The companies he targets typically have to respond to accusations leveled at them and after some time has passed, it becomes clearer whether Einhorn was right in his assessment.

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But as more time has passed, Prather said some of the anger toward Pujols has dissipated.

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But time has passed, and there have been some impacts on the Medicaid program that changed our calculations on this.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

The bill has been passed by -- a bill has been passed by the House and I anticipate that energy legislation will be taken up some time over the course of the next several weeks in the Senate, and hopefully we can get something done before Congress adjourns this year.

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