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But today we turn our attention to another virus—HIV. After 40 years, there is still no cure or a vaccine for the disease. In this episode, we hear from Dr.

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Due to rising funding uncertainty, many states are beginning to cancel or delay projects. Unless Congress acts before September, these cancellations and postponements are likely to continue at an accelerated pace. At the beginning of June, the Environmental Protection Agency EPA released its long-awaited proposed regulations on carbon emissions from existing power plants.

In its plan, the EPA lays out an ambitious goal of reducing national emissions to 30 percent below levels by To obtain these reductions, the proposal sets targeted goals for individual states in reducing carbon emissions from existing power plants within their borders. The EPA expects each state to craft an implementation plan, which must then be approved by the agency. The proposed rules were met with intense criticism from Republican lawmakers, who view the regulations as further proof that the Obama Administration is waging a war on coal.

The rules are expected to prove particularly problematic for Democratic candidates running in red states and congressional districts, especially those that are coal-producing. The rules will undergo a public comment period before being implemented. Several others issues presented themselves in June, including a deteriorating situation in Iraq and continued discussion surrounding the Export-Import Bank. The Obama Administration was blindsided in June by an escalation of violence in Iraq.

Over the past year, an insurgent, terrorist-affiliated group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL has waged sectarian war against the sitting Iraqi government. ISIL forces are now perilously close to Baghdad. ISIL is viewed as a terrorist organization by the U. Views from lawmakers on how to address ISIL have been mixed and expose the current ideological rifts in both parties. For Republicans, the resurgence of sectarian violence in Iraq has resurrected memories of the political price the Iraq War exacted on their party.

Other Republicans have expressed caution and rebuffed calls to intervene. Similarly, Democrats continue to struggle to find a unified response, with anti-war members pitted against Democrats supportive of the President. Thus far, President Obama has offered a measured response.

Like almost all of Congress, he is not yet willing to send troops back to Iraq, but in a show of support, he has ordered the deployment of a limited number of military personnel to Iraq in non-combat roles to help coordinate a response with the Iraqi government. The President has also not ruled out targeted air strikes. Reports from a White House meeting with congressional leaders indicated that the President believes he would not need to seek congressional approval because the plans would fall under the use of force authorization.

Lawmakers also began the process of addressing the renewal of the Export-Import Bank, a federal export credit agency that finances certain sales of U.

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