Blocked by 'Pork'

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), on September 7, 2006, officially proposed a rule, which requires that 3.71 percent of gasoline demand in 2007 to come from renewable sources and wants to cut petroleum use by 3.9 million gallons by 2012, and correspondingly reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by 14 million tons annually. House and Senate appropriators have however refused the administration's request for $11.4 million to implement the regulation as the fiscal 2007 Interior-Environment spending bill contain hundreds of million dollars earmarked for projects in their home states and districts.

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Universal coverage: The issue

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The article highlights the issues surrounding the universal insurance coverage concept in the U.S., considering its effects on the American citizens and the elections for 2007.

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Universal coverage: Universal coverage faces financial obstacles

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The article focuses on the alternative resources as financial contributions for universal-coverage plans.

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