Word: democratic
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...Ryan D. Zampardo, a senior in Mather House, the first difficulty in attending the upcoming presidential inauguration is getting a ticket. A Democrat from Michigan, he has contacted his local representative in Congress but has not yet received a response. But even if he succeeds, he will face a possibly more difficult situation than national politics: January 20, the day of the inauguration, is in the middle of the College’s final exam period, and Zampardo happens to have a test that day, one that counts for 40 percent of his grade for the class and may prevent...
...really, there's no such thing as a "filibuster-proof 60-seat majority," even if Martin pulls off an upset and Al Franken wins his recount against Republican Norm Coleman in Minnesota and Joe Lieberman still counts as a Democrat. Senators don't always vote in partisan lockstep; President Barack Obama could succeed in recruiting Republicans on some issues with a 58-seat Democratic majority, and he could find himself stymied by defections on some issues with a 62-seat Democratic majority. In the Senate, even one determined naysayer is capable of grinding the institution to a halt...
...high cream woollen polo neck and a wide-brimmed black felt preacher's hat. But for the rally - perhaps the most public appearance he has ever made - Nkunda selects a new outfit: U.S. desert camouflage. The suggestion seems to be that Nkunda is at heart a Westerner, a democrat - a good man in Africa...
Summers is a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat who believes in trying to keep the conflicting forces of the U.S. economy--free trade, worker protections, rising incomes and fair tax rates--in balance. And he believes in risking dramatic action in a crisis. "It's a lot easier to correct the errors of overreaction than the errors of underreaction," Summers said in a speech to a securities-industry group in October...
...media reports. “On immigration, there’s been an agreement between [President-elect Barack] Obama and [Senator John] McCain to move forward on that,” Senate Majority leader Harry Reid said in an interview with the Gannett News Service last weekend. Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, has pushed the Senate to enact comprehensive immigration reform in recent years. Last June, amid a fevered debate and nation-wide protests, the Senate failed to pass a massive immigration reform act that included a provision allowing public colleges to offer in-state tuition rates to undocumented immigrants...