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...project comes in the wake of new political developments in the U.S. While the House of Representatives signaled its readiness last week to vote on recognition of the 1915 mass killings in Armenia as a genocide, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the White House would try to block such a vote—despite Obama’s campaign promise to recognize the killings as a genocide...
...member drafting committee spent the last month revising their recommendations after delegates voted to postpone a final vote at the previous session...
...Congress to pass comprehensive health-care reform. Yet it seems that partisan tactics will forever stymie any real reform. Therefore, we believe it was appropriate for President Obama last week to indirectly call on Congress to invoke reconciliation, a budget procedure that allows for a simple-majority vote to overcome fiscal differences in the House and Senate versions of their respective bills on health-care reform. Though reconciliation is a drastic measure that should certainly be used only sparingly, it is perfectly appropriate as a last resort from the Democrats to solve a pressing national issue...
...times reconciliation has been used since 1980, 17 were by Republicans. Most notably, the measure was used to pass both of President Bush’s tax cuts—an especially salient example, considering the 2003 tax-cut bill passed only after a tie-breaking, 51st vote cast by Vice President Cheney. Comparatively, the Senate passed its version of the health-care bill with 60 votes in December; if the tax cuts were passed using reconciliation by the Republicans, it is fair for the Democrats to use the measure as well...
...Tuesday, March 9, the Northern Ireland Assembly will vote on the devolution of policing and justice powers from Westminster to the local government at Stormont, as the neoclassical building where the province's parliament meets is known. If the measure is passed, as is expected, a new post of Justice Minister will be created at the Assembly in April, carrying responsibility for the province's police, prisons and courts, hitherto controlled by London's Northern Ireland office. (See pictures of new hope for Belfast...