"But I'm not giving them a blanket waiver," he told the Las Vegas Sun.

Later, Mr. Waldman asked whether Time's disclosures and a blanket waiver form his source had signed were enough to allow him to testify.

She said she believed that the blanket waiver Mr. Libby had offered other journalists was "a thing of the past."

It is not looking for "a blanket waiver" from the European Union, the American official said, but an agreement "not to bind your members."

By loosening the rule for large cities, the commission would in effect grant a blanket waiver without the need to prove the case.

A blanket waiver from suit for charities did not exist anywhere at common law until it was adopted in England in 1861.

A blanket waiver of required vaccinations can be given by the civil surgeon for vaccinations that are not medically appropriate at the time of examination.

The administration's blanket waiver does not apply to encryption and other software that makes it harder for the authorities to track people's Internet activity.

For good measure, the bill provides a blanket waiver from pet-related eviction to people 62 or older.

One blanket waiver he singled out was for lobbying.