The opposition insists a two-thirds vote is needed, which would give it blocking power.

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That blocking power is now at issue.

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They not only jeopardize ecological conditions but they are also blocking the emergence of better power generation.

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On the main street near our house, a very large maple tree had snapped in half and was festooned with power lines, blocking half the road.

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It will power the world without blocking the view.

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"There are people in positions in the criminal justice system who are supposed to be protecting us, there are people in power stopping cases getting through and blocking changes being made, " she said.

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The concerns about Apple's potential market power helped sway the five commissioners against blocking Google's deal.

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As a non-member, the U.S. retained the full panoply of tools to parry the first Russian ploy: bilateral diplomacy, relations with the four other littoral states who share our interest in blocking such Kremlin overreach, economic and financial pressure and, if all else failed, naval power.

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