Now, whenever Congress refuses to act, Joe and I, we're going to act. (Applause.) In the months to come, wherever we have an opportunity, we're going to take steps on our own to keep this economy moving.
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Now they're beginning to act more appropriately because they're getting used to having lots of money.
So if you believe that things are going to get worse, you're not -- you going to act on things getting worse and you're not going to work as hard.
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Members of Congress know that climate change legislation doesn't offer tangible benefits to voters, so they're unlikely to act unless they feel pressure from activists in their districts.
And from that standpoint, if people get clearer about what they actually put their trust in and what they're prepared to act on, I think it leads to stronger Christians, stronger churches.
Congress wants to act and they say they're going to do something in the next - or they could act in 30 days.
It's silly because it is unnecessary, all the parties have signed up to the principle, for individuals to sign up as well it's a bit like saying that we're not trusted to act in a decent way.
And one of the things we're trying to do with the Recovery Act is to help schools get broadband, get computers, but then also train people to use it properly.
Mayor MORAN: Well what we're doing is talking to congressional leaders and seeing if they're willing to amend the act or if these cottages could actually be built within the existing parameters of the Stafford Act.
"When we're under pressure to act fast in a high-stakes situation, it often leads us to a set of traps, " he adds.
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And they're not the only act to make inroads outside their homeland.
And if they do, then that means they're more closely - they're more likely to act in a way that I would have my commander in chief to act.
Frank, who is one of the name sponsors of the Dodd Frank Act to re-regulate Wall Street after the crash of 2008, suggests the absurdity of a report that warned Wall Street would lose all its financing and investment activity to London and other foreign exchanges.
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Folks, if you truly want to see Congress clean up its act, you're going to have to make them do it.
And there is going to be an overlap between what we're doing on the Recovery Act and what we need to do in terms of bank policy, what we're doing -- what the Fed is doing in terms of the credit markets.
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Where we don't have to wait for Congress, we're just going to go ahead and act on our own.
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"We're taking the opportunity to act as big as Gannett is in the sports space, " Mr. Beusse said.
Now, this is just one part of what we're doing through the Recovery Act to create jobs and spur economic growth.
We, of course, continue to lead on this area with implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act, and we're going to see continued movement from all our G20 partners on implementation in key areas, such as over-the-counter derivatives and cross-border bank resolution.
This is going to be something that plays out, as Congress begins re-writing the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which is one of the reasons why we're starting to hear about this now.
Unless you act, we're about to change who gets your Individual Retirement Accounts when you die.
"I think it's the delicate balancing act that we're going to see for a while, " said El-Faizy.
Rep. MUSGRAVE: I'm confident if we are hypocritical, if we say we're for small government, and we don't act like that, then we're going to have consequences, but I'm also confident if we will be true to our principles, that the pendulum will swing back.
And probably even more serious than any of those things is that they're worried about what they're going to do for their second act.
If he imagined that his act would force Koreans to re-examine the corrosive links between business and government that have dragged the economy into crisis, he was sadly mistaken.
The federal Healthy Families Act, expected to be re-introduced this year, would require all businesses with 15 or more employees to provide up to seven days of paid sick leave each year.
And, of course, we also came forward with what we're going to talk about today, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, an initial big jolt to give the economy a real head start.
If you don't act excited then you're not going to get your visa.
Everybody wants to act like they're simple.
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