21. Fast-track trade authority allows a president to negotiate trade agreements that must be ratified or rejected by Congress without amendment. 22. Fast-track negotiating authority allows the White House to submit trade accords to the Congress without fear of amendment. 23. Fast track trade authority allows presidents to negotiate trade agreements without congressional amendments, and Clinton has offered lawmakers in return more of a role in forging those agreements. 24. Fast-track authority allows presidents to negotiate a trade treaty that Congress can either accept or reject, but not amend. 25. Fast-track authority allows the president to negotiate a trade agreement that Congress can either accept or reject without amending it. 26. Fast-track trade authority allows the president to negotiate trade pacts that must be approved or rejected by Congress without changes. 27. He lives nearby, but authorities had not allowed him to go to his home, which was also destroyed. 28. He said he was particularly concerned about reports that Israeli authorities did not allow food and medicine to reach civilians. 29. He said the authorities would not allow him into his shop for a week after the blast because it was too close to the crime scene. 30. He remains under constant surveillance, though authorities have thus far allowed him to pursue his campaign for a reversal of the official verdict. |