As the U. S. mid-term elections approach, we expect heated rhetoric over this issue to escalate further.

随着美国中期大选的临近，我们预计在这一问题上的激烈的言辞可能会进一步升级。

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Link the new issue to the change request, and escalate the issue to get the change request impact assessment on track.

将新问题链接到更改请求，并逐步升级此问题，以跟踪更改请求影响评估。

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National politicians responded to Prohibition then in the same way they respond to abortion now: by looking for ways to avoid and de-escalate a destabilizing issue.

CNN: What if abortion became a non-issue?