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...Chief Executive and then the decision would have to be ratified by China's legislature, the National People's Congress. Beijing gets the final say. But last week, the Hong Kong government went further, saying the entire process can't get started until "the need" for constitutional reform is established?and that would have to be decided in conjunction with Beijing...
...American policies in Iraq must undergo serious reform before the U.S. can transfer power to a new Iraqi government. As the June 30 deadline for handing over sovereignty comes closer, what happens in Iraq has the potential to be either a wonderful victory for democracy or a blight on America's foreign-policy record. The next few months will be crucial. Troops and money alone will not establish security and sovereignty; more nation-building techniques must be applied. Aggressive and proactive civic action is essential for a successful June transition. Sarah J. Lippitt Alexandria...
...behind Republicans in hard money donations, which by law are limited to no more than $2,000 per individual. In the first six months of the 2003-2004 election cycle, Democrats raised nearly $83 million less than Republicans in hard money. After the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Finance Reform Act, popularly known as McCain-Feingold, the soft-money donations that Democrats have used to overcome the Republican hard-money advantage are illegal. Even before they were illegal, these massive donations from corporations, labor unions and wealthy individuals undermined the Democrats’ populist rhetoric and diverted the Party?...
...never told me this before. I guess the gallows was what reminded him of it. Now if our spouses or children had been there, they would have been bored silly long before the conversation got around to the pistol, and they'd have started talking about the reform of the House of Lords or something, but the truth is I am terribly interested in what happened in my childhood, there being fewer and fewer people left who remember it, and with siblings, your minds meld and you piece together the story of the big Keillor family meeting at our house...
...much consumers overpay in mortgage fees each year, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Yet last week HUD withdrew a proposal that would force mortgage lenders to bundle fees into a simple binding quote that consumers could use while shopping. While consumers wait for reform, here are ways to guard against excessive closing costs, which average $700 a mortgage...