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Unilateral move over capital gains could be open to legal challenge and widen deficit
President’s speech to joint session of Congress follows custom, if not convention
Potential prosecution is not open-and-shut case suggested on campaign trail
Political brinkmanship once again raises the spectre of a default
Last one cost US economy billions of dollars, he tells business chiefs
Stopping the new pipeline addition will not halt oil sands production
Increasing the regulator’s powers could make it vulnerable to political pressure
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