Word: vote
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Although the decision was not taken to a vote, Lewis and other Masters said the decision appeared to have the unqualified support of the entire council of Masters...
...said the group will target congressional races in which collegiate votes can have an impact. He will also try to expand the number of chapters and get more college students to vote and campaign...
...think the humiliation suffered by the newly elected President Clinton over his attempt to convert the military?s gay-unfriendly stance would have Democratic presidential hopefuls running for cover. But don?t tell that to Bill Bradley ? the former senator is courting the increasingly powerful gay and lesbian vote by drawing a very firm line in the sand. In the upcoming issue of the Advocate, Bradley tells the gay and lesbian magazine that he believes the armed forces should accept the presence of openly gay soldiers. In an interview in a previous Advocate, Bradley's archrival, Al Gore, declared only...
...filibuster and into legislative heaven. But his plan to win them could have some Democrats turning their backs on the whole deal. McCain and Democratic partner Russ Feingold said Wednesday that they were going to make things real simple for the Senate when their bill comes up for a vote next month: They?ll ask for a soft-money ban, nothing else, and take away wavering GOPers? excuses for holding out - notably by dropping their demand for regulation of advertisements by outside groups. "The idea is that it will make this a simple issue," says TIME congressional correspondent James Carney...
...that the Democrats had the House, the Senate and the White House in 1993, and you didn?t hear much about reform then," Carney says. "It?s become a much bigger issue since the ?94, ?96 and ?98 campaigns, but there are still some Democrats who?re happy to vote for reform as long as it?s doomed to fail." (Kind of like the moderate Republicans who voted for that $792 billion tax cut that arrived DOA at the White House yesterday.) McCain has made a career - and the beginnings of a decent presidential run ?- by being the kind...