Word: caps
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...issue, vs. 94% of Chinese. Most Republican leaders flatly reject prevailing climate science, while many Democrats from coal, oil and farm states are equally protective of the fossil-fuel status quo. This is why the American Clean Energy and Security Act - a far-reaching Democratic bill that would cap carbon emissions - has been marketed to a confused public on the basis of issues that poll far better: gas prices, foreign oil and green jobs. It narrowly passed the House, but it's in trouble in the Senate, and the President, while supportive, is now preoccupied with health care. (Read "Getting...
...quickly - say, a mountaineer who's lost. He still has plenty of food, but it's so cold that his body can't change the food into glycogen long enough to keep him warm and functional. Eventually his body temperature crashes very quickly. (Read about Greenland's melting ice cap...
...electrified the crowds with eloquent arguments for tea-party principles. He attacked deficits in general and the stimulus in particular as Euro-socialist assaults on his kids. He clamored for term limits, states' rights and the abolition of the estate tax. He attacked government-run health care, warned that cap and trade would leave us with a "Third World economy," and noted that the words "separation of church and state" were nowhere in our founding documents. At times, he seemed to sense that he sounded extreme and offered clarifications like "I'm not saying Barack Obama is the same...
...reports about the credit-card companies' practices - you know, misleading statements, using different font types, billing practices, hidden fees. It's going to address most of those issues. My problem with it is it still doesn't address the matter of interest rates. There's got to be a cap, as far as I'm concerned...
...Administration's arguments for the substance of their proposals mask political concerns as well. With Obama's health-care reform and cap-and-trade legislation facing uncertain futures, the White House may need a win on one big issue by December. "What's [the media] going to say about Obama's first year?" says another top regulatory official. "If I were the Administration, I'd want to get to the Rose Garden with something, something that looks significant." (See the top 10 key players in health-care reform...