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...come from at least nine of the E.U.'s 27 member states. There are no restrictions, however, on how people can collect signatures, be it in the street or on social-networking sites like Facebook or Twitter. Once the signatures are in, the commission has four months to either accept the initiative by drafting a proposed law to go before the E.U. Parliament, or reject it. Petitions can be killed off if the commission finds them outside its remit, or if they are "manifestly against the fundamental values of the E.U." Sefcovic also included safeguards to prevent "silly" initiatives from...
...Undergraduate Council voted unanimously last night to accept the second and final installment of UC election reform...
Mount said 35 percent of internships in the OCS job database, Crimson Careers, are unpaid. She added that most of these are likely for non-profit organizations that can legally accept volunteer work or for firms abroad not covered by U.S. labor...
...Obama clearly wants reform; he's been outspoken about the need for a dramatic regulatory overhaul to prevent another financial meltdown. But he's been so outspoken - especially about the consumer agency - that it would be tough for him to accept anything less dramatic than his tough proposals. And many Democrats see an uncompromising stance against Wall Street as a political winner; if it doesn't produce a bill, they're happy to have an issue they can use against Republicans in the fall...
...said that if they are extending a metal hand inside a velvet glove, we won't accept...