Blackwell has been declared the winner in the Ohio Republican Governor Primary: Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell won the GOP nomination for governor Tuesday after campaigning as the best candidate to deliver his party from a year of polical scandals. With more than half of precincts reporting, Blackwell led Attorney General Jim Petro with 55 […]
Tony Blair has one the 2nd vote on the prgramme motion by 10 votes. Even though he has won the vote his days are numbered as leader. He has indicated for a while that he will step down before the end of his term, the votes tonight will make this sooner rather than later. 1 […]
Tony Blair has won the vote for the second reading of the new Education Bill, 51 of his own MP’s voted against it which is not good, therefore it was only with the help of the opposition that it was passed. We now await the vote on the progrmme motion which everyone is saying will […]
At around 7pm (GMT) today there will be a vote on a new education bill in the House of Commons which could decide how much longer Tony Blair stays in power. The bill itself is fairly important to the future of education over here but I won’t go into details as it does not effect […]
By a vote of 62-2, the House Appropriations Committee approved the amendment to stop the state-owned United Arab Emirates company Dubai Ports World from managing terminals at the American ports.
The Patriot Act has passed in the House and is not set to be signed by Bush. In the AP article about this passing they had a paragraph that made me laugh: The vote, 280-138 under special rules that required a two-thirds majority, marked a political victory for Bush and will allow congressional Republicans facing […]
Here is our turn back in time from the AP S.D. Governor Signs Abortion Ban Into Law By CHET BROKAW, Associated Press Writer Gov. Mike Rounds on Monday signed legislation banning almost all abortions in South Dakota. The Legislature passed the ban late last month, focusing nationwide interest on the state as the governor decided […]
Republicans may change the rules allowing former senators to attend weekly GOP luncheon meetings after retired Sen. Lauch Faircloth attended a session while lobbying a bill pending on the floor. He attended Tuesday‘s luncheon, just hours before a crucial vote on the bill, which would end decades of lawsuits against manufacturers and their insurers, potentially […]
Senate leaders have reached an agreement to extend the Patriot Act for 6 months so it can be examined more and possible have further protections of civil liberties added in. The extension is twice as long as Democrats were asking for but it is a Democrat victory none the less. It is also a victory […]
Senate Blocks Alaska Refuge Drilling By H. JOSEF HEBERT, Associated Press Writer The Senate blocked oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge Wednesday, rejecting a measure that had been put into a must-pass defense spending bill in an attempt to garner wider support. Drilling supporters fell four votes short of getting the required 60 votes […]