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...have policy differences. Brown, though a supporter of business and leery of tax rates that might drive the wealthy out of Britain, is considered more left-wing, or "Old Labour." He has more passion for redistributing money to the poorest than Blair, and is concerned that injecting more choice into public services will lead to unacceptably different standards of quality. But these disputes have always been "pretty subtle - the sort of thing you have to be a senior civil servant or a think-tank person to put your finger on," says Sunder Katwala, general secretary of the Fabian Society...
...supplies exert upward pressure on prices, the only way to get relief is to knock down demand for oil. Any technology that makes cars more efficient would do that, and hybrid cars are nearly 50% more fuel efficient than even the leanest conventional cars available today. The government offers tax credits for people who buy hybrids, but hybrids may not take off unless gas prices climb significantly higher. "At $3 a gallon, they start looking pretty sensible," Wyss says. Hydrogen-powered cars could make an even bigger dent in oil demand, but they won't be commercially available...
...least indirectly, by Abramoff, in violation of House rules barring legislators from accepting travel paid for by lobbyists. Abramoff, 46, an orthodox Jew who espouses conservative values, was already under investigation by two congressional committees and the FBI for allegedly bilking his Indian-tribe clients and possibly abusing tax exemptions on charities he set up. Abramoff spoke to TIME'S Adam Zagorin about the questions swirling around him. Excerpts from their conversation, conducted by phone and e-mail...
...American to deny the public a say in where its tax money goes. That’s called taxation without representation. Somerville residents fought a war over that in the past. Israeli investments divide the community. Let’s drop them...
...questions that now surround DeLay, the most explosive concern his office's close relationship with lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who is the subject of several investigations centered on his dealings with his Indian tribe clients and the management of tax-exempt charities he set up. Abramoff may have funded, at least indirectly, some of DeLay's most controversial overseas travel. Two weeks ago, TIME reported that when DeLay traveled to Britain in 2000, on a trip ostensibly arranged and paid for by a non-profit organization, his congressional staff turned to Abramoff to arrange the trip, and made extensive demands...