senate] [rel passed] [ARG1 a bill requiring girls to get parental consent for an abortion] and Pennsylvania 's House cleared a measure banning abortions after the 24th week of pregnancy .
- Earlier this month , the White House endorsed * stripping the controversial tax measure from the bill so that [ARG0 Congress] [ARGM-MOD could] [rel pass] [ARGM-MNR quickly] [ARG1 a `` clean '' bill containing only provisions specifically designed * * to meet federal budget targets under the Gramm-Rudman act] .
- Disabled Americans have had their civil rights guaranteed in all federally funded programs since [ARG1 Section 504] was [rel passed] *-1 as [ARG2-as a part of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act] .
- So most bills are passed *-1 without full discussion ; [ARG1 particularly difficult bills] are [rel passed] *-2 [ARGM-MNR in the absence of the opposition parties] .
- [ARGM-DIS So] [ARG1 most bills] are [rel passed] *-1 [ARGM-MNR without full discussion] ; particularly difficult bills are passed *-2 in the absence of the opposition parties .
- [ARGM-DIS But] [ARG1 the bill] was [rel passed] *-1 [ARGM-MNR without debate in the Diet] , [ARGM-MNR in the absence of the opposition] .
- [ARG0 Five states -- Oregon , Rhode Island , New Hampshire , Iowa and Wisconsin --] [rel passed] [ARG1 bills 0 *T*-2 to boost the minimum wage] , but measures in 19 other states were defeated *-1 .
- [ARG0 The Illinois Legislature] [ARGM-MNR narrowly] [rel passed] [ARG1 a parental-leave bill , which Gov. James Thompson vetoed *T*-1] , and Iowa and Tennessee amended laws 0 *T*-2 to require that employers pay for breast-cancer exams .
- As thrifts sell assets *-1 to improve their capital-to-asset ratio , as * required under [ARG1 the new law] [rel passed] * [ARGM-TMP in August] , they must also reduce liabilities , such as deposits .
- And , Deltec said 0 *T*-3 , buying has been severely reduced *-1 because savings and loans have been restricted *-2 in their junk purchases by [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel passed] [ARG1 congressional] legislation .
- [ARG0 Lebanon 's Parliament] [rel passed] [ARG1 the power-sharing accord] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to end the country 's 14-year-old conflict] , but the Christian military leader wad 0 the plan was `` full of ambiguities . ''
- Many openings for mass cheating , such as questionable tax shelters and home offices , have gaped so broadly that [ARG0 Congress] has [rel passed] [ARG1 stringent laws] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to close them] .
- In order *-1 to defuse pressure for an amendment , Mr. Mitchell and House Speaker Thomas Foley -LRB- D. , Wash . -RRB- had arranged for [ARG0 lawmakers] to [rel pass] [ARG1 a statute barring flag desecration] [ARGM-TMP before *-2 voting on the constitutional change] .
- Investors and professionals alike would compete on the level playing field 0 Congress sought *T*-1 and called *T*-1 a `` national market system '' -LRB- not yet achieved * -RRB- almost 15 years ago when [ARG0 it] [rel passed] [ARG1 the Securities Reform Act of 1975] .
- Yesterday , in an interview , he added that the Democrats ' decision `` increases the likelihood that [ARG1 a capital-gains tax cut] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-NEG not] [rel pass] [ARGM-TMP this year] . ''
- Mr. Mitchell 's first victory came [ARGM-TMP last week] , when [ARG0 the Senate] [rel passed] [ARG1 a deficit-reduction bill that *T*-1 did n't contain a capital-gains provision] *T*-2 .
- The decision is a setback for [ARG0 President Bush] , who *T*-1 needs the support of Democrats *-2 to [rel pass] [ARG1 the tax cut] [ARGM-DIR through the Democratic-controlled Senate] .
- [ARG0 The Senate] [rel passed] [ARG1 the same bill] [ARGM-TMP yesterday] , [ARGM-MNR with a veto-proof majority of 67] .
- Only a month ago he 'd warned [ARG0 Congress] [ARGM-NEG not] to [rel pass] [ARG1 legislation * to pay for abortions in cases of rape or incest] .
- Last Friday , after [ARG0 Congress] [rel passed] [ARG1 it] [ARGM-DIS anyway] , he hinted 0 he was looking for compromise .
- The move is a setback for [ARG0 Bush] , who *T*-1 needs Democratic support *-2 to [rel pass] [ARG1 a capital-gains cut] [ARGM-LOC in the Senate] .
- Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner , in a letter to the committee , warned that he would urge President Bush *-1 to veto the legislation if [ARG0 it] [rel passed] [ARG1 Congress] .
- [ARG1 Strict new regulations] seem certain *-1 to [rel pass] [ARG0 the state House in Pennsylvania] [ARGM-TMP next week] , with easy approval by the Senate and by Democratic Gov. Bob Casey expected * shortly thereafter .
- [ARG1 Legislation 0 *T*-1 to require the consent of parents before their daughters under the age of 18 can have abortions] [ARGM-MOD will] [ARGM-ADV probably] [rel pass] [ARG0 both houses of the Michigan legislature] and set up a grinding battle * to override the expected veto of Democratic Gov. James Blanchard .
