KPress Vol. 14 Iss. 06

Jaynes, Bill (2014-02-10). KPress Vol. 14 Iss. 06 (PDF) (Report). Kolonia, Pohnpei: Kaselehlie Press.

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Abstract: KPress Vol. 14 Iss. 06: NEWS: This issue reports on efforts by the FSM President and the Eighteenth FSM Congress to resolve escalating disagreements over the process for legislating and implementing public projects, including multiple closed-door meetings aimed at breaking an impasse that had placed the Executive and Legislative branches at odds for weeks; it covers Congress’s override of President Manny Mori’s veto of a $4.9 million public project appropriation and the decision to extend the Third Regular Session of the Eighteenth Congress to address unresolved matters; it details competing perspectives on the controversy, with Congress identifying the President’s freezing of action on appropriations bills as central to the conflict, while the President’s office emphasized concerns about public project legislation procedures; and it summarizes the substance of a January 27 meeting between senior leaders, including discussion of staffing, documentation of agreements, and differing views on how best to move government operations forward while maintaining effective coordination between branches.