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By Linda Feldmann ��

It�s July 1, and the bell has rung for perhaps the most crucial month yet in Barack Obama�s presidency.

By the end of the month, it should be clear whether President Obama�s top legislative initiatives � healthcare reform and climate-change legislation � are on track. They don�t need to be signed and sealed, but both require significant progress in Congress during this next stretch before the August recess, analysts say. . .��

Analysts warn against reading too much into the July sprint toward the August recess. �It�s true that in the next months, important things will happen, but it�s not make or break,� says Cal Jillson, a political scientist at �鶹�� in Dallas.

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