- In Texas , [ARG0 abortion opponents] want *-1 to [rel pass] [ARG1 parental-consent legislation along with a statewide ban on the use of public funds , personnel and facilities for abortion , and viability tests for fetuses 19 weeks and older] .
- [ARG1 A second provision] [rel passed] * by [ARG0-by the Senate and House] would eliminate a rule allowing companies that *T*-1 post losses resulting from LBO debt to receive refunds of taxes paid * over the previous three years .
- `` We would have paid more if we thought 0 [ARG1 that law] was [ARGM-NEG n't] going *-2 to [rel pass] , '' he said *T*-1 .
- The provisions , in [ARG1 deficit-reduction bills] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel passed] * by [ARG0-by the House and Senate] , could further cool the takeover boom that *T*-1 has been the driving force behind the bull market in stocks for much of the 1980s , some tax experts and investment bankers argue 0 *T*-2 .
- No one in the Senate is considering [ARG1 the capital-gains plan] [rel passed] * by [ARG0-by the House] .
- `` We think that it *EXP*-1 's going *-4 to be far more favorable *ICH*-6 * to own a station before [ARG1 the law] is [rel passed] *-3 than * to try *-2 to buy one afterward , '' Mr. Fiorini said *T*-5 .
- Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley used the opportunity *-2 to push [ARG0 the City Council] harder *-1 to [rel pass] [ARG1 a measure establishing a loss-recovery reserve of $ 100 million *U*] .
- The provisions , in [ARG1 deficit-reduction bills] [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel passed] * by [ARG0-by the House and Senate] , could raise the price tags of such deals by up to 10 % and cool the takeover boom .
- They had dealt a major setback that afternoon to President Bush 's capital-gains tax cut proposal , which *T*-1 had seemed in the bag after [ARG0 it] [rel passed] [ARG1 the House] [ARGM-MNR overwhelmingly] [ARGM-TMP earlier in the month] .
- [ARGM-ADV If Sen. Bradley would permit a vote on capital gains] , [ARGM-DIS though] , [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel pass] , Christmas retail sales would be strong instead of burdened by a falling stock market , the 1990 economy would be robust , and the revenue gains at every level of government , including New Jersey 's , would be surprisingly high .
- The budget reconciliation had *-2 to be dealt with *-1 by the Oct. 15 deadline , and these Senate Democrats refused *-3 to agree *-4 to allow a vote 0 *T*-5 to append capital gains to the budget bill , *-3 knowing 0 [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel pass] .
- Failure [ARG0 *] to [rel pass] [ARG1 the bill] meant that $ 16.1 billion *U* in across-the-board spending cuts took effect Monday under the Gramm-Rudman budget law .
- `` If there is any support for * reducing the bill , it is conditioned *-1 on their desire * to see [ARG1 them] [rel passed] *-2 [ARGM-MNR in another form] . ''
- Separately , [ARG1 a third conference report covering an $ 18.4 billion *U* Treasury and Postal Service bill] was sent *-31 to the Senate after * [rel passing] [ARG0 the House] [ARGM-MNR on a 383-30 roll call] yesterday .
- Such a statute illustrates the fundamental problem : [ARG0 Congress] finds 0 it *EXP*-7 is easier *ICH*-1 * to [rel pass] [ARG1 sweepingly moralistic prohibitions , which the courts must thereafter interpret *T*-10 ,] than * to engage in the difficult line-drawing distinctions that *T*-9 are inherently its responsibility .
- And [ARGM-TMP in November 1970] [ARG0 Congress] had [rel passed] [ARG1 a special act] [ARGM-PNC *-1 to overrule one board rule] .
- This is [ARG0 the state] that *T*-1 [ARGM-TMP recently] [rel passed] [ARG1 the Prop. 65 anti-toxic initiative] .
- If [ARG1 *-2] [rel passed] *-1 by [ARG0-by the voters] , the recently announced initiative would phase out major pesticides , reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 % , ban new offshore drilling , ban chemicals thought * to deplete the ozone layer , and create a new state environmental officer armed * with a $ 40 million *U* budget 0 * to sue any firm or agency 0 he thinks 0 *T*-4 is being too dirty *T*-3 .
- Not only Californians but all Americans would pay if [ARG1 this thing] [rel passed] .
- Leveraged buy-outs of airlines would be subject to approval by the transportation secretary under [ARG1 a bill] [rel passed] * by [ARG0-by a House subcommittee] .
- In addition , [ARG1 the companion deficit-reduction bill] [ARGM-TMP already] [rel passed] * by [ARG0-by the House] includes a capital-gains provision .
- For one thing , no one doubts that [ARG1 the capital gains cut] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel pass] [ARGM-MNR on an up-or-down vote] .
- James Oberstar , the Minnesota Democrat who *T*-2 chairs the Public Works and Transportation Committee 's aviation subcommittee , has put an anti-airline takeover bill on supersonic speed so that [ARG1 it] [ARGM-MOD would] be [rel passed] *-1 [ARGM-TMP in time] [ARGM-PNC * to affect the American and United Air Lines bids] .