Word: vetoes
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...stakeholders, convened not under the auspices of the U.S. or the IGC, but rather by the UN or the Arab League. Washington's tutelage of Iraq's political transition appears to be drawing quickly to a close, with uncertain political implications. This week, for example, Bremer vowed to veto a move by the current President of the IGC, the Islamist Abdul Hamid, to make Islamic Shariah law the principal source of law in an Iraqi interim constitution. But Bremer's veto, as things stand, expires on June...
...Dukakis' opposition to the death penalty and his veto of a bill requiring public-school teachers to recite the Pledge of Allegiance spurred Republicans to claim he was out of touch with the American mainstream. The Bush-Cheney team will echo the assault, noting that Kerry also opposes the death penalty, although he makes an exception for terrorists. You can see the ad now: Does Kerry really believe, the narrator might say, that it's O.K. to execute an al-Qaeda operative who blows up a bus but not a gangster who shoots up a restaurant? Republicans will also press...
...wondered aloud whether Keller was ready to return to the cutthroat New York market. It was time to try again, Keller decided. After five days and three all-night negotiating sessions with Himmel, they did the deal. Critically, Block inserted a clause into the contract that gave Keller veto rights on other restaurants in the development. Block didn't want to see Keller's brand tarnished by sharing space with a franchise. He had a $10 million to $12 million investment to protect--fancy New York restaurants don't come cheap. Keller helped line up an all-star team: Masa...
...first part of Silvestri’s two-pronged platform focuses on campaigning for President Bush and Republican political leaders in Massachusetts. He said HRC will focus on helping Mass. Gov. W. Mitt Romney retain his veto power over the state legislature—something that would require a successful election campaign by Republicans...
...Smelling blood, the GNP is working overtime to keep investigators focused on the administration. The centerpiece of the strategy was the bill that Roh vetoed last week. GNP chairman Choi Byung Yul immediately protested the veto by launching a hunger strike and ordering GNP lawmakers to boycott the National Assembly. The GNP wants to prove that after the elections, Roh's aides accepted illegal donations with the President's knowledge. "If we find that Roh's involved, we'll impeach him," says GNP lawmaker Hong Joon Pyo. Another GNP legislator, Won Hee Ryong, remarks, "To put it in football terms...