Word: americans
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...nice of Fry to single out the Senate, as its actions certainly do not reflect the will of the American people. The House—which, unlike the Senate, gives all citizens equal representation regardless of which state they live in—has already passed cap-and-trade legislation. What’s more, the populations of the states represented by the 45 senators who have already committed to supporting climate-change legislation almost certainly represent more than half the nation’s population, given that opponents of the legislation come disproportionately from small states. America, then...
...Take the example of the Social Security Act. In 1935, when the bill was being debated, Congressman Ernest Lundeen proposed a far more radical bill, in which all workers, regardless of race or industry, would be provided with generous benefits provided by taxing the incomes and estates of wealthy Americans. The American people strongly supported the Lundeen proposal, with a New York Post poll at the time showing 83 percent preferred it to the Social Security Act. Nevertheless, the Senate ended up passing a far weaker bill than the public wanted...
Parker's opponent in the runoff was a fellow Democrat, Gene Locke, who was also familiar to voters. A lawyer and lobbyist for the city of Houston, he won the backing of Houston's business leadership. An African American, Locke could have pulled key support from the black community but ran a "pretty bad campaign," according to Murray. The late revelation that two members of his finance committee had supported Hotze's anti-gay PAC did not help Locke with moderate Republican voters, who saw the issue as not central to the vote. The business establishment, which originally felt that...
...their children, and only a little less time on leisure activities or sleep. The women made up most of the time - more than two-thirds of it - by doing less work around the home: cooking, cleaning, laundry and the like. (Watch a video about women's changing role in American homes...
...Here's another brand whose public statements about Woods have been a bit ominous. "We are presently evaluating our ongoing relationship," the company said. Says Ganis: "AT&T has to be a little nervous. The company is reaching out to a broader, more Middle American demographic than some of the others." AT&T offers a commodity, phone service, and Tiger's golf bag is basically a billboard for it. This is one company that can probably afford to drop Woods from its roster...