Some of these craft are also chasing financial support from Nasa's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) Program.

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He has been working with the White House and Gorton to craft legislation that the president will sign and business will support.

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That row had a knock-on effect on a bipartisan effort to craft an energy and climate-change bill as Lindsey Graham, a Republican senator, withdrew his crucial support and blamed what he said was a partisan attempt to refocus on immigration.

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