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"Politically, this is a very big hurdle in our Congress," Mrs. Clinton conceded.

Negotiating with governments to allow access to expensive new treatments is a big hurdle in Europe.Bain looked closely at Germany, Europe's biggest drugs market accounting for one-fifth of total spending and of the industry's European jobs.

Cheniere Energy crossed a big hurdle in its push to export natural gas this week when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gave its stamp of approval to the Houston company's proposed liquefied gas export terminal in Sabine Pass, La.

A "mansion tax" on homes worth more than £2m ($3m), backed by Britain's Labour and the Liberal Democrat parties, faces a big hurdle in assessing which dwellings it will affect.Most taxes do not just depress economic activity; they also displace it for example to offshore financial centres.

The BSP under Sushri Mayawati, who quit as Uttar Pradesh's chief minister in 2003, has solid support among dalits (once known as "untouchables") in that state and others in the northern "cow belt" that is crucial to electoral success at the national level.Third, incumbency itself is a big hurdle in Indian politics.

The cap-and-trade scheme that America's Senate began debating this week would also allow firms to fulfil some of their obligations through green investments in other countries.But the bill in Congress would allow only a small number of offsets, and only from factories that do not compete with American firms a big hurdle in a globalised world.

Kiran Daurka, a lawyer at the firm, says mothers face big hurdles in making claims against their employers.

Only a few months ago, Democrats faced big hurdles in New York, with districts once deemed safe suddenly becoming vulnerable, largely because of new Congressional maps.

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Members of the London assembly said officers "take a step back in time" when they go to work and that Scotland Yard faces big hurdles in updating its technology while facing budget cuts.

According to Mr. Runkle, the OPOC engine has already cleared two big hurdles in its initial development: it is capable of meeting future gas and diesel emission standards while operating more efficiently — by 15 to 60percentthanthan conventional engines.