Premise: GAO's General Counsel issues legal opinions in response to requests from the Congress and its committees.

Hypothesis: GAO's General Counsel issues legal opinions when Congress requests it.
Answer: yes

Premise: well they're doing that here too now that i think about it once every so many weeks and you have to pull out all the slicks and you have to wrap them up with string

Hypothesis: Since they started that here, you have to pull out all the slicks and wrap them with string every few weeks.
Answer: yes

Premise: A time-locked city of rich russet browns and weathered ochres, Siena is as perfectly medieval as greystone Florence is a Renaissance showcase, yet contrasts with its centuries-old rival to the north are striking and inevitable.

Hypothesis: Siena is more of a Renaissance-style city than its neighbor Florence, which is more medieval.
Answer: no

Premise: than to get that two cents when you take it to the store we still have bins at the grocery stores where you can turn in bottles and cans

Hypothesis: The grocery store doesn't have bins for bottles and cans.
Answer: no