Sentences with phrase «menu of competing priorities»

For the moment, there appears to be no answer given the deep partisan divide in Washington, the primacy of concerns about the sputtering economy and mounting deficits, and the distraction of the usual menu of competing priorities.

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But — like most presidents before him with that same stated concern — he has not been inclined to make the sustained push for an expanded and sustainable energy menu a top priority in the face of competing issues and events.