That would be tantamount to stifling the markets, and reneging on another energy promise.
Some opponents of ratification suggest that a ban would be tantamount to nuclear disarmament.
If so, it could be tantamount to a "material omission" with regard to the company's S.E.
Giving up the employer contribution can be tantamount to accepting a pay cut.
But Reuters reported that this was something U.S. critics feared would be tantamount to giving Moscow a veto over NATO action.
Failure to extend them will be tantamount to a 33% tax hike on capital gains and a 133% bump on dividends.
This, by the way, is why the Saudi monarch does not tamper with Sharia: doing so would be tantamount to self-apotheosis.
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Forgetting to eat, to me, would be tantamount to forgetting to breathe.
"If the state walks away from its obligation, it would be tantamount to defaulting and it will harm its financial reputation, " Cafcas said.
Despite the newfound urgency, nearly all Democrats and a very large chunk of Republicans argue that failure to raise the ceiling will be tantamount to economic suicide.
Leading politicians, such as Amien Rais, the speaker of the country's highest legislature, say its loss would be tantamount to the end of Indonesia as a nation.
Several key Senate conservatives remain convinced that the emerging plan will be tantamount to amnesty for people who initially entered or have remained in the United States illegally.
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ITAM, a university in Mexico City, a failure by the court to declare the vote valid by the September 6th deadline would be tantamount to annulling the election.
But the companies say that would be tantamount to taxing them twice, putting them at a disadvantage with foreign competitors who pay taxes only where their products are sold.
If President Obama were to turn his back on this important source of energy, it would be tantamount to him imposing economic sanctions on each and every one of us.
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This difficult task would be tantamount to trying to decide what cell phone to get when Option A costs a certain amount except for calls made between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Burke made these decisions in the face of some resistance from his own board, who thought that a regional response would be sufficient, and that a recall might be tantamount to an admission of guilt.
In the campaign, Mr. Samaras sought to turn the elections into a de facto referendum on the euro, saying a vote for austerity opponents Syriza would be tantamount to voting for a return to the drachma, Greece's former currency.
Oscar likes to spread the bounty, and three gongs might be considered tantamount to canonisation.
Further, investigations of all vendors to pensions should be routinely undertaken and should not be considered tantamount to accusations of wrongdoing.
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The group had previously said that any valuation below 55p a share would be "tantamount to theft".
Making things worse, he then goes on to say how important it is for all of us to become indispensable, for not to be indispensable is tantamount to economic and career suicide.
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Since the role of the observers is an integral part of Angola's 1994 Lusaka peace accords, and since they have been involved at every twist and turn of the four years of laborious peace negotiations, the idea that they should now be excluded is tantamount to renouncing the peace process.
But to do so would be legally difficult, and tantamount to nationalisation.
But by far the most common reason seems to be that black women still regard intermarriage as tantamount to betraying the race.
Meanwhile, the Lebanese government has told the United Nations that showing any of the tape would be "unacceptable" and tantamount to providing an enemy with intelligence.
Such actions are tantamount to bribery, which can be an automatic knock-out factor, recruiters say.
Of course, it could be argued that refusal of treatment is often tantamount to a wish to die sooner.
Opposition economists say this is tantamount to printing money, and will be inflationary.
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