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t is easy to imagine, a triumphant Nancy Pelosi holding up a newspaper proclaiming the victory for Government Run Health Care. Tomorrow’s Washington Post or New York Times were certainly be displaying something similar, as news has just reached us that Bart Stupak- (D) MI, and his Pro-Life voting bloc in the Democratic caucus will vote for Obamacare. Stupak was persuaded by an Executive Order from the Obama White House promising not change existing laws banning federal funding of abortion. The Order apparently was able to convince the Michigan Democrat and other pro-life Democrats to thwart a growing number of...

FROM TODAY'S HOUSTON CHRONICLE April 22, 2004, 11:55PM Metro agrees to contract for next 4 light rail lines By LUCAS WALL Metro has taken a significant step toward the construction of Houston's next four light rail lines. Directors on Thursday authorized signing a five-year contract estimated at $60 million with STV Inc. of New York, the same consortium that shepherded development of the Main Street line, which opened Jan. 1. ... Six firms competed for the project, which includes options for two two-year extensions. Dennis Hough, the Metropolitan Transit Authority's director of contracts, said STV and its 16 subcontractors stood...

Posted on Wed, Oct. 15, 2003 Because none of the four 1824 presidential candidates had won a majority of the electoral votes, the contest was ultimately decided by the House of Representatives. After some deliberation, the House voted into office John Quincy Adams, the distinguished son of former president John Adams. Andrew Jackson's supporters were outraged. They'd been robbed! Jackson had won a plurality of the popular vote: he deserved the presidency. Jackson's supporters screamed that their man had lost out only because of a "corrupt bargain" made between House Speaker Henry Clay and Adams. Clay only supported Adams, they...