The city was exploring its options and didn't need to make a final decision on whether to seek the waiver until the end of the month, so it was premature for anyone to assume which option the city would ultimately choose.
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As one (federal Center for Medicaid and Medicare) official told me ... getting approval of a Medicaid waiver without the governors support would be challenging, but not impossible,
Judy's view is that any purported waiver she got from anyone was not on the face of it sufficiently broad, clear and uncoerced.
That left me scratching my head too, that's something we wouldn't advocate at all. To grant a waiver at this time would be a setback for the marketplace. If indeed that would occur it would be very disappointing.
It's a waiver authority ... We are not seeking relief from US law for any country in the world except India and we don't anticipate putting any country forward. So it is India specific.
The Davis-Bacon waiver removed red tape to get the recovery effort going quickly with more companies participating. We have not seen any evidence of abuse -- in fact, we have seen just the opposite. The waivers are proving to be effective and efficient, jump-starting the recovery effort at reduced costs to taxpayers.
The conclusion was that the DPP would not waiver again -- they would come out with a clear-cut Taiwan independence position.
It isn't clear to me, and it isn't clear to people at the paper, exactly why the waiver wasn't acceptable in its earlier form when other people found ways to find it acceptable.
Cooper called Libby directly, Abrams told NPR, and was referred to his lawyer for authorization. Abrams said he specifically remembered talking to Tate about the waiver. It was made very clear to me in discussions with Mr. Libby's counsel that he had personally approved and authorized Matthew Cooper fully to disclose everything about their conversations, ... I was satisfied that I had been given a direct and unequivocal assurance that Matt could testify and Libby had approved that.
It's unfortunate that the EPA has dragged their feet in responding to my request. Prices at the pump are at near record levels and the federal government has simply not responded. Their lack of a response is hurting Wisconsin, and states across the country, ... A waiver would have helped Wisconsin citizens over the Labor Day weekend when it was clear there was a shortage of supply.
A government must not waiver once it has chosen it's course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.
This year, we received a waiver to reduce attendance days from 180 to 175. Part of the approval (from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction) included the requirement to make up any missed days.
I think the banks have confidence in our ability as a going concern, hence the waiver. The banks certainly are not going to grant a waiver to a company it feels does not have ability to pay its debts.
The agency has to have some flexibility in terms of administration, ... The waiver is approved. It's a done deal.
All EU citizens should benefit from the Visa Waiver Program, just as all U.S. citizens benefit from visa-free entry into the European Union.
But despite the fact that she sloughed off Libby's assurance that he had given her a waiver a year ago as White House spin, ... The Scooter-Judy liaison dangereuse exposes how, during happier times between them, the darkest heart of the Bush administration was able to beat freely on the front page of the world's most important paper, with no hard questions asked.