Second, the tax credit has not helped the poorest families much, because it is contingent on work.

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Some question whether these restrictions on contingent fee work are fair or legal.

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Rep. Niki Tsongas (D-Mass.): Eight weeks, contingent upon whether the employee intends to return to work.

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That way, they hope, a strong contingent of Sunnis will win seats in the chamber and work to amend the constitution. (A simple majority of deputies can put a constitutional amendment to a referendum.) The hope is that the process can create a coherent Sunni nationalist movement with credible leaders, working in the political mainstream.

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Although the CFPB is doing excellent work already, the Dodd-Frank statute left critical authorities for protecting consumers contingent on their having a director.

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