Word: vote
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Republicans were the first out the door, smiling as Newt Gingrich, Trent Lott and Dick Armey patted each other on the back for the cameras -- the budget deal is finally done, and, after legislative aides spend their weekend proofreading the bill, it will come before the House for a vote Tuesday afternoon. "Mr. and Mrs. America," boomed a suddenly populist Armey, "your surplus is intact." That was more than could be said for the Republicans' self-esteem. Although the majority party could claim a few victories, most of the spoils of these tedious negotiations have gone to the side that...
...last three years, Dudley has always had a hard time having candidates run and getting people to vote," Cohen said. "It's basically a House in name only. "It's very hard to communicate with people in Dudley...
Winthrop residents have a different reason not to vote for additional representatives, Kim said...
...when we get inside a polling booth or fill out an absentee ballot, that vital democratic link is still there--the link that puts power in our hands and roots the legitimacy of the elected in the populace. My absentee vote for Bill Clinton was probably never even counted in 1996. But when I see or hear or read about him, I think of the Clinton Presidency as an institution I helped create...
...elected him to do." I don't believe he is capable of doing that job any longer. I want him to stay because I helped elect him to do that job, and no other power, in the absence of necessity, should freely choose to invalidate my vote. The people's hold on power is too tenuous to risk...