As he spoke, negotiators were writing and rewriting compromise language for a possible agreement.

This compromise language allows President Obama to move forward with disclosure requirements for contract recipients.

"Its modest improvements are overwhelmed by the negative consequences it will have," they wrote of the compromise language.

But he said that even the administration's views on the legislation could shift as Congressional negotiators sought compromise language to revive the bill.

Jackson had been involved in earlier attempts to create compromise language.

In addition, the bill includes compromise language on the drug testing of Federal employees in "sensitive" jobs.

A United States official said the compromise language needed no annotations on abortion.

This time, both sides made crucial efforts to draft acceptable compromise language.

The second amendment, regarding energy policy, has been adequately covered in the compromise language already in the text of my report.

But precisely what the compromise language approved by the Senate actually established was itself open to interpretation.