While the number would represent a 25 to 50 percent increase in turnout from the 2004 primaries, Weaver still described the voting rate as light to moderate.

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Already, several shareholder activist groups of generally liberal persuasion, including labor unions like the AFL-CIO, are planning to compile detailed studies and "rate" funds on their voting record.

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The individual voting FOMC members are expected to offer their expectations for future interest-rate direction.

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Because it meant a slight decrease in the rate of increase of Social Security payments, and the grey-haired voting cohorts could not be offended.

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At America's Federal Reserve, all 12 regional governors attend rate-setting meetings, but they take turns filling the five seats on the voting committee.

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