Word: caucus
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Pelosi has warned her caucus that the next farm bill must include real reforms. But nobody ever opposes reforms in the future farm bills. "In five or 10 years, maybe we could get off subsidies," Peterson says. "That would be great. Farmers would love that...
...their inability to instigate or create policies, and classics professor Jan M. Ziolkowski, acting chair of the folklore and mythology program, initiated discussions between various department chairs. Although these discussions were initially focused around the departure of then-President Summers, French professor Christie McDonald continued to organize this unofficial Caucus of Chairs, even after Summers stepped down. Their talks expanded into discussions of the curricular review and faculty growth. It would seem fitting for such discussions to occur within the faculty, but many of the chairs are dissatisfied with the University structure...
...incentive not to speak and be labeled an obstructionist. If the processes of the University were clearly established and adhered to, perhaps Faculty members, administrators, and students would be more open to resolving conflicts within the confines of the Faculty model instead of outsourcing their discussions to the Caucus of Chairs, making decisions behind closed doors, or resorting to protests of University policies...
...time to do it," Cutter says. "Being aggressive is one thing. Going on a full-scale attack is another. Edwards tried to position himself as the outside Washington truth-teller. He's got to be careful how he goes after his opponent because the attacker rarely wins in early caucus states...
...Obama, who needs to draw in new voters in order to compete with Clinton and Edwards in Iowa, the all-important first test of presidential politics. The three are essentially tied in polls in Iowa, where anyone, regardless of party identification, can show up and caucus provided they sign a (non-binding) letter saying they intend to change their registration. And while 76% of Edwards supporters caucused in 2004, only 55% of Obama's supporters took the time four years ago, according to another University of Iowa poll out this week. "For Obama, getting people...