• "Decisions about whether the House will seek to accept or promptly amend the measure will not be made until House members... have been able to review the legislation, " Mr Boehner and other House Republican leaders said in a statement.

    BBC: US Senate passes 'fiscal cliff' deal to avoid tax rises

  • If the consultation is favourable, the decision to amend the Stilton PDO will go before the European Commission.

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  • But I am told that the Labour leader Ed Miliband has given private assurances that while Labour will try to amend the bill to create greater safeguards, it will not vote to scrap closed material proceedings entirely.

    BBC: Gloves to come off in secret courts battle

  • Even if Egypt's Islamists refrain from scrapping the peace treaty, Israel fears they will seek to amend the clauses that provide for Sinai's demilitarisation.

    ECONOMIST: Israel and the Islamists

  • "We are now actively calling on Congress to pass legislation next week that will amend the loan program and help accelerate much-needed funds to auto companies that can show long-term viability, " says White House spokeswoman Elizabeth Chervenak.

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  • If the government doesn't want children exposed to even a whiff of smoke they will have to amend the smoking ban to allow designated smoking rooms in pubs and clubs.

    BBC: TV ad shows danger of 'invisible secondhand smoke'

  • All will gather at its Headquarters in Paris, on 19 and 20 September 2013, to take part in the 4th session of the Conference of Parties to the Convention, which will amend in particular, as every year, Annex I of the Convention related to the list of prohibited substances and methods.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • Broadly speaking, it will not be able to raise tax or amend acts of the Westminster Parliament, but instead will take over the responsibilities of the Welsh Office, in particular policy for health and education.

    ECONOMIST: Wales

  • The government will amend company law so that shareholder votes on big businesses' prospective remuneration plans for executives will be binding - as opposed to the current system of advisory votes (which have the power to embarrass companies but not to compel them).

    BBC: What kind of democracy for votes on bosses' pay?

  • This will matter, because there will doubtless be an attempt to amend the bill in the Commons - and the government might accept some changes - but that will be backed up by a much more serious threat in the Lords, where the Commission's membership can muster formidable support for the changes they want to make.

    BBC: Week ahead

  • The Lords do not generally prevent bills from the Commons becoming law, although they will often amend them and return them for further consideration by the Commons.

    BBC: Passage through the other House

  • This prompted some Shia council-members to say that they will try to amend the document before it enters into force in July.

    ECONOMIST: A constitution at last

  • Anderson and Mara both said the injury numbers from last season showed the league is making progress in reducing concussions, an issue they will continue to monitor and amend in the future.

    WSJ: NFL looking to focus on replay issues, safety

  • Since the Reform Party, the official opposition, has said it will support the bill, though seeking to amend it, its passage, if not necessarily swift, seems assured.

    ECONOMIST: Canada

  • Of course, whether an LDP-led government can amend laws related to the central bank, or will in large part depend on the election outcome.

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  • It will also consider a proposal to amend the original planning permission to include the use of the community centre for the provision of education.

    BBC: Runcorn church 'school' plans considered

  • Testing the idea, however, will be tricky, Amend told LiveScience.

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  • That way, they hope, a strong contingent of Sunnis will win seats in the chamber and work to amend the constitution. (A simple majority of deputies can put a constitutional amendment to a referendum.) The hope is that the process can create a coherent Sunni nationalist movement with credible leaders, working in the political mainstream.

    ECONOMIST: Now for the hard part | The

  • House leaders have promised to take up the bill, but have not decided whether they will attempt to amend it before putting it to a vote.

    FORBES: The U.S. Is Going Over The Fiscal Cliff, But A Tax Deal Might Cushion The Landing

  • In theory, if just two senators in Washington change their minds, there will be enough votes in the country's legislatures to amend the constitution for only the 28th time in two centuries.

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  • Fresh polls will require amendments to the interim constitution, but the only body able to amend it has been dissolved.

    ECONOMIST: Gridlock over a new constitution leaves a power vacuum

  • Legal experts say China will probably have to amend parts of its criminal code and several other laws in the process.

    CNN: China's new president in corruption battle

  • Responding to the figures today, he specifically urges the Chancellor, George Osborne, to use his forthcoming autumn statement - which will, in practice, be delivered at the onset of deepest winter - to amend economic policy in order to provide a stimulus to growth.

    BBC: Job centre

  • Unlike her predecessor, she will command a congressional coalition with the three-fifths majorities in both houses needed to amend the constitution.

    ECONOMIST: Brazil's next president

  • But the argument was good enough to convince the Court to allow Rohlf to amend his counter-petition to specify with more particularity the self-dealing by Mellon BNY, so presumably we will hear more of this case in the coming months.

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