sentences:  The Bush administration considers the passage of the law a benchmark for the government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.One stumbling block was the unpopularity of the law, as it is perceived by the Iraqi people.An opinion poll conducted in 2007 by Oil Change International and other groups shows 63% of Iraqis surveyed would "prefer Iraq's oil to be developed and produced by Iraqi state-owned companies [than] by foreign companies".