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The elections had been scheduled for October and had already been set back to December because of delays in reaching a compromise on the legislation, which sets up rules for the vote.

Speaking to the BBC, Andy Burnham said that the Health Secretary Andrew Lansley was "all over the place" in relation to the controversial legislation, which sets out reforms for the health service in England.

The legislation, which sets policies affecting research programs at NSF and the National Institute of Standards and Technology as well as science education activities across the federal government, would replace the 2010 America COMPETES Act, which expired last year.

In addition to the tough economic environment in Europe during the final few months of 2007, Vodafone's revenues also came under pressure from new European Union legislation which sets an upper limit on so-called roaming charges, which are charged by telecom companies for calls made when abroad.

After a bruising political battle, Congress has passed Trade Promotion Authority legislation, which sets out a framework for President Obama to negotiate trade agreements and have Congress vote yes or no on them, without any amendments.

The $607 billion legislation, which sets defense policies for the next fiscal year and authorizes military spending, specifically prohibits the administration from using any funds to transfer the remaining 107 Guantanamo detainees to the US for detention or prosecution or to "construct or modify any facility in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house any Guantanamo detainee".

Democrats and Republicans were already largely divided over the Dodd-Frank legislation, which set out hundreds of new restrictions governing the way financial institutions operate and are regulated.

The next year, Democrats advanced Senate Bill 32, an ambitious piece of climate legislation, which set a new target for reducing carbon-dioxide emissions: at least forty per cent below 1990 levels by 2030.

The Localism Bill will remove the primary legislation which set up the strategies.

The UK government agreed to give temporary powers to the Scottish Parliament to hold a legal referendum, under Section 30 of the 1998 Scotland Act - the piece of legislation which set up the Scottish Parliament.

The UK government agreed to give temporary powers to Holyrood to hold a legal referendum, under Section 30 of the 1998 Scotland Act - the piece of legislation which set up the Scottish Parliament.