And if you look at where the benefit of those tax expenditures go, the vast majority of special provisions and preferential rates are for those with the highest incomes.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

He was here testifying as special counsel to the majority and not as a citizen, so those remarks he made at the end which do not refer to the record, to refer to the Starr referral, will be stricken from the record.

CNN: Transcript: Schippers, Lowell briefings before Judiciary panel, part 2

It won majority support but did not pass because it was brought up under special rules requiring a two-thirds majority.

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So far a total of 800 schools have recovered from being under special measures, with a majority returning to the mainstream of achievement.

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Is there no resentment from the majority who are not singled out for special treatment?

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In a related development, an ABC News survey shows a clear majority of Americans supports appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate the DNC's fund-raising activities.

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George Mitchell, former Democratic Senate majority leader and U.S. special envoy to Northern Ireland, told CNN that while Clinton was not directly involved in negotiations, she did play a helpful role in bringing in women's groups that made a difference.

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How many times have you found yourself at a special occasion only to realise that you have spent the majority of the day behind a lens of your camera or mobile?

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Even if the public were being offered a majority economic stake in Hyatt, the family is planning to hold special "class B" shares that have 10 times the number of votes that ordinary shares do.

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The House tallies up the electoral votes in a special session of the next Congress in January, and if no candidate reaches a majority, then each state's delegation in the House casts a vote for president.

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The majority of Americans worry more about candidates who have to go cap in hand to special interests, which then expect a payback, than about money-bags who put their own fortunes on the line.

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