I would put a statutory deadline on in," he said.

The agency took a year and 89 days to make the decision, one day shy of the statutory deadline.

And he pleaded with lawmakers to pass it by April 1, the statutory deadline that has not been met for the last seven years.

Like many rules issued by the environmetal agency, they came out long after the statutory deadline for such regulations.

There is no reason they should not agree on a budget by the statutory deadline tomorrow.

"Given its statutory deadline," it said, "the commission cannot wait any longer for these vital records."

But a wholesale failure on the part of a Federal agency to meet statutory deadlines is unusual.

The petition to recall Head failed to meet its statutory deadline.

Liberals believe hard statutory deadlines are valid only when the Democrat wins.

Fights over such issues forced the House to miss the statutory deadline for passing a budget resolution this month.