Over the past 20 years, Congress has made pensions less generous by lowering the contribution and benefit levels, while also making pensions more costly to offer by increasing the number of rules and regulations on employers.
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I am pleased with the success of our FTA so far. After only one year, the U. S.-Australia FTA has expanded trade in goods and services, benefiting the citizens of both countries.Rob Portman
Portman, speaking after the meeting, said it was proving difficult to balance the demands of many different countries. There are 148 members of the World Trade Organization, which reaches decisions through consensus. Without having all the pieces of the puzzle together, ... it is difficult to agree on one piece.
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With the strong bipartisan rejection of the Dorgan amendment today, the Senate cast a vote in favor of the U.S. working to knock down unfair trade barriers that hurt American business and farmers,
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It's a big job. The Office of Management and Budget touches every spending and policy decision in the federal government.
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Litigation has obviously not proved to be an effective way to resolve this relatively small but highly disruptive agreement,
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If we can't agree next week on agriculture, I can't see how we'll meet the December deadline, ... The clock is ticking.
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