Word: vote
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Senate vote makes us look bad with both allies and adversaries, weakening our position for dealing with all of them," says TIME Washington correspondent Massimo Calabresi. "It calls into question our credibility in negotiating treaties and other foreign policy initiatives, and raises doubts about whether the U.S. is capable of providing leadership." Following the CTBT defeat, the President came out swinging, telling the world that he was engaged in a titanic struggle with "isolationist" Republicans, and that he planned to prevail. That was unlikely to reassure Washington?s friends abroad; the fact that the Senate debacle occurred when partisan skirmishing...
...those who had placed domestic politicking over foreign policy priorities raised a few eyebrows among some U.S. allies, who have long been concerned that the President has a habit of doing the same thing. "This was badly mishandled on both sides of Washington," says Calabresi. "The Republicans scheduled a vote and then tried but failed to find a way out. But the administration clearly hadn?t done nearly enough work to muster support for the treaty." Adds TIME White House correspondent Jay Branegan, "It?s too bad that the President offered his most spirited defense of the treaty only after...
...retaliation, the Pforzheimer House Committee proposed a vote to ban Adams students from eating in their dining hall. The vote failed...
...going to vote for Bradley next time...
...found prominence of Bradley probably has George W. to thank. The media, eager to play kingmaker, acted too quickly in helping Bush out-distance the crowd. With a serious Republican race seemingly finished by the hype and one shred of the electoral process--a closed straw vote of the oh-so-representative Iowa caucus--the media faced the prospect of several buzz-free months...