Ten states allow for the automatic increases, though they tend to be harder to pass through state governments, political analysts said.

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Are you worried, though, that by adding a discussion of short-term measures on the economy into these discussions about long-term deficit reductions that that may complicate the conversation and make it harder to pass a debt limit?

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He said there was no case for making A-levels harder because the pass rate was so high.

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