Besides, Americans for Democratic Action, a liberal organisation, considered him the third-most-liberal Republican in the House of Representatives.
The secular National Democratic Action Society is Bahrain's main leftist political society, is running after boycotting the previous elections.
Another number to keep in mind is 98--the above lineup's average voting-record rating, as scored by the liberal Americans for Democratic Action.
Americans for Democratic Action, a liberal political group, gave Kerry an 85 percent rating in 2002 and a 95 percent rating in 2001.
Challenger Anwar Ibrahim leads a coalition of three opposition parties: his Parti Keadilan Rakyat, and the Islamist Parti Agama SeMalaysia and the Democratic Action Party.
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What suddenly glues Charles Schumer, with his 100% rating from Americans for Democratic Action, to Lindsey Graham, who scores only 20% from the liberal group?
Cantor's spokesman, however, noted that an appropriations bill already passed by the House and awaiting action in the Democratic-controlled Senate includes additional money to replenish the FEMA disaster fund.
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He has worked to bridge divisions within the opposition, which includes the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, his own People's Justice Party and the Democratic Action Party, which mostly appeals to ethnic Chinese voters, and to turn the loose alliance into an effective campaign machine.
They note that President George W. Bush's Justice Department refused to take any action after a Democratic-controlled House voted in early 2008 to hold then-White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers in contempt for actions relating to the controversial dismissal of several U.S. prosecutors.
Opting out would require action by state legislatures, two Democratic sources told CNN on Tuesday.
The Clinton Administration has been trying for the past two years to reconcile strong Democratic support for affirmative action programs from blacks, Hispanics and women, and a 1995 Supreme Court decision, Adarand Construction v.
And I thank Senators Schumer and Graham for working with us to forge a bipartisan consensus on a framework for moving forward, and I welcome the commitment of House and Senate Democratic leaders to take action.
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"I consider the opposition's action as an expression of the democratic process, but I find this inconvenient at a time when the IMF, the World Bank and the European Commission are currently holding a visit in Romania, " he said.
But having watched conservatives in action on other ballot initiatives, Democratic politicians have learnt that the best way to deal with this sort of nuance and lack of evidence is to profess total confidence and brand your opponents as wicked.
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But even Democratic colleagues understood that the action was predicated on pre-emption, not on an imminent threat.
Now Tancredo accuses the company of retaliating against him by forming a new political action committee to help Tancredo's Democratic opponent defeat him in November.
We throw up our hands and ask whether political action committees have more influence on elections than democratic ideals or the interests of most Americans.
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The proposed new electoral law risks turning the clock back to the days when Italy was repeatedly paralysed by coalition negotiations and run for most of the time by an all-encompassing Christian Democratic party that was incapable of decisive action.
Each of these might yet take unilateral action against Peru unless it is seen to be implementing democratic reforms.
African Americans, she said, were upset with Florida Gov. Jeb Bush over his attempt to repeal the state's affirmative action policies, and had vowed to retaliate by voting for Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore in November.
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Pledges by democratic states to respond promptly and forcefully to any violation of an arms control arrangement with a non-democratic state have often proven hollow when the time for action came.
But Gore will address the press and the people soon, said Jano Cabrera, communications director for Gore's newly formed political action committee that will raise money to train young leaders and help Democratic candidates.
Pena Nieto has made other changes that haven't drawn the fanfare, but have potentially far-reaching consequences for the power of the president, a once-imperial role during PRI rule that was weakened after the National Action Party won the presidency 12 years ago and ushered in a more democratic Mexico.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has not always been the center of political action.
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From slavery to the civil rights movement, black social action offered the nation the opportunity -- and template -- for transforming democratic rhetoric into uplifting deeds that brought America closer to its founding principles.
The Democratic National Committee does not accept contributions from registered federal lobbyists or political action committees and hasn't done so since President Obama became the party's nominee last year.
Republicans hoping to win the White House in the autumn, and Hillary Clinton, who is battling him for the Democratic nomination now, have every reason to turn attention from his call to action back to his relationship with an inflammatory pastor.
The Assembly's Democratic majority wants a two-year moratorium, while the Independent Democratic Conference, which shares control of the Senate, has a bill that would delay action until the Geisinger report and lesser studies are complete.
In fact, over the last year, the Democratic majority in Congress has begun to move us in the right direction - with bipartisan action to strengthen our national security, raise the minimum wage and reduce the costs of college loans.
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On the other -- he will call on Congress, which is obviously a Republican and Democratic institution, with one house controlled by one party and another controlled by the other, to take action, collectively, in a bipartisan way.
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