Still, the American Wind Energy Association says that it has bipartisan backing to pass such an extension, noting that Republican representatives in such states as Iowa and Texas are doing the heavy lifting.

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He's not backing off from supporting a pass to citizenship, but he's got a different order.

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It is very unusual for a significant piece of financial legislation to pass without the backing of the UK, whose capital London is Europe's major financial centre.

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