Word: nevadas
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...DeMint and Coburn are unhappy with a rule that would allow Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, and his committee chairmen - rather than the body?s parliamentarian - to determine whether earmark disclosure rules have been complied with. It's a technical point, admits DeMint, but a key one. "One of the reasons Americans have such a low opinion of Congress is that we pretend to do things that we don't actually do, and here we are just pretending to pass real reform," he said. "The [majority] leader can just say that no new earmarks have been added...
...They take their citizenship seriously. While knocking on people’s doors I have been offered reading lists, documentary titles, and sophisticated political analysis, not to mention lemonade, cookies, and even a hamburger. And I would predict the same treatment in other early states, such as Iowa or Nevada...
...speaks in absolutes--God calls believers to tend to the unfortunate, however they got to the U.S.--but so do pro-lifers and anti-death-penalty activists. "I think it's an issue where churches can take the lead," says Bishop Beverly Shamana of the United Methodist California-Nevada Conference. "We are taught to follow Jesus and risk transformation--and risk changing the status...
...this case," says Zherka, evoking the more contentious civil rights debates of the 1960s. "There hasn't been a filibuster attempt on a voting-rights act since the segregation era." Of course, the bill first needs to come up for debate. Sen. Harry Reid, the Democratic majority leader from Nevada, has promised to schedule time for the bill if passage looks likely. But getting it to the floor this month - the professed goal of its supporters - will be difficult with weeks of contentious wrangling over the Iraq war and a defense authorization bill expected...
...campaign officials say that total, while lagging Clinton and Obama, will keep the candidate on track to raising $40 million by the Iowa caucuses. They believe that will be enough to wage a campaign focused almost exclusively on the four early states of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada...