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The point of the Oct. 21 press briefing was to highlight Senate Democrats' outreach to faith-based organizations. Illinois's Dick Durbin, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, spoke approvingly about all the policy areas that religious leaders have been working on with Democrats before adding, "And not just on negative...
Casey is working on an amendment, though it might not be the one Johnson, Yearout and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops - which has also lobbied heavily on the issue - might hope for. Casey's amendment would boost services to pregnant women to help educate them on their choices. "I...
Quotes About: "He has been the cleanest Prime Minister. There are no scandals against him." - M. Veerappa Moily, Congress Working Committee member, on Singh while he was running for re-election (Indo-Asian News Service, April 3, 2008)
"Contrary to what people believe - that Manmohan Singh has been a weak Prime Minister - I would say he has shown himself as a strong [ruler]. How else could he have tackled George Bush on the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal?" - M. Veerappa Moily, Congress Working Committee member, on Singh during...
Nonetheless, his no-holds-barred polemics made him popular with Bangkok's poor and lower-middle-class voters, who elected him governor in 2001 with over 1 million votes, the largest number in the city's history. "He's a lower-middle-class hero," says historian Chris Baker, author of...