There is danger that such bills would be taken back into the purgatory of being bargaining chips for comprehensive reform.

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The statutory debt ceiling and the threat of default have become political bargaining chips in the debate over fiscal policy.

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Even low hanging fruit is being ignored, I suppose, because one side or the other needs it for future bargaining chips.

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Once they get there, they can put all their bargaining chips on the table to enter into a business deal that makes business sense.

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However, this may simply reflect the government's desire not to give away one of its key bargaining chips in the Ulster peace process at too early a stage.

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Your list will also reveal the skills and capacities that are so embedded in your work DNA you may forget to see them as bargaining chips in selling Brand You in your next negotiation.

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It is unclear if the cases against them will be pressed: Iran may try to use them as bargaining chips to win the release of some Iranians taken prisoner by the Americans in Iraq.

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Daniel Wilsher, an expert in EU law at City University London, said Cameron will need to come up with "some convincing bargaining chips" if he wants to persuade other EU members to negotiate a new deal.

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