In October 2002, John Kerry of Massachusetts joined 21 other Democratic senators in voting to authorise an invasion of Iraq.
In voting to kill a tradition that was at the center of the ancient Greek Olympics from the eighth century B.
Thirty-three senators joined Senator Dole in voting to dismiss the article, and a total of 40 voted to acquit when it came to a judgment of guilt or innocence.
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Senate Democrats should understand that in voting to confirm Mr. Hagel despite their misgivings and despite his clear lack of qualifications, they'll share the responsibility if his tenure becomes embarrassing.
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Whatever the outcome of the referendum, Sunni representation in the next parliament will rise, due to improvements in the voting system to make representation more proportional and because more Sunni groups are expected to take part in December's general election than did so in January's.
Paul, 50, has crafted a more aggressive schedule reaching out to Republicans in early voting states to make the case that he can unite the party and broaden its appeal.
Besides striking out once every 18.68 at bats and hitting a home run every 11.82 at bats, Gehrig had finished fifth in the voting to a man who had hit only two home runs during the season and whose batting average was 43 points lower than the Yankee first baseman.
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In October the company triggered a sensational squeeze on short-sellers when it was slow to admit that it had raised its stake in VW voting shares to 42.6% and had acquired a further 31.5% in the form of secured options.
The protections offered in the Voting Rights Act have been critical to reducing discrimination in voting in the more than four decades since the law was first passed, and continue to play an important role.
Finland was the first country in the world to grant unrestricted voting rights to women in 1906, and elected its first female president in 2000.
Calls for a mass walk-out over spending cuts have grown in recent months, with the TUC Congress voting in September to look into the practicalities of organising one.
Normal corporate governance such as prevails in the United States would entitle Yahoo to a voting interest in approving actions as vital to Alibaba as this one.
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Benedict's predecessor, the widely popular John Paul II, made a number of changes to the voting process in 1996 to make it less taxing on the cardinals.
Ambulance workers in Yorkshire are voting on whether to strike in a row over staffing changes.
Allowing 16 and 17-year-olds to vote in the Scottish independence referendum will not lead to them voting in all UK elections, the UK government has said.
Mehdi Karroubi, a reformist cleric who ran in the recent election, was narrowly beaten to second place in a first round of voting because of a suspiciously heavy tilt to Mr Ahmadinejad in outlying provinces.
The Blue Dog budget fell by the close margin of 204 voting in favor to 211 against.
Some 3, 400 people from across the French film industry took part in the voting process to determine this year's nominations.
The legislature ended up voting in November to impose the sales tax on computer services instead--since that industry wasn't in the original proposal, it hadn't ramped up its lobbying.
Mr. Baldwin, who publicly flirted with running for mayor but is now appearing on Broadway in "Orphans, " made headlines when he criticized Ms. Quinn on CNN in December for voting to overturn term limits and paving the way for Mr. Bloomberg to win a third term.
On June 1, Sprint announced it was reducing its voting interest in Clearwire to 49.8 percent from about 54 percent previously by surrendering Class b voting shares.
Zbontar beat out mathematicians at MIT in a contest to predict the voting in the Eurovision Song Contest (a sort of European version of American Idol).
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His tactical streetsmarts could add to the government's woes, but Labour peers didn't need him in post to bring consideration of the Parliamentary Voting and Constituencies Bill almost to a halt in January, and the government is clearly worried at the prospect of a repeat performance.
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These include adopting measures currently used in Northern Ireland, such as restricting postal voting to constituents that are physically unable to come in person and forcing people to prove their identity at polling stations.
The official American presidential campaign season lasts 10 months, from the New Hampshire primary in early January to the voting on the first Tuesday in November.
Senator RICHARD LUGAR (Republican, Indiana): It's notable that insurgent attacks in some Sunni areas were intentionally suspended during the voting to allow Sunni voters to go to the polls in the hopes of defeating the constitution at the ballot box.
If the Hungarians were to ignore an adverse judgment, the commission should also be ready to invoke provisions in the treaties to suspend a country's voting rights in Brussels.
In case the Brits were still wondering if we Americans finally had our act together in regard to e-voting, this should add yet another nail in the coffin.
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In the wide-ranging speech, Ed Miliband pledged to vote "yes" in a referendum on changing the voting system to AV, said Labour should have recognised concerns about jobs and wages resulting from immigration.
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