Word: democratic
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...what does Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and the man responsible for Mukasey's confirmation hearings, have against the former judge from New York? Nothing. He simply wants Justice Department documents relating to last year's firings of eight U.S. Attorneys, which the Administration has refused to hand over despite a subpoena. "Our focus now will be on securing the relevant information we need so we can proceed to schedule fair and thorough hearings," Leahy said. "Cooperation from the White House will be essential in determining that schedule...
CORRECTION: Due to an editing error, the Sept. 18 news article "Pessimism Pervades Iraq Panel" incorrectly identified Rep. Clay Shaw of Florida as a Democrat. He is a Republican...
...depends who wins the 2008 election. If a Republican wins the 2008 election, Roe v. Wade will be overturned. There is no doubt about that. If a Democrat wins, it will likely remain in force. I don't feel that I'm going out on much of a limb there. But I think that's appropriate. The Republican party has been on record opposing Roe for two decades, and they've appointed 11 of the last 13 Justices. By rights it probably should have been gone...
Shaheen will compete for the seat in a state that has trended increasingly Democratic in recent years. In 2004, New Hampshire voters chose Kerry over George W. Bush, and elected a Democrat, former Harvard Business School admissions director John Lynch, to serve as the state's governor...
...Yves Leterme, the Flemish Christian Democrat whose party did best in the June 10 parliamentary elections, was expected to build a coalition with the francophone Christian Democrats, as well as the two liberal parties. But that planned "Orange-Blue" coalition collapsed in acrimony after Leterme insisted on a government platform that would wrest more power from the already weak central government and hand it over the increasingly powerful regions. They already control transport, housing, agriculture and education, but Leterme - playing to his base among prosperous Flemings who resent paying taxes to subsidize lagging Wallonia - sought to add taxation, social security...