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JACK CAFFERTY

Obama Can, Should Lock Congress In Until Health Vote

Constitution would allow it, so let's get a yea or nay

Nov 6, 09 6:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Grumpy old man Jack Cafferty is getting tired of Congress dragging out health reform, and wants President Obama to get lawmakers motivated. Using his constitutional powers, Obama should deliver this ultimatum: I’m ordering the Congress to remain in session until both houses vote on a final version of health-care... More »

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Congress • Senate • House of Representatives • vote • US Constitution • health care reform • Jack Cafferty • President Obama

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 Maine Shoots Down 
 Same-Sex Marriage 

Law repealed by 53% of voters with rural, Catholic backing

Nov 4, 09 4:45 AM CST
(Newser) - Maine voters yesterday shot down a state law allowing same-sex marriage after an emotionally charged campaign that drew hordes to the polls. The vote was another indication of a list to the right election night. “It has all come together and the institution of marriage has been preserved,"... More »

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gay rights • gay marriage • Maine • vote • Catholic • rural America

 Snowe to Vote for Health Bill 

She provides crucial Republican support for Obama's overhaul

Oct 13, 09 12:26 PM CDT
(AP) - Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe says she will vote for a Democratic health care bill, breaking with her party on President Obama's top legislative priority. The Maine senator kept virtually all of Washington guessing how she would vote until she announced it late in the Senate Finance Committee debate today. "... More »

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Congress • legislation • Maine • Olympia Snowe • Republican Party • Senate Finance Committee • vote • health care reform • Max Baucus • Obama administration • bipartisan

ANALYSIS

Yea or Nay, How Health Bill Hinges on Snowe's Vote

Either way, Maine Republican will likely preserve leverage going to the floor

Oct 13, 09 10:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - The day is finally here: Olympia Snowe will have to vote one way or another on the Senate Finance Committee’s health reform bill. The Maine Republican has been coy—“It’s all about what I’m comfortable doing at the end of the day”—but that doesn’... More »

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Congress • legislation • Olympia Snowe • Senate Finance Committee • vote • health care reform • reconciliation • Max Baucus • Obama administration

Facing Primary Battle, Specter Shifts Leftward

Has voted with Dems 97% of time since Sestak announced bid

Jul 26, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Since going blue, Arlen Specter voted with Democrats some two-thirds of the time on “Contentious Votes”—defined by Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com as “anything that comes up for a floor vote and where the majority of each party splits their votes.” That is, up until... More »

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primary • Arlen Specter • partisanship • vote • Democratic Party • Pat Toomey • Joe Sestak

(AP) - Republicans cleared the way today for a Senate vote next month to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, placing her firmly in line to become the first Hispanic justice. "I look forward to you getting that vote before we recess in August," said Jeff Sessions, the senior Republican... More »

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Senate Judiciary Committee • GOP • Jeff Sessions • Senate Republicans • vote • nominee • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - The climate change bill barely squeaked through the House yesterday, and while that doesn't bode well for its passing the Senate, it's not necessarily doomed there, Nate Silver writes on FiveThirtyEight. One factor is the White House: Having been relatively mum on the House battle, President Obama “has conserved... More »

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House of Representatives • vote • climate change legislation • bipartisanship • US Senate • Obama administration • President Obama • political capital

Karzai to Taliban:
Please Vote

Afghan prez urges militants to participate in election, not attack it

Jun 27, 09 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The president of Afghanistan has urged members of the Taliban to vote at the polls instead of attacking them in the country’s upcoming election, AFP reports. Incumbent Hamid Karzai said in a press conference today the Taliban should "vote for the president they want" in the Aug. 20... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • vote • election • presidential election

Mexicans Eager to Cast Votes
for No One

Blank ballot campaign gains popularity as democracy loses it

Jun 18, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Plenty of politicians are battling for votes ahead of Mexico’s July 5 congressional election, but the campaign getting the most buzz isn’t for a candidate—it’s for no candidate. The vote en blanco movement is urging disillusioned Mexicans to turn in their ballots with a giant... More »

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Mexico • democracy • vote • protest vote • vote en blanco




 Globe Union Rejects Pay Cut 

Struggling newspaper's staff vote against deal to slice pay, benefits despite warnings

Jun 8, 09 11:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Boston Globe's biggest union has turned down a contract involving pay and benefit cuts despite threats that doing so may lead to deeper cuts, the New York Times reports. Boston Newspaper Guild members voted 277-265 against the offer from the New York Times Company after 12 hours of voting,... More »

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wages • union • vote • New York Times Company • contract • Boston Globe • Boston Newspaper Guild

