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...July 22, Singh will find out whether his gamble has paid off - or if it has cost him his four-year-old administration. That's the date when Singh's centrist Congress Party faces a vote of confidence on the floor of Parliament, a vote brought about by the recent exit from Singh's coalition government of the country's two main leftist parties, which bolted in protest over the nuclear deal. Even if Singh manages to rally enough supporters to retain a majority and stay in office, there could be lasting fallout. In parliamentary elections expected to be held...
...With the confidence vote looming, it's unlikely Congress politicians will be drawing the public's attention to Singh's unpopular nuclear deal. The vote is expected to be close. Singh plugged the hole in his coalition created by the withdrawal of the leftist parties by teaming up with the democratic socialist Samajwadi Party, whose 39 seats almost make up for votes lost to the left. (One Samajwadi Party leader, Amar Singh, is a pro-American industrialist who has a framed picture of the Brooklyn Bridge hanging in his office.) With about a dozen lawmakers undecided, the Prime Minister...
...Loved your articles on Twain, but I'm sick of reading that the 15th Amendment of 1869 granted former slaves the right to vote. The 15th Amendment granted only male ex-slaves the right to vote. Women of all races occupied a rung well below male slaves on the U.S. ladder of rights. This failure to include women should not be ignored or forgotten. Glenice Reed, Punta Gorda, Florida...
...Courting the Catholic Vote Re TIME's article "How America Decides": Perhaps Amy Sullivan could have rephrased her last sentence [July 14]. The "very full bowl of wafers" that she refers to is the body of Jesus Christ. Rita Healy, Charlotte, North Carolina...
...WASHINGTON The Offshore Waiting Game President George W. Bush's lifting of an Executive ban on offshore drilling on July 14 doesn't mean we'll see more oil soon. A congressional vote is also required. Even if Congress agrees to lift the ban, it can take more than a decade to get new offshore oil to market. Here...