The outcome of this presidential election, in addition to many of the concurrent congressional races will have a large impact on tax policy, health care reform and federal regulationsfor months and years to come.
Ashcroft ordered the INS to "accept immediately" the boy's application, but since the T visa is a relatively new addition to U.S. immigration policy, the INS is still working on developing regulationsfor it.
The first of these NSF-funded citizens groups tackled regulatory policy toward agricultural biotechnology and recommended that the government tighten regulationsfor cultivating genetically engineered crops, including a new requirement that the foods from these crops be labeled to identify them for consumers.
Another concern is that the "tobacco industry has gotten better at combating, " regulations designed to reduce smoking, said Thomas Carr, director of National policyfor the American Lung Association.