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...resolution passed overwhelmingly in the House by a vote of 370 to 58 and in the Senate by a vote...
...Republican party, he said. Cellucci also discussed the important role the next president will have in appointing judges to the Supreme Court. He emphasized the importance and the difficulty surrounding judicial appointments by reflecting on an appointment he made as governor to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court who later voted to allow gay marriage in Massachusetts. The vote, he said, surprised him. Cellucci served as governor of the bay state from 1997 until 2001 and as ambassador to Canada from 2001 until 2007. HRC treasurer Andrew L. Schlafly ’10 said he thought Cellucci?...
...mainstream parties have resurrected the right wing in Austria," says Thomas Hofer, a political analyst and former editor at the newsmagazine Profil. "Just three years ago the right wing was nowhere. But the last government gave them new life. This was the largest and most dramatic protest vote [since the Second World...
...final tally in the vote is not expected until October 6. But according to the latest results, the Social Democrats won 29% of the total and the conservative People's Party 26%, down 5.5 and 9 points, respectively, from two years ago. One senior People's Party official lamented the outcome as the worst in his party's history...
...mainstream parties have vowed that they will not form a coalition with the far right, but given the strength of those parties' showing, and the weakness of Austria's other small parties, including the Greens, commentators are not ruling anything out. For his part, Haider said after the vote that the two far-right parties should consider papering over their differences and joining forces. "Voters now expect us to do something for Austria," he said. "They do not want us steeped in animosity and fighting each other." During the campaign Haider, 58, eschewed his formerly harsh anti-immigrant rhetoric...