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After debate and several failed amendment proposals, the resolution passed by a 29-to-6 margin, with four representatives abstaining...
...margin of victory was Princeton’s closest against any Ivy opponent this year. The eight-time defending league champion Tigers have outscored their five Ivy opponents this season by a wide 35-4 margin. Princeton improved to 57-1 against the Ivies over the past nine seasons...
...Carnahan's unprecedented posthumous victory, along with Jim Jeffords' unexpected party switch, that gave the Democrats their microscopic hold on the Senate in the first place and allowed Tom Daschle to stall, water down and occasionally even block key parts of George W. Bush's agenda. But that margin will be tough to maintain. The Democrats' first problem is Carnahan. Sensing that she is vulnerable, Republicans made her one of their top targets, and they have poured millions of dollars into her state over the past month in an effort to take back the seat. The G.O.P. has history...
...facing photo finishes in New Hampshire and Colorado, and the early momentum of Ron Kirk in Texas has faded. (Kirk, who is black, recently suggested that his opponent favored military action in Iraq because minorities would be doing most of the fighting.) Still, with 10 races lingering within the margin of error, every day brings new possibilities. In North Carolina, Elizabeth Dole's campaign against former Clinton aide Erskine Bowles hit what one G.O.P. strategist this week called "the skids" as her lead in the polls suddenly dropped to four points. Republicans rushed veteran campaign doctors to the scene...
...Both parties have made this their marquee race. Republicans fear that a loss would be the only election-night story, a reminder of the 537-vote margin in 2000. Democrats are throwing money into the race as if it's already 2004, sending hundreds of lawyers to monitor ballot troubles. (Bush blamed inept Democrats for snafus on primary day.) Heavyweights, including Bill Clinton, are helping McBride. Party chairman Terry McAuliffe vowed last week, "We're going to knock off one Bush at a time." If it's close, it must be Florida...