He wants to extend the programme to include outpatient prescription drugs (pills popped in hospital are covered by Medicare).

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He wants to extend the public shaming of corporate crooks to people who take actions that are legal, but damaging to society, such as borrowers who walk away from mortgages merely because their value exceeds the value of the underlying property.

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Graff says he wants to further extend his vertical reach into mining.

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He also wants to extend a package of expiring trade laws, including a textile provision that helps Haiti and other preferences for the poorest countries.

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An opt-out by Britain from this banking union would very likely undermine the single market in banking - which Mr Osborne implies he wants to preserve and extend (and read here for more on this tricky issue: Why a eurozone banking union is messy for Britain).

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Once a vigorous opponent of Mr Bush's tax cuts, he says he wants not only to continue but also to extend them.

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"The Welsh Assembly Government wants to extend the garden's life for a month so they can possibly find partners, " he said.

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