More broadly, citizens in the European Union know all about outrageous perks, because they all elect members of the European Parliament (MEPs).
They may not alter it at all before the voters elect a new president.
All the same, if the Greek-Cypriots manage to elect the least bad candidate on offer, there is still a flicker of hope that compromise may eventually be reached.
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Once the American people elect a president, he or she is the president of all Americans, including Mitch McConnell and John Boehner.
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Still, Priebus said he believes that Republicans, not Democrats, better represent the ideals and goals of all voters, including minorities who turned out in droves to re-elect the president.
The poll suggests that Americans believe that the president-elect will remove all combat troops from Iraq.
Hence, Marcus points out, many are compelled to elect board members without serious thought to all the things board members can bring to a boardroom.
All cardinals worldwide have been summoned to the Vatican for a conclave to elect Benedict's successor, who inherits a church facing a tide of secularism in Europe, as well as clergy sex abuse and corruption scandals that have underscored the need to pick a formidable successor to lead the world's 1.2 billion Catholics.
He praised the recent move to make committees more independent by allowing all MPs to elect committee chairs in a secret ballot and enabling MPs from each party to decide who among them should join committees.
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Recently, all eyes have been on the city of Rome while the Papal Conclave convened to elect Pope Francis 1 the new leader of the Catholic Church.
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Although writs have not been moved setting a date for these contests, they are widely expected to be held on the same day as voters in all parts of England and Wales outside London elect police and crime commissioners.
Thus, they should be allowed to elect to claim all of their tax breaks in 2011 in lieu of the credit.
The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), and their umbrella lobbying organization the American Muslim Task Force (AMT) all quickly rushed to congratulate President-elect Obama.
On this, the noises coming from the president-elect's team are conciliatory but vague: some, but not all, of his advisers suggest pulling back the army as a sign of goodwill before trying to reopen talks.
But last Friday many observers were disappointed that the president-elect didn't make any further personnel announcements after meeting with an all-star cast of economic advisers that included former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker and former Treasury secretaries Robert Rubin and Lawrence Summers.
On the one hand, there was extreme elation from everybody all around, including myself, about President-elect Obama being elected, which I still am greatly appreciative of.
It would be better by far to divide Britain into nominal provinces and have all of the directly elected councillors for the metropolitan areas, other urban areas and the county councils gather together and elect from within their own ranks representatives to go to the upper house.
Sir Paul Nurse - director general of the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Professor Gordon McVie - director general of the Cancer Research Campaign and Dr John Seffrin, president elect of the International Union Against Cancer, said action needed to be taken now to ensure all patients get the drugs they need wherever they live.
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