The analysis also said that provisions in the bill would reduce by about a half-million per year the future number of people entering the country illegally.
Even if its sales to the region fell by 25%, this would reduce growth only by half a point.
Those proposals include sweeping entitlement reforms across the board that over the long run would reduce federal spending by half as a percent of GDP from what it would be otherwise.
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According to the report, such measures could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by two and a half percent.
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Additionally, these programs will dramatically cut the oil we consume, saving a total of 12 billion barrels of oil, and by 2025, reduce oil consumption by 2.2 million barrels a day -- as much as half of the oil we import from OPEC every day.
Tipton, who conducts research on the human body's physiological and psychological response to adverse environments, found that it takes as few as five immersions in icy water for the body to develop a tolerance that can reduce the risk of cold-shock response by half.
The prices of solar panels have fallen by more than half over the past year and a half, and that helps to reduce the price of solar electricity.
This week it announced plans to put half a million gas-powered vehicles on its roads by 2011, to reduce oil dependence and provide a market for the off-shore gas fields it is developing.
Through its Water for Life Decade (2005-2015), the United Nations is working to meet the Millennium Development Goals to reduce by half the proportion of people without access to safe drinking water by 2015 and to put a stop to the unsustainable exploitation of water resources.
An implementation guide book advises primary care physicians to reduce their patient appointments by half the first week. (It also recommends pizza, donuts, coffee, and a shoulder to cry on).
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