Word: voted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After more than 30 minutes of speeches, however, Councillor Henrietta S. Davis revealed that several councillors still had reservations about the ordinance and that a vote would not be taken at the meeting...
...understand that there's not a readiness to vote this evening," Davis said...
...crucial battle in the Duma vote, though, is for second place. The elections will serve as a measure of how badly Luzhkov, Primakov and Fatherland have been hurt by the Kremlin's attacks. Instead of barnstorming the country and mobilizing his impressive network of contacts and favors, Luzhkov, Fatherland's most effective campaigner, has been neutralized by the Kremlin. And while Primakov exudes integrity and reassurance, he is a lackluster public politician...
...dispute with the central election commission. A new bloc trying to make its mark, the Union of Right Forces, led by Sergei Kiriyenko, enjoys Kremlin favor but may not make it into the Duma. Under Russian election laws, a party or movement has to obtain 5% of the vote nationwide before it can sit in the Duma as an official faction...
...month with the backing of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, signaling that the war in Chechnya has turned the former head of the intelligence service into the man to beat in next summer's presidential election. The Communists held a predictable lead with around 28 percent with most of the vote counted Monday, but the Unity party backed by Putin was running a close second with an unexpectedly high 24 percent, while a second pro-Kremlin party, the Union of Right-Wing Forces, had almost 9 percent. The Fatherland-All Russia coalition headed by former prime minister Yevgeny Primakov and Moscow...