Word: derailings
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...machinery that DeLay and his pastor built threatens to derail DeLay. He was slapped three times last year by the House ethics committee for violations of House rules, and finds himself potentially facing more serious trouble on multiple fronts. Each day seems to bring another embarrassing headline and more lawmakers' being caught up in allegations of impropriety that surround the lobbyists--many, like Buckham, former DeLay staff members--who have traded on their access to him. The Washington Post reported last week that DeLay (as well as six other Representatives from both parties and several congressional aides) had over...
McCain oversaw the investigation that helped derail the $23 billion Pentagon deal to lease Boeing tanker airplanes to the Air Force. Investigators found that the company's CFO had violated conflict-of-interest rules, and the scandal landed both him and a high-ranking Pentagon procurement official, who said she had steered other contracts to Boeing, in jail. McCain says he is not on a vendetta against Boeing but continues to have concerns about the Pentagon's procurement processes. "There are a lot of big-ticket items," says McCain. "It is going to be a very tough year." --By Sally...
However while indiscriminate terror is not a recipe for long-term success in governing a country, if carried out viciously enough it most certainly can derail a democratic election. The ability of the insurgents to stir up enough violence to either delay or render useless the upcoming election is the most immediate and serious threat we face. Whether you supported the war or not it seems clear that the best outcome now is for a democratically governed Iraq, and the next several weeks will determine whether or not this is a possibility...
...Barghouti, who lost his bid to be Fatah's presidential nominee. Senior Fatah officials told TIME that as many as 40% of the party's members may now boycott the election. The absence of a credible alternative to Abbas could also embolden the militant group Hamas to attempt to derail his election by attacking Israel. "There is a real sense that this is a moment of opportunity," says a senior U.S. official. "But everyone realizes that it might not last forever." - By Romesh Ratnesar and Jamil Hamad Long Road to Justice PORTUGAL The trial opened in Lisbon of seven people...
...ecstatic congregation of pentecostalists that the country needed "a return to faith and the values on which our society was founded - the values of the Ten Commandments, respect for other people, respect for their property." The same month, Christian and family-values lobby groups, fearful that Labor would derail an amendment barring same-sex marriage, brought 1,100 polite protesters to Parliament House - and secured an instant pledge from the party to fast-track the change. Before the Oct. 9 federal election, Christian groups vigorously, and with some success, promoted "Christian values" candidates in marginal seats. Last week, as Parliament...