"From our standpoint the bill is a very important step forward in terms of balancing the types of assistance that we would provide the Pakistan government supporting consolidation of democratic institutions, expanding the rule of law, building the capacity of government institutions, promoting respect for internationally-recognized human rights, promoting economic freedoms, sustainable economic development.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

April's surplus will raise hopes that the Chancellor will meet his "golden rule" of balancing the budget, excluding investment, over the current economic cycle.

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"If the rule is a 23-part balancing test, there's just going to be more litigation over all of these different aspects of the case, " Frank said.

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