She definitely is the most conservative member of the court, although it's not always a matter of how she votes but the way she says things in her opinions.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has essentially said that she could the votes to pass a bill provided that she had the guarantees that the Senate would act either first or during to amend its legislation.
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It's not clear that she would get the votes I got if she were the nominee.
She must argue that disputed votes in Michigan (where she was the only candidate on the ballot) and Florida should be counted.
In return, she delivered the votes Labour needed to get their Budget through.
The mainstream media, who overwhelmingly supported Jose Serra, gave Ms Silva ample coverage - not because they agreed with her policies or wanted her to win, but because they hoped she would take votes away from Dilma Rousseff.
"The moment we are about to head into is huge, and we can't afford to lose here, " said Arline Isaacson, a gay rights activist, who has been frantically lobbying lawmakers for the eight additional votes she needs to keep gay marriage alive.
Mrs Clinton's argument will now be that she is the more likely to win votes in the general election: she says that her rival would be vulnerable in November, precisely in states such as Pennsylvania.
Just shy of 50% of votes, she will again face Rep. Gresham Barrett in a runoff later this month.
Highlighting the difficulties that vulnerable people living in remote areas of the country could have trying to cast their votes, she urged the British government to advocate the use of mobile polling stations for the referendum, which is due to take place in January 2011.
She told supporters she was looking ahead to Feb. 5 "when millions of Americans will have the chance to have their votes counted, " she said.
Lowey said she believes there are enough votes in the House to win passage.
Ms Silva is unlikely to be Brazil's next president, but she could well siphon off votes from Ms Rousseff.
Ms. WALTER: The fact that, you know, she may have won some of those big states or that if you include Florida and Michigan she actually has more popular votes doesn't necessarily jibe with the way that national polls look in terms of who'd be the better candidate to face John McCain.
She drew just 6, 073 votes out of about 122, 000 cast, or 5% of the total.
She is the director of Ohio Votes, which helps nonprofit groups guide their clients through the voting system.
You know, she got tens of millions of votes - 17 million people came out and voted for her.
Quinn said she believed the council had the votes to pass the plan and override a mayoral veto, if necessary.
And when it comes to the central moral issues of our time, she hasn't just cast votes and given speeches.
But the Palestinians have rejected her advice, in part because they doubt she can deliver all 27 EU votes in the General Assembly.
Another idea, floated by her team recently, is to stress that the states she has won have more electoral votes in the November poll than the states won by Mr Obama.
The only scenario in which Mrs Clinton is the winner is one in which she is given all of the votes cast for her in Michigan, and Mr Obama is given none of the "uncommitted" voters (a majority of whom expressed a preference for him in exit polls).
Her boosters think she could grab both black and female votes from the Democrats.
What happens if he or she does not receive a majority of votes?
Meanwhile, Michael Heseltine challenged Thatcher for the leadership of the Conservative party, and although he didn't win, she also failed to secure the requisite votes.
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