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Since Adams' back door victory, no election has been decided in the House, and as John Anderson's dreams crumble, it seems unlikely that a deadlock will arise this year. Undaunted, constitutional trivia buffs will doubtless spend much of Tuesday arguing about the dusty regulations governing a deadlock Electoral College and about such prospects as a Walter Mondale Acting Presidency...
...begins if the House gives no one the 26 votes needed for a win. If the wheeling and dealing continues without resolution beyond Inauguration Day, January 20, the vice president becomes acting president until the deadlock is broken. Although elected by a mere 100 people, he may reside indefinitely at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue...
Because the new Congess elected Tuesday would preside over a possible deadlock, analysts say a Carter-Mondale victory would not be guaranteed. Democrats now control both houses, but their rivals expect to gain ground on November 4. Even if the Democrats retain their majorities--as they probably will--the GOP could gain enough key House seats to deny them the 26 Democratic delegations Carter would need for a clear victory. All eyes would then shift to the other side of the Capitol, where regardless of a likely Republican net gain the Democrats will remain in power, and Mondale would have...
...deadlock leaves the Crimson with a 4-5-3 record, three million seller wins away from playoff consideration...
HANOVER, N.H.--With 12:41 left in Saturday's Harvard-Dartmouth soccer game. Big Green midfielder Brian Hitch-cock broke a 1-1 deadlock with his second goal of the afternoon...