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Indiana taxpayers may not be in the mood to pay for bigger, better schools in tough economic times, but they're more willing to help school districts make ends meet in most cases.
The final regular-season ballot of every voter in the USA Today college football coaches' poll will remain public.
The governor had good news for the Afghans who met him here Sunday: Residents in this southern village can finally register to vote in the upcoming election.
The House may have set a record getting people on the record.
Some of the people President Barack Obama is considering for the Supreme Court got significant support from Republicans when they were last before the Senate seeking jobs in the judiciary or executive branches of government.
During the apartheid era, the whites who governed South Africa used to justify their grip on power by claiming black majority rule would plunge the country into chaos and tribal bloodshed and open the door to communism.
Major war-funding legislation while Barack Obama was in the Senate, and how he voted:
The nation's capital city faces a dilemma: To obtain long-denied voting rights in Congress, the District of Columbia may have to accept looser gun laws that city officials say will make the streets more dangerous.
Candidates in this month's provincial elections are answering questions from voters and debating issues ranging from Baghdad's housing shortage to the need to attract foreign investment.
Barack Obama is officially the next president of the United States, Congress declared Thursday in fulfilling its centuries-old constitutional duty to certify and tally the electoral college vote from each state.
The House and Senate are coming together in a centuries-old tradition to count the electoral votes from the November election and formally declare that Barack Obama will be the 44th president of the United States.
- You may be wondering why the headline on this story says Election Day is Monday.
A look at how four voters, once attracted to John McCain, ended up supporting Barack Obama.
WASHINGTON — It's finally Election Day, but we've still got hours to go before the votes will be counted and any states are projected to fall into the Democratic or Republican column.
Barack Obama came up a big winner in the presidential race in Dixville Notch and Hart's Location, N.H., where tradition of having the first Election Day ballots tallied lives on.
President Bush, who has been rarely seen on the campaign trail, cast his ballot for GOP presidential nominee John McCain.
West Virginia's chief elections officer is standing by the state's touch-screen voting machines after a review prompted by complaints that some of the devices had incorrectly recorded votes.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Is the Electoral College, America’s quirky system of choosing its presidents, on its way to extinction?
Two-thirds of Congress' most vulnerable members — Republicans and Democrats alike — chose to protect their seats on Election Day rather than follow their party leaders and vote for an unpopular economic bailout plan.
WASHINGTON - On election night in the last two presidential elections political junkies have been obsessed with Wisconsin, Iowa, New Mexico, Ohio, and Florida.
The word is out: The Spar supermarket has bread at only $7 million a loaf. People rush to the shelf duly marked $7 million, but by the time they reach the till with their hyper-inflated Zimbabwean dollars, the price is up to $25 million.
Republican presidential front-runner John McCain has skipped more than half the Senate's votes in the past year but he showed up Thursday to help pass a bill to stimulate the faltering economy.
House heads for Saturday defense voteHouse leaders warned members there could be a rare Saturday session as the end-of-year maneuvering between the two chambers grows increasingly complex.
GOP senator unveils how-to guide for obstructing health care reformNew Hampshire Republican Senator Judd Gregg has circulated a letter to his Senate colleagues, instructing them on how to use the rules of Senate debate to delay and perhaps even defeat the health care bill being debated in the upper chamber.
Grayson:Require 55 votes to invoke cloture not 60This article from the Daily Kos is great because Rep. Grayson suggestion that the Majority leader Harry Reid to change the rules to require only 55 votes versus 60 is excellent. I could go on but I prefer the viewers to read the article because it makes a lot of sense.
Rise in stock ownership among lawmakers brings ethics concerns This juxtaposition of investments and policy has become more common as stock ownership has soared on Capitol Hill over the past two decades.
This poll asks if you think the current system needs reform. It is not asking what you think of any particular plan to fix health care system. It is only asking if you want to leave things the way they are or not.
Senate Votes to Open Health Care Debate - NYTimes.comThe Senate voted on Saturday to begin full debate on major health care legislation, propelling President Obama's top domestic initiative over a crucial, preliminary hurdle in a formidable display of muscle-flexing by the Democratic majority.
Conservative 'Unconcedes' in New York House RaceConservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman has withdrawn his concession in a close special election for a U.S. House of Representatives seat, and New York officials have begun counting paper ballots.
Iraqi general election date setIraq's parliamentary election will take place on 21 January 2010, the country's electoral commission has announced. This comes a day after the Iraqi parliament approved a crucial election law after weeks of deadlock.
Nev. Sec. of State: ACORN Illegally Hired Prisoners for Voter Registration DrivesNevada Secretary of State Ross Miller, a democrat, told Eric Shawn on FOX News that ACORN was hiring convicts still in prison -CONVICTED OF IDENTITY THEFT- for canvassing voters.
How Gordon Brown could retain power after the electionVernon Bogdanor sums up PM Brown's position, and the level of votes the Tories and David Cameron must garner at the general election in May 2010 to win.
The Political Church[Manila, Philippines] We could charitably grant that some of them were genuinely grieving. But the attendance of politicians of various stripes, including Mrs.
This is what's going to kill any possibility of nation health care reform in the U.S. We live in a democracy, With all it's privelige and down fall.
Democrats are the ideologues on health careIn the health-care debate, like the just-begun football season, everything that happened in August was mere prelude to September, when the real games and head-knocking get under way.
The time has come for average ordinary Americans like us to demand that our elected leaders in Washington, D.C. enact tougher ethical standards that other elected officials are ordered to live by in their respective states.
Hannity, Guilfoyle and Cupp Unanimously Distort USA Today Article To Accuse Obama Of Buying Votes With StimulusAs Think Progress and Steve Benen have posted, conservatives have been touting a USA Today article, which reported that places that voted for Barack Obama in 2008 have gotten more stimulus funds per capita than those that favored John McCain, and calling that "proof" that the …
Iranian Clerics Declare Ahmadinejed Re-Election IllegitimateAn influential group of Iranian clerics took sides late Saturday, calling June's re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and by extension his government, illegitimate.
Iran Starts Partial Recount of Disputed VoteIran has begun a vote recount "in Tehran's 22 districts as well as in provinces, state television al-Alam said."
Not a Theocracy but a ThugocracyThe last eight years well intentioned people of different political beliefs, different religious faiths, and different cultural perspectives have been quietly asking themselves some vital questions.
After much thought, I've come up with a form of government that is even more robust, fair, and functional than Democracy. It doesn't just serve the interests of the majority, it literally serves everyone's interests, and it does so in a streamlined and non-bureaucratic way.
Klavan on the Culture: Night of the Living GovernmentLol. This video is a great analogy / explanation of our Government. :) Hope you enjoy!
Report: 25% of Overseas Votes Go UncountedOne out of every four ballots requested by military personnel and other Americans living overseas for the 2008 election may have gone uncounted See more irresistible headlines
An overwhelming majority of people believe that MPs are self-serving, out of touch and guilty of abuse. Voters are united in revulsion over the disclosures on MPs' expenses and have turned against both main parties, a Populus poll for The Times finds today.
I'm referring to two articles on the Internet. The first article is at this address:
Supreme Court hears voting rights caseCongress' decision to extend a key provision in the law for 25 years that deals with election procedures is at the core of a case being argued before the justices today.
A few close friends, some of which happen to be Jewish. A Seder, hosted by the president, a name for a Jewish holiday, which I had never heard. It is the feast celebrating the Passover, an event, in the Bible. What does this mean about our president?
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