"With this law, we are joining the ranks of developed countries that have largely adopted a stance to liberalise, recognising the failure of criminal laws to avoid abortions, " said government Senator Luis Gallo.
If voters are disillusioned with the government, a senator is easily seen as part of the problem.
Mr Coke's rights will be ably defended by his lawyer, Tom Tavares-Finson, a government-appointed senator who is also one of the JLP's two members on the island's Electoral Commission.
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The defense appropriations bill is coming up, and there is talk on Capitol Hill of attaching Senator Akaka's native Hawaiian government reorganization act, which as you know is very controversial.
Those tempted to dismiss the report of a leading conservative Senator known for being unforgiving of government waste should note that the SSA also concluded in an internal review that 22 percent of disability awards made by Administrative Law Judges had errors and used incomplete evidence.
For this reason, we at the Center agree with Senator Bradley and many other Senators that government-guaranteed and direct credits, are subsidies which must be eliminated multilaterally.
House Speaker John Boehner said it was "a victory for accountability in government", while Utah Senator Orrin Hatch said it would "go a long way toward restoring the constitutional separation of powers".
It is the way of young people in Cape Town who braved the wrath of their government to hear a young senator from New York speak about the ripples of hope one righteous act can create.
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But again, if you look at what he said back then, it was all about his concern, as a state senator, with inefficient, ineffective local government programs, and the need to make them more efficient and more effective.
And maybe he captivated my attention because my mom explained that this was our senator and that he was upholding what our government was all about.
During the campaign Senator Obama repeatedly spoke about the need for more government involvement.
Senator CLINTON: To those who object to our government helping middle class families and low-income families devastated by the housing crisis, I say this.
The Taoiseach also made it clear that the Irish government supported talks chairman former United States Senator George Mitchell's view that there was now a basis for the decommissioning of terrorist arms.
If, as Senator Bill Bradley and others have suggested, Western government credits and loan guarantees are taxpayer subsidies which should be ended multilaterally, then the United States should not send the opposite signal to our allies by restoring such U.S. credit subsidies.
Senator MCCAIN: It's not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly whether they are big banks or small borrowers.
Many experts, from Nouriel Roubini to Senator Schumer, have said that it will cost the government more than a trillion dollars to really fix the financial system.
Her government service includes her work as Counsel to Senator Biden, where she worked on Judiciary Committee issues such as women's rights, domestic violence, intellectual property, judicial nominations, immigration and civil rights.
Senator, is this an ideological debate between personal responsibility and government responsibility?
Included in that law, with quiet support from the White House, was an amendment by Republican Senator John Ashcroft that let churches and religious groups bid on government contracts to provide job training and other services.
They both roughly follow the solution proposed by Senator Chris Dodd and Congressman Barney Frank, a series of government programs that they believe will help homeowners keep the homes that they might lose and get lenders, at least, some of the money that they need from those homeowners.
Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York says it would help if the government-sponsored agencies were allowed to hold more mortgages on their books, something the Bush administration has been reluctant to permit.
In response, the Irish government set up an inter-departmental committee, chaired by Senator Martin McAleese, to establish the facts of the Irish state's involvement with the Magdalene laundries.
Fourteen years ago, then-Senator Obama was making an argument for a more efficient, more effective government, specifically citing city government agencies that he did not think were working effectively.
Senator LAMAR ALEXANDER (Republican, Tennessee): The idea of a government-run health care plan is a big problem for us, and it's a big problem because it leads inevitably to a Washington takeover of health care.
Allen, who has pleaded guilty to bribing state officials, agreed to tape record phone conversations with his friend, the senator, and to testify against him and others in exchange for the government's agreeing not to prosecute the Allen children.
Senator Marco Rubio continues to impress with his Reagan-like efforts to restrain government and promote growth.
Senator JON KYL (Republican, Arizona): We are opposed to a government plan and the sooner it's off the table the better.
Perhaps if the American people had elected Senator John McCain to succeed George W. Bush in 2008, the US government would have learned these lessons as well.
Zahid Khan, a senator from the Awami National Party, which was part of the outgoing coalition government, said "double standards" were being applied to favor the former military ruler.
"It is an inefficient way to fund the federal government but it is better than shutting it down next week, " said Democratic Senator Daniel Inouye.
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