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... against the Democrats. Many Trump supporters already believe investigations into him have gone too far, and a string of new subpoenas could end up alienating voters.That's what happened in the 1998 midterms, when Republican impeachment proceedings against then President Bill Clinton ended up energizing the Democrats, allowing them ...
... who voted Nov. 8 cast their ballots on such machines, according to VotePA, a nonprofit seeking their replacement. A recount would, in the words of VotePA's Marybeth Kuznik, a veteran election judge, essentially amount to this: "You go to the computer and you say, 'OK, computer, you counted this ...
The Senate measure also added sweeteners to pick up Democratic votes.They included one-year extensions of credits for ethanol, biodiesel fuel, and energy-efficient appliances.The bill also continues tax breaks for commuters using mass transit. Some, like Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, said the package still tilts ...
Now, that was a race of about -- you know, hundreds of votes.They're looking at thousands of votes now separating former U.S. Senator Mark Dayton, the Democrat, and Tom Emmer, the Republican.They are separated by about 8,000 votes right now, so still some unknowns here in ...
... two-thirds vote in the Senate in order to convict him, to impeach him, and that means you really only need to find 20, 21 votes.That shouldn't be that hard for a sitting governor who has any political capital at all to do some horse-trading or find ...
RAY SUAREZ: Now, a different kind of story about Pittsburgh. For the past two nights, we've looked at how the changing economic picture there has affected the voters.Tonight, Tom Bearden of the NewsHour's Science Unit reports on a new industry developing in and around our spotlight city ...
... Tsvangirai won 50.3 percent of the vote compared to 43.8 percent for Mugabe but was unable to confirm these percentages with numbers of votes.To avoid a repeat of 2002, MDC observers photographed the vote tallies at each polling station as results were posted."Robert Mugabe has said ...
... full House within weeks, a promise welcomed by the country's several hundred thousand Armenian-Americans, some of whom were on hand for the committee vote.ARTIN MANOUKIAN, Armenian-American: My grandfather was a survivor. I think it's a day of relief somehow, and I think I'm starting ...
... was the Colorado 7th District where Democrat Ed Perlmutter beat Republican Rick O'Donnell in a district nearly evenly divided between Republican, Democratic and unaffiliated voters.The GOP did emerge victorious in Connecticut's 4th District, where moderate Republican Rep. Chris Shays fended off a strong challenge from Democrat Diane ...
... asked all those questions in a very nonbiased way. SPENCER MICHELS: In New Mexico, Fritz Scheuren, president elect of the American Statistical Association, worked for VoteWatch. FRITZ SCHEUREN: We're looking for irregularities, okay? We're looking for the kind of thing that would alert us to something wasn't ...
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