Pro Forma

Word PRO FORMA
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At least one senator has been showing up every few days for what's called a pro-forma session, a tactical move employed back when President Bush was in office, and now by Senate Republicans, to block a recess appointment by not technically recessing. ❋ Unknown (2012)

"By holding so-called 'pro-forma' sessions, Republicans deprive the president of the ability to make a recess appointment." ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Congress is engaging in a charade of "pro-forma" sessions to give the technical appearance of being in session when they are not in session as part of this obstruction/nullification strategy by the agents of the 1% to keep our government from functioning for the 99%. ❋ Dave Johnson (2012)

"On a pro-forma basis, we see the acquisition adding a couple of percentage points to the proportion of group sales coming from North America, taking it to around 26%," Mr. Watson said. ❋ Peter Evans (2011)

Other Republicans cited the Senate approval of a last-minute payroll tax extension during the pro-forma sessions as evidence that the Senate wasn't in a true recess. ❋ Evan Perez (2012)

Taking time to build pro-forma profit-and-loss spreadsheets before you acquire space for your business, before the demands of customers vacuum up your time and energy, can put the odds in your favor--instead of fatally, financially speaking, against you. ❋ Frank Farwell (2012)

His aides drafted a pro-forma statement for Graham that promised simply that Reid would review the legislation. ❋ Ezra Klein (2010)

Some have been skeptical that a pocket veto, which allows the president to kill legislation simply by not signing it when Congress is not in session, was available because the Senate has, in fact, been holding pro-forma sessions. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

The combination will create the second-largest nongovernmental employer in the world, with more than 1.2 million employees, second only to U.S. retail giant Wal-Mart Stores Inc., and have pro-forma sales of £16 billion. ❋ Simon Zekaria (2011)

But if we're going to extract resources from Federal lands, consent from local governments should be a requirement, not a meaningless pro-forma inquiry glossed over and passed by in the NEPA review process. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Based on earnings from the first quarter of 2011, Deutsche Börse said the increased share of Eurex would contribute €15 million in net profit on a pro-forma basis, after accounting for a potential quarterly €2.5 million amortization charge. ❋ Jacob Bunge (2011)

Restated to take into account the impact of the IFRS5 accounting rule, Ebitda last year stood at €9.56 billion, while excluding the effect of transactions completed in the last 12 months, Ebitda in the first half last year stood at €8.14 billion on a pro-forma basis. ❋ Geraldine Amiel (2011)

More Opinion: Contempt for the Constitution The 23-page opinion by the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel said the Senate's practice of holding pro-forma sessions, some lasting just seconds, can't be used as a way to block recess appointments, which presidents are allowed to make when the Senate isn't in session. ❋ Evan Perez (2012)

It estimated its ratio of pro-forma net debt to earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization at approximately 2.5 times at June 30, 2011, and about 2 times as of Dec. 31, 2011. ❋ Jonathan Buck (2011)

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