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PIERRE--An abortion ban with exceptions for rape, incest and health of the mother was rejected Wednesday morning by legislative committee in Pierre. The Senate State Affairs Committee just voted 8 to 1 to kill HB1293 without a vote of the full Senate. Supporters of the bill can still force the bill out of committee with a one-third vote of the full Senate, but even key supporters of last year’s ban spoke against the measure. Sen. Brock Greenfield, R-Clark, called abortion “a scourge on South Dakota,” and he called HB1293 a “noble effort.” But he also said the bill would not...
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If the election for U.S. House of Representatives were today, and you were standing in the voting booth right now, who would you vote for? Republican Dave Reichert? Or Democrat Darcy Burner? 50% Reichert (R) 48% Burner (D) 3% Undecided
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Interactive map of U.S. House races and where they polledPDF Summary of the poll resultsPDF Explanation of the methodology
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In an election for the United States Senate in Virginia today, 8/21/06, incumbent Republican George Allen edges Democrat challenger James Webb 48% to 45%, according to an exclusive SurveyUSA poll conducted for W*USA-TV in Washington, DC. Since an identical SurveyUSA poll released 6/28/06, Allen has lost 8 points and Webb has gained 8 points. Allen's lead has shrunk from 19 points to 3 points. Interviewing for this poll began 8/18/06, one week after Allen singled out a Webb campaign worker at an Allen rally. Allen has lost support across all demographic groups, but in particular, among younger voters. He has...
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Amy Klobuchar (DFL) has opened her biggest lead of the season over Republican Mark Kennedy in the race for Minnesota’s open Senate seat. The latest Rasmussen Reports election survey shows Klobuchar ahead 50% to 38% (see crosstabs). Independence candidate Robert Fitzgerald draws support from 5% of respondents. That’s a big improvement for the Hennepin County Attorney. Klobuchar held a seven-point advantage last December when the DFL field was still crowded (The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party or DFL is the state's equivalent of the Democratic Party.) In all of our polls since, her lead has been smaller, typically 2-3 points. She led...
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November 11, 2002 GOP Leadership Races Heating Up By Susan Crabtree While most House Republicans are savoring last week's historic victories, a handful of ambitious GOP lawmakers have sharpened their campaign tactics as they furiously buttonhole colleagues in the final days before Wednesday's leadership elections. Although Majority Leader Dick Armey (Texas) and GOPConference Chairman J.C. Watts (Okla.) will retire at the end of the session, and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Tom Davis (Va.) has decided to give up the post, just weeks ago the process to fill their seats at the leadership table appeared relatively smooth and free from...
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The latest 9NEWS-Denver Post-KOA Radio poll shows Allard and Strickland in a dead tie entering the final weekend before Election Day. Strickland has not been even in the polls since June of 2001. Thirteen percent of the 400 likely voters surveyed remain undecided just four days out from the election. The poll was conducted by Ciruli Associates and has a margin of error of 4.9 percentage points. Ciruli and Associates conducts the poll for 9NEWS, the Denver Post and 850 KOA radio.
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WASHINGTON, DC—After nearly nine years of construction, the Mexi-Canadian Overpass, the controversial $4.3 trillion highway overpass linking Guadalupe and Winnipeg, was finally completed last week, drawing harsh criticism from U.S. citizens and officials alike. Above: Chrétien and Fox at the official unveiling. "If you're a Mexican who regularly commutes to Canada, or vice-versa, this is great. But what about all of us poor Americans caught in the middle?" said Dallas resident Tom Hitchner, one of an estimated 850,000 U.S. citizens forced to evacuate their homes to make room for concrete supports for...
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South Dakota Close of Filing Sets Top Races As filing closed Tuesday the race between Sen. Tim Johnson (D) and Rep. John Thune (R) topped a competitive slate of contests inSouth Dakota, with nine candidates vying for the House seat Thune will leave behind. Thune's campaign should receive a major fundraising boost April 24 when President Bush comes to South Dakota to raise money for his Senate bid. Johnson will face a challenge to his renomination from farmer Herman Eilers, while Thune will be unopposed in the June 4 primary. In the House race, Gov. BillJanklow and former Sen....
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WASHINGTON, DC---Seeking to "narrow the focus of the drug war to the true enemy," Congress passed a bill legalizing drug use for the gainfully employed Monday. Above: A Portland, OR, marketing executive enjoys some newly legal cocaine. "Stockbrokers, lawyers, English professors... you're not the problem here," said DEA Administrator Asa Hutchinson at a White House press conference. "If you are paying taxes and keeping your yard tidy, we're not going to hassle you if you come home from a hard day of work and want to enjoy a little pot or blow....