Calif. Voters Torpedo Budget Crisis Measures

Defeat leaves Governator facing massive service cuts

May 20, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Californian voters soundly rejected five ballot measures that would keep the hard-hit state economically solvent until the end of the year, on a turnout of little more than 10%. The vote against extended tax increases and capped spending is a sharp rebuke to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state legislators who... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • budget • vote • state legislature • budget deficit • propositions • California economy

Slimmed-Down Stimulus Bill Headed for Tuesday Vote

Senate moderates
lower price tag;
Obama 'pleased'

Feb 7, 09 8:09 AM CST
(Newser) - After hammering out a bipartisan reworking of President Obama’s stimulus package, senators began debating the measure last night, will continue today, and will likely vote on it Tuesday, CNN reports. Moderates from both parties worked on the compromise in days of private meetings, shaving down a plan that had... More »

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Senate • debate • vote • economic stimulus package • moderate • Joseph Lieberman • Obama administration

(Newser) - Harry Reid said he was confident the Senate would produce a stimulus bill ready for voting by tonight, Reuters reports. “We’ve made progress,” the majority leader said of efforts to sweat the measure down from $937 billion. “I think we’re going to be able to... More »

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Congress • stock market • Senate • Harry Reid • unemployment • vote • economic stimulus package • President Obama

Iraqis Wrap Up Voting
Amid Relative Calm

That this is worth reporting is deeply sad and also deeply funny

Jan 31, 09 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Iraq’s first provincial election went off more or less smoothly today. Though three mortar shells landed near one polling place, no one was injured or killed, Reuters reports, and polls closed without any other major incidents. Turnout appeared strong, even in places like Anbar province, a Sunni-dominated area that... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • vote • Iraqi security forces • Iraqi government • Iraqi elections

 Cornyn Yields; 
 Clinton Vote 
 Near 

Confirmation of State nominee could come within hours

Jan 21, 09 2:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Republican Sen. John Cornyn removed his call for a roll-call vote in the confirmation of Hillary Clinton as secretary of State today, paving the way for a quick vote within two hours, the Hill reports. “I intend to vote for her confirmation,” Cornyn said, “but I also... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Congress • John McCain • John Kerry • secretary of State • John Cornyn • vote • Senate confirmation hearings • President Obama • Cabinet secretary

Olmert: I Made Condi Abstain on Gaza Vote

Israel PM claims he 'embarrassed' Rice
in urgent call to Bush

Jan 13, 09 9:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel’s prime minister says an urgent call to President Bush last week resulted in Condoleezza Rice changing her vote on a UN Gaza resolution, the New York Times reports, with Ehud Olmert adding that the secretary of State “was left pretty embarrassed.” Rice helped draft the measure... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Condoleezza Rice • vote • Arab Israeli conflict • George W. Bush

 SAG Postpones Strike Vote  

Union schedules meeting to iron out division

Dec 23, 08 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Facing dissent in the rank-and-file, the Screen Actors Guild is delaying a member vote to authorize a strike, the Los Angeles Times reports. The union’s board will push back balloting slated to begin January 2 to “address the unfortunate division and restore consensus” at a special meeting January... More »

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television • film • union • vote • contract negotiations • studios • referendum • Screen Actors Guild • actors' strike • meeting

Minn. Board: Count Wrongly Rejected Ballots

Recommendation
may help Franken
surpass Coleman

Dec 12, 08 2:49 PM CST
(Newser) - In a victory for Al Franken, Minnesota officials voted unanimously today to recommend counting previously rejected absentee ballots, the Star Tribune reports. The state’s five-member Canvassing Board urged all 87 counties to count ballots that had been improperly discarded—a figure that could approach 1,600. Norm Coleman's camp... More »

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Norm Coleman • Minnesota • vote • Al Franken • Senate race • Election 2008 • recount

Canadian PM Buys Time With Parliament Shutdown

Opposition had been gearing up to replace Harper's Conservative government

Dec 4, 08 2:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper got permission today to close Canada’s Parliament until Jan. 26, avoiding a vote next week that would likely have forced him from power, the Globe and Mail reports. Harper’s Conservative government is under fire from a liberal coalition over inaction on the economic crisis.... More »

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Canada • no confidence • vote • Stephen Harper • Quebec • Stéphane Dion • Jack Layton • Canadian parliament • Governor-General

Iraq Parliament Delays Vote on US Security Pact

Political bargaining forces postponement to tomorrow

Nov 26, 08 10:42 AM CST
(AP) - Intense dealmaking among Iraq's political factions has delayed until tomorrow a parliamentary vote on the security pact that would allow American forces to stay in the country through 2011. The Shiite-led government is struggling to meet the demands of political blocs, including a large group of Sunni Arab lawmakers, seeking... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Iraqi Parliament • US military • Sunnis • vote • Iraq exit strategy • security pact

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