That watered-down bill, now headed to the full House, passed the committee by 10 votes.
In the end, this portion of the Dodd-Frank Act was watered down and politically-influenced.
The communique was a watered-down version of what the British had hoped to achieve.
The ground has to be tilled, the seeds sown, fertilizer spread, the ground watered.
The wording has already been watered down in an apparent attempt to overcome Russian objections.
Constitutional reforms watered down the vast powers that the presidency had enjoyed under apartheid.
They have spent millions in lobbying dollars to gut already watered down Dodd-Frank provisions.
The wise men reclined, talked philosophy, and consumed a sickening amount of watered wine.
Foreign governments and investors are increasingly on the lookout to buy cheap, well-watered tropical land.
The SCMP's wire summary said the proposed law is a watered-down version of the original.
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So forget all preconceptions of happy hours past with their watered-down margaritas and two-for-one deals.
The president watered these down a bit, but was not brave enough to veto.
Investments in fast-growing markets usually get watered down, too, by the constant flood of new stocks.
In the past, tough talk of reform has petered out proposals have been watered down or abandoned.
Politically correct thinking replaces individuality and authentic opinions with socially acceptable rhetoric and watered-down behavioral tendencies.
This too was watered down from the draft, itself weaker than some seasoned Romania-watchers had hoped.
Watered-down U.N. resolutions will have no impact on the Iranian drive for a bomb.
There were some watered down PG-13 horror, but there was nothing about it I considered horrific.
That proposal has already been watered down but Doncaster warned that such action could harm teams.
And, further ahead, the terms of the pact itself may yet be watered down.
On the one hand it is not satisfied even with the watered-down version of the treaty.
This may be watered down perhaps by raising the portion exempted from the new charge or eliminated.
The Children's Food Trust says it is disappointed that the rules have been watered down.
In France, Mr Jospin's government has watered down its proposals for a 35-hour week.
The Obama administration has already associated itself with a watered-down version of this initiative.
This year, "the first thing they mentioned was how much they watered them, " Newenhouse said.
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Professor Cecchetti said that lobbying did not lead to the new regulations being watered down.
But the government programme launched last week offered only vague and watered-down versions of these plans.
LDP's traditionalists, who have systematically watered down all attempts in the past to dispense similar medicine.
Among low-lying fields, where the sugarcane had been heavily watered, mist rose and cool air enveloped him.
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