Instead,they said, vote for the Republican Party, the party that had saved the Union.

VOA: special.2010.03.04

Public grants to private schools in Jersey could be saved if States members vote against the proposals.

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In 2010 it was led into the general election by Lord Pearson of Rannoch but again lost out, with just 3% of the vote across the UK, although there were signs of progress as it saved its deposit in 100 seats.

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There is some irony in Roberts' ire, of course, because the chief justice very publicly -- and unexpectedly -- saved the central legacy of the Obama administration last year when he cast the deciding vote in favor of the Affordable Care Act.

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