• This is the first time either chamber has formally voted in opposition to this agreement and is a salutary shot across the bow of its proponents.

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  • On Tuesday, Mr Jones defended the move when he faced AMs in the Senedd chamber for the first time since announcing the plan.

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  • Mr Melding said that when computers first arrived in the assembly chamber it was "ground-breaking - we had people coming from all over the world to look at that".

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  • Jim Allister certainly provided the press with a fair bit of colour on his first day in the Stormont chamber, objecting to the DUP's deal with Sinn Fein over the speaker's position.

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  • Just four Republicans voted for the bill, but it was enough to make the New York senate the first Republican-controlled legislative chamber in the country to vote in favour of same-sex marriage.

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  • The first minister said all members of the chamber respected the families of victims of crime.

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  • Carwyn Jones made the remark during the previous first minister question session in the assembly chamber on 19 June.

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  • Iowa State University economist Philip Baumel says the river, could get by with small fixes like extending lock chamber walls or replacing the first-come-first- serve system with a reservation system to relieve congestion.

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  • He is addressing the first annual conference of the British-Irish chamber of commerce conference after holding talks with Irish President Michael Higgins on Thursday.

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  • The First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) Fees Order 2011 also sets out conditions under which an appellant may be exempt from paying or have the fee refunded.

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  • The worst was the first day of a new position with the local chamber of commerce.

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  • It would add a second chamber to Congress, and create a first-past-the-post electoral system.

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  • The White House historically extends invitations to ordinary people to join the first lady in the public gallery of the House chamber during the speech, believing they can help put a human face on an issue or proposal the president will discuss during his annual address.

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  • Tackling the music of Jimi Hendrix is not the first time the group has challenged the sound of traditional chamber music.

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  • On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner stopped short of promising his chamber would vote on gun legislation, saying he first has to see what gets sent over from the Senate.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Tuesday's first launch attempt was aborted because of low pressure in the combustion chamber.

    NPR: SpaceX Makes Progress with Rocket Test

  • First Minister Rhodri Morgan is to make a statement in the assembly chamber on Tuesday.

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  • Witnesses include the CBI, the British Chamber of Commerce, the Institute of Directors, London First and a good geographical spread of airport operators.

    BBC: Week ahead in committees

  • She later had jobs in the United States Chamber of Commerce and in the Labor Department under the first President Bush before going to work for Armey.

    NEWYORKER: Partners

  • The first meeting I went to as superintendent in Miami was with the Chamber of Commerce to discuss the fact that the city's business community wanted to hire more local workers.

    NPR: Seeking Solutions for the Nation's Broken Schools

  • The first thing the visitor notices upon entering is the size of the main chamber.

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  • Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota, decided to make the patients' bill of rights the first major piece of legislation taken up since Democrats took control of the chamber earlier this month.

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  • Mr Brennan would require a simple majority in the 100-member chamber to be confirmed as the new CIA director, but must first pass a procedural vote needing 60 votes.

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  • The House first must vote on it, but the measure is expected to easily pass that chamber.

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  • Lord Rosser made the remarks in response to a statement on the Baha Mousa inquiry, that was first delivered by Defence Secretary Liam Fox in the Commons and repeated in the upper chamber by defence minister Lord Astor of Hever.

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  • The Public Record Office told the BBC it has never held the first page signed by Sir Edward on a table which is now kept in the council chamber in Belfast City Hall.

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  • Mr. LARRY RUBIN (CEO American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico): The U.S. companies are the first ones to support a comprehensive immigration bill.

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  • The government wants to make the Lords a mostly elected chamber of Parliament, with the number of members cut to about 465 and the first elections taking place by proportional representation in 2015.

    BBC: Ministers abandon planned timetable for Lords reform

  • In truth, it was the risk to the real that helped him push Congress into accepting his fiscal squeeze and moving ahead with crucial reforms to the civil service (which were given a first-round vote in the Senate this week) and to pensions (ditto in the Chamber of Deputies).

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