The new rules require that the President certify the creditworthiness of any nation before it can qualify for the borrowing program, but the rules set no guidelines for determining creditworthiness.

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So how about this: not another dollar, not one, to bail out the banks until clear, no-room-for-misunderstanding rules are set for how the money can and cannot be spent.

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It has no alternative, he says, if it is to meet the rules set in Kyoto in 1997 for cutting carbon emissions by 2010.

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However, when in December the USDA indicated that a complete ban on GMO alfalfa was no longer a possible outcome, Organic Valley and the others went to work advocating for a set of strict rules that would serve to protect organic farmers and organic consumers from the threat of GMO contamination.

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