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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Truth be told, the Democrats managed to keep whining throughout most of the triumphant Bill Clinton years.
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.
Presidents, after all, sometimes have to throw a bit of red meat to their supporters: Mr Obama needs to keep the unions on side to help his health-reform bill.
Since the House bill passed comfortably (without Republican support) but the Senate bill passed with only a vote to spare, Mr Obama still needed to keep the support of at least two of the three Republican senators who backed the bill Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania if the reconciled bill were to pass.
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And we will try to keep you up to date throughout the day pending additional needs for bill signers.
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.
On the proximate cause of the crisis, the securitization of bad mortgages, the bill did have a minor provision requiring the lender to keep some skin in the game five percent.
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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.
That would not only keep the small business bill intact, it would also allow them to avoid having to vote on the Medicare enrollment deadline.
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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Chicago (2010) the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that whether someone lives in an inner-city or a rural county they have the same right to keep and bear arms protected by the Second Amendment in the U.S. Bill of Rights.
Whatever Mr Solana and, from across the Atlantic, Bill Clinton said to the Turks, it was enough to keep the Sublime Porte ajar.
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