Moves to extend the length of service to a whole Parliament were defeated by 263 votes to 171, a majority of 92, while the committee will consist of eight members after a move to expand it to 15 members was defeated by 331 votes to 100.

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Bair has proposed giving homeowners who are 60 days late on their mortgage a chance to reduce high interest rates and extend the length of the loan if they qualify.

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Milton Packer of the University of Texas, Southwestern, pointed out that if the available data on Simdax is pooled, the drug appears to have a neutral effect on the length of patients lives, and may actually extend them.

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