Voters have every reason to be skeptical of Republican promises, but Mr. Ryan's budget is hardly a status quo document.

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"It's a status quo document, I think, in virtually every respect, " said Bruce Blair, president of World Security Institute and co-coordinator of Global Zero, a disarmament group.

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We are six elephant biologists who have collectively worked for more than 125 years throughout the African and Indian elephant range to document the lives, status and behaviors of elephants.

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This sort of impairment vastly exceeds the maximum allowed by the SBA, leading the SBA to conclude the investment fund needed to be transferred to liquidation status, the court document says.

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They get permanent immigration status, known as a green card, if they can document that at least 10 jobs were created after two years.

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Indeed, taken together, the promises included in the document would result in long-term deficits far higher than if Congress merely maintained the status quo for the next two years.

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