be on the table

In the days since then, with Colonel Qaddafi having gained ground in Tripoli, the defection no longer seems to be on the table.

Some suspect the Fed will stop short of any indication that another round of quantitative easing might be on the table.

Perhaps a carbon tax is the wrong approach, and it is all for the best that the whole sorry mess will be on the table at Copenhagen.

I think the option of a failed relationship can no longer exist and cannot be on the table . I think both leaders recognize this .

But everything else seems to be on the table, including building cars in China for sale in the U. S.

He said "everything will be on the table" for reconsideration except the fundamental principle of non-violence.

After years of discussion, the first such issuance appears to be on the table.

There will have to be painful cuts ahead, and everything will have to be on the table, including entitlements and defense.

But the inevitable changes in the CDA leadership and Labour's comeback mean other options could be on the table as well.

All options seem to be on the table.

All those subjects could be on the table, the authors say, presenting the possibility of a grand bargain.

'Over the next 12 months, the issue of enforcement has to be on the table, ' Mr. Truman said.

Any big concessions, especially on Jerusalem's future and the dismantling of Jewish settlements on the West Bank, need to be on the table.

But any demands for snap elections would not be on the table, he added.

Establishment of new regional security institutions in the region also should be on the table.

With crude oil trading at around $100 a barrel, Dinneen believes subsidies for the petroleum industry should be on the table, too.

Still, the topic of when to start signaling a policy shift seems certain to be on the table.

So it is notable that Mr Obama convened the commission by declaring "everything" to be on the table.

Several issues will probably be on the table - including energy and the environment - but the global economic crisis is the most volatile.

Nothing so ambitious appears to be on the table, however.

Big cuts in Social Security should not be on the table.

The option should be on the table, as long as there are safeguards for the Fed's independence.

Everything else, though, should be on the table.

The subject will be on the table at its meeting next week.

My roots will be on the table with Thanksgiving.