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The two main right-wing opposition parties in Portugal - the Social Democrats and the smaller Popular Party - have won the country's general election, unseating the Socialist government. The Social Democrat leader, Jose Manuel Durao Barroso - who now becomes prime minister - said that the Portuguese had expressed a desire for change after a period of extreme difficulty. Mr Barroso has promised to cut corporate taxes, slash public spending and privatise some public services, including parts of the health service. The election, the second in Portugal in two-and-a-half years, followed the sudden resignation of the Socialist Prime Minister, Antonio...
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Miller on Pickering Rejection: 'Another Example of the Terry-tail Wagging the Democratic Donkey'WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Zell Miller (D-GA) today issued the following statement after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to reject President Bush's judicial nominee, Judge Charles Pickering:"I am very disappointed with the committee's action. A good and brave man has been hurt, and that is what is most tragic here. He should have been approved on his merits alone."But there is more. The political repercussions are too obvious to ignore."Politically, this action may very well elect a Republican governor in Mississippi, and it will certainly make...
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A much-guarded internal poll presented to House Democrats last week at their annual retreat paints a grim picture of the party's outlook in 22 districts that are considered key to Democratic prospects of winning the majority in November. Among the findings in the survey, a portion of which was obtained by Roll Call, are that Democrats face huge deficits among "persuadable" voters on a host of key issues, particularly the war on terrorism, and have seen their advantage disappear on a number of the party's bread-and-butter issues, such as improving education and protecting Social Security. Perhaps more ominously for the ...
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BURLINGTON, VT—Despite his staunch opposition to the National Rifle Association and U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, peace activist Paul Robinson conceded Monday that the Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifle is "pretty damn cool." Above: Robinson, who admits he finds the Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifle (inset) "pretty damn cool." "Look, I realize that the use of this instrument of destruction, even in wartime, is morally reprehensible, and I don't see how anyone with a conscience could justify owning one," said Robinson, 31, a University of Vermont graduate student in sociology and president ...
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Bush's Republicanism A combination of both national greatness and leave-us-alone conservatism How has the Republican Party changed since George W. Bush was elected president? The answer can be summed up in one sentence: The Republican Party has become George W. Bush's party to a greater extent than it has been any one leader's party for a century. This is a vivid contrast with the state of the Republican Party during the days of the first President George Bush. Then, the party's various constituencies pitched battles in presidential politics and within the administration. This was not all Bush's fault. He came ...
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<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Bush White House intends to sidestep the Democratically controlled Senate and place two well-known conservatives in high-profile posts at the Labor and State Departments during the congressional recess, two senior administration officials told CNN on Friday.</p>
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Setting the stage for several possible recess appointments, Senate Republicans have hatched a plan to attack Democrats for failing to approve more of President Bush's nonjudicial nominees.The move sets up a potential confrontation with Senate Majority Leader Thomas Daschle (D-S.D.), who is considering thwarting recess appointments by staying in a pro forma session until next month. Girding for the battle, GOPleaders will highlight the case of Eugene Scalia, son of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia who was nominated to be solicitor at the Labor Department 32 weeks ago. GOP Policy Committee Chairman Larry Craig (Idaho) said he and GOP Conference ...
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Poor Charlie Rangel. For years he and other pro-trade Democrats worked tirelessly to pass a bill lowering tariffs on Caribbean and Latin American textiles. Last May they succeeded, and the early impact of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) has been impressive: U.S. exports of yarn and fabric increased 12 percent in 2000; textile-exporting countries like the Dominican Republic have added thousands of jobs. But it all came undone last Thursday. With time winding down in a razor-close House vote on fast-track trade promotion authority--a measure that Rangel and most other normally pro-trade Democrats opposed--Republican leaders gutted the ...
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Remember Trent Lott? Since his demotion to Senate Minority Leader following Jim Jeffords's May party-switch, Lott has all but vanished from the political radar screen. And this week his GOP colleagues are probably wishing he had stayed vanished. Frustrated that Democrats were refusing to hold votes this year on a six-month cloning ban and a Republican energy bill that includes ANWR drilling, Lott decided on December 3 to force the issues himself. And so he bundled both bills into an unwieldy amendment that he then tried to attach to a Democratic railroad-worker bill. But Lott's scheme to embarrass the Dems ...
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SAN FRANCISCO—Despite his open-mindedness and deep commitment to multiculturalism, Steve Bern, 32, expressed fear Monday that Rei Luo, the Chinese woman who does his dry cleaning, does not like him. Above: White male Steve Bern, who fears he is resented by Rei (inset). "Whenever I come into [Luo's Laundry & Cleaners], I'm always very friendly," Bern said. "I say hello and ask her how she's doing, but she never reciprocates. She just smiles and hands me my receipt. I hope I haven't done anything to offend her." "Maybe she's ...
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