All this could take a while - and with the government reluctant to allocate more debating time, that could mean a few very late nights for peers, as ministers try to keep the bill on schedule.
While the amendment appears unlikely to gain approval as congressional leaders try to keep the spending bill on track for final passage before March 27, when the current government spending provisions expire, it opens the door for debate.
"These changes are essential to keep the benefits bill sustainable so that we can continue to support people when they need it most across the UK, " a spokesperson said.
Last week, on the sidelines of an economic summit in Brunei, Clinton signed a bill to keep the government running until Dec. 5.
After White House and congressional leaders reached agreement on the fiscal 2011 budget, Congress approved another short-term spending bill to keep the government funded through Thursday at midnight.
This is a step in the right direction, but it remains crucial for Congress to keep their attention on passing the bill on time and intact.
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The agency essentially wants Congress to keep the ban out of any new spending bill after the temporary measure expires March 27.
But it also says that it expects the state to keep picking up the same proportion of a rising bill.
They should put the country -- the interests of the country before the interests of their party and pass a bipartisan bill to keep American workers on the job.
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This also applies to the cost structure of the practice as such advisors prefer to keep low overhead and not experience the pressure of having to cover a larger bill and therefore maintain high overhead.
Supporters now believe they can muster 52 votes to defeat that motion and keep the bill alive.
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has introduced a bill to keep the tax cuts for all income levels in place.
There is a priority in the bill to keep gas stations running that are located on major highways and streets and near exits.
The bill gives local authorities the power to keep some of the money they raise from business rates in their area, and allows them to replace council tax benefit with their own local schemes.
So I ask members of Congress and all the interested parties involved to keep at it, pass a bill that helps us achieve the goal of extracting natural gas in a safe, environmentally sound way.
The Local Government Finance Bill gives local authorities the power to keep some of the money they raise from business rates in their area.
By early 1996 they had found an ingenious way to keep a creaky unpaid bill off the past-due ledger: Turn it into a promissory note.
Their considerations were otherwise: For Germany and others, the key was to keep their bill down to a level that they could sell to voters and lawmakers at home.
Easy money will continue to keep real rates (or the T-bill rate less inflation) negative.
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Key Republicans said the White House must keep Norwood at the center of its efforts if it hopes to pass a bill the president can support.
The adoption of the Dodd-Frank reform bill last year demonstrated that more needed to be done to keep the level regulation up-to-date to a rapidly evolving industry.
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The U.S. House plans to vote on a tax bill today that would keep lots of Americans from being hit this year with the alternative minimum tax - as many as 23 million.
Republicans went to great lengths to try to avoid a vote on the Democratic "Moms" resolution, although they argued that they were trying to keep irrelevant debate from delaying the pending military construction spending bill.
"The reforms we are making to the electricity market through the Energy Bill and through our gas generation strategy are aimed at plugging this gap in order to keep the lights on, " he added.
The Senate has already passed a bill to keep income taxes from going up on middle-class families.
Note that the bill's main purpose is to keep underage folks away from dangerous venues and unhealthy content, rather than to prevent gaming addiction -- something for which China eventually had to set up boot camps to deal with.
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Now, the Senate is going to have a chance to do the right thing over the next few weeks when Senator Reid brings the DREAM Act to the floor. (Applause.) Keep in mind, in the past, this was a bill that was supported by a majority of Democrats and Republicans.
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Kavanagh had radically altered the bill after being faced with an outcry from advocacy groups, but that wasn't enough to keep about 200 opponents from attending a nearly 7-hour long hearing that concluded with several hours of testimony on the bill.
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