But the House has approved campaign finance overhaul before in recent years, only to see the Senate pour cold water on the proposals.
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It is easy to laugh at men's ideals; it is easy to pour cold water on their enthusiasm; it is easy to discourage others.
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Experts in taekwondo, a martial art that originated in Korea, sit in cold weather with little clothing and pour cold water on their bodies.
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While rising exports has helped Japan's economy, " the U . S . will likely pour cold water on the exports, " said Tokyo-Mitsubishi Securities'Oshima.
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"Please, do nothing to pour cold water on our aggressive effort in the West " to boost voter participation, Jones said he told the executives.
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On Sept ., Los Angeles Federal District Court Judge Manuel A . Real appeared to pour cold water on Bernstein's case when he dismissed one of the defendants.
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The Bush administration " should not pour cold water on the thawing of the Korean peninsula by excessively pushing the North, which has just begun to open its door,"
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But of course, such ruthless attacks will never pour cold water on Egypt's enthusiasm but, rather, will make the confrontational mood more acute and its anti-terrorism efforts more active ."
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's initial skeptical reception of the unilateral truce declared by armed Basque separatists appeared to pour cold water on the enthusiastic welcome it received from Basque nationalist leaders.
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Experts were quick to pour cold water on a plan to defuse the controversy over a Japanese history textbook by forming a panel of Japanese and South Korean scholars to study their nations'shared history.
