And since he has no recourse when the Legislature fails to enact his proposals, his budget this year has several built-in incentives to require localities to control their property taxes.

The intransigent legislatures refused to enact his legislative proposals.

The Japanese Diet enacted his proposals in 1950.

Nor will it seriously try to enact Mr. Bush's economic proposals by the March 20 deadline he set in his State of the Union Message.

Put simply, he was honest to a fault; he would not bend or compromise, make deals or stoop to politicking to enact his often worthy proposals.

If at least 50 percent of the proxies are returned to Mr. Sosnoff, he can enact his proposals without a shareholder meeting.

Mr. Buchanan was referring to Mr. Bush's deadline for Congress to enact his economic proposals, a deadline that few expect Congress to meet.

Mr. Clinton said he expected that a revamped Congress, chastened and restructured by retirements and election defeats, would be willing to work quickly to enact his proposals.

It is not clear that Mr. Hundt has the votes on the commission to enact his proposals.

Administration officials say that over the next few weeks they will press Congress to enact the President's economic proposals, which include a tax credit for first-time home buyers and the capital gains tax cut.