Ministers are poised to introduce strict limits on UK carbon pollution when they announce Britain's first carbon budget next month.

大臣们打算在下月发布英国第一份碳预算时拉开架势引入严格的联合王国控制碳污染的条律。

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As NPR's Tovia Smith reports, due to the state's budget crisis, Massachusetts is now poised to drop 30, 000 legal immigrants from its coverage.

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And yet, less than one week from now, Congress is poised to allow a series of arbitrary, automatic budget cuts that will do the exact opposite.

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The first salvo in that battle is coming from House Republicans poised to release on Tuesday a now-familiar budget featuring gestures to block "Obamacare, " turn Medicare into a voucher-like program for future retirees and sharply curb Medicaid and domestic agency budgets.

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