Word: democratic
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...Debate was supposed to begin this morning on the numerous resolutions before the Senate expressing various levels of disapproval or support for the 21,500 man surge now under way in Iraq. It has seemed for a few days that the balance of power rests with a resolution by Democrat Carl Levin and Republican John Warner expressing the Senate's disapproval of the surge. But late last week, under intense White House pressure, Republicans let it be known that they may unite to keep that measure from coming to a vote. Even some of the Republicans who support the Levin/Warner...
...Wednesday, the dashing, ambitious and hugely popular Democrat came crashing into a crisis. Alex Tourk, Newsom's buddy and campaign manager, abruptly quit after confronting the mayor about having an illicit affair with his wife, Ruby Rippey-Tourk, 34, who once worked as an appointment secretary to Newsom. Apparently, while in rehab for substance abuse, Rippey-Tourk told her husband about her affair with Newsom. Rumors about the apparently short-lived affair had been circulating for about a year, according to City Hall staffers. "I didn't pay that much attention," City Supervisor Tom Ammiano said. "I dismissed...
DIED. Robert Drinan, 86, liberal Democrat from Massachusetts and the first Roman Catholic priest to become a voting member of Congress; in Washington. A staunch opponent of the Vietnam War, he was elected in 1970 (with the help of campaign aide John Kerry and the slogan "Father Knows Best"). He charmed, and sometimes cowed, colleagues with his clerical clothing--he said he had no other suits--and was the first to call for Richard Nixon's impeachment, over the U.S.'s secret bombing of Cambodia. He left politics in 1980, after Pope John Paul II ordered him to resign, citing...
...remained unanswered at a fiery meeting of Allston residents and Harvard officials last Wednesday. The meeting marked the first discussion with Allston residents since the University released a robust 50-year plan earlier this month for its fledgling campus across the Charles River. State Representative Kevin G. Honan, a Democrat, attributed the unusually high turnout to Allston residents’ hope that University officials would adapt the master plan more directly to neighborhood concerns. “It’s a difficult time in the process. The neighborhood wants specifics but Harvard is not in a position at this...
Throughout the week Senator Dole pressed for the President to call Congress back from recess for a special session to allow lawmakers to tackle the crisis immediately. The incoming Senate Majority Leader, West Virginia Democrat Robert Byrd, argued that such a session would be an "overreaction." Byrd prefers that Congress wait until January, when the new Democratic majority in the Senate could have a greater say in the proceedings. Although Dole did not get his way, his gambit spurred lawmakers to form two select congressional committees to deal with the investigation. He and Byrd will appoint a 13-member panel...