Republican lawmakers appear skeptical, but Republican governors say they are sharing ideas with their Democratic counterparts on the state level.

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But the U.S.reaction to Thursday's attack was at an unusually high level, with both President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issuing written statements expressing sympathy to the families of victims and calling for the attackers to be held accountable.

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In particular, there is a tendency to confuse the state of the car industry with the level of foreign investment, and the level of foreign investment with the state of the British economy as a whole.

ECONOMIST: Hard pounding

"If the administration or obligation to collect sales taxes is raised to the state level with common rules throughout a state, then you're suddenly down to just 50 rules that a business has to follow, " Locke said, noting that Mountain View, a city that is home to technology titans Netscape Communications Corp.

CNN: The Internet tax revolt

Mr. BARRY ERWIN (President, Council for a Better Louisiana): I think we've gotten away from a lot of that actual corruption at the top level, at the state level with the governor and that type of thing.

NPR: Jindal Faces a Test in Taming Louisiana Politics