And Roberts and his allies were so impatient to overturn these precedents that they were not even going to wait for the first Monday in October. (An early argument would also put a decision in place well before the 2010 elections.) The second argument in Citizens United was set for September 9, 2009.

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And as a low tax repatriation seems to deliver those offshore profits into the hands of the shareholders the Levin report is an argument in favour of a second repatriation rather than what the Distinguished Senators seem to think it is, an argument against one.

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There is a good argument for this: global oil consumption typically falls in the second quarter.

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Second, even if the offset argument is valid with the VEETC in place, the tariff still represents a substantial barrier to trade.

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