U.K. voters have rejected a revamp of the voting system for national elections. The overwhelming rebuke is a victory for conservative Prime Minister David Cameron, who was against the measure. Nick Clegg, his Liberal Democrat deputy, supported it….

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U.K. Squashes Electoral Reform

Almost a year has passed since a Democratic majority in Congress responded to the financial crisis by passing sweeping legislation to tighten regulation of Wall Street , but the partisan conflict over the measure never ended. Now, with Republicans in control of the House, the fate of the overhaul is again in play. On Wednesday, splitting along party lines, the House Agriculture Committee voted to delay by 18 months implementation of rules governing derivatives, the kind of complex financial instruments that were blamed for putting the financial system in jeopardy. Read full article > >

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House panel’s Republicans vote to delay action on overhaul rule

Opponents of legislation designed to give college tuition breaks to illegal immigrants in Maryland say they are on track to collect the thousands of signatures needed to try to overturn the measure that passed the General Assembly last month. Del. Neil C. Parrott (R-Washington) and Del. Pat McDonough (R-Baltimore County) are leading the effort to give voters a say in whether to uphold the bill. Parrott said volunteers in most of Maryland’s counties are gathering signatures and spreading the word at grocery stores and community events that “our tax dollars are going to fund illegal aliens,” he said. “Now is not the time to be spending money on what is an unlawful program.” Read full article > >

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Opponents of Maryland immigrant tuition bill say referendum plan is on track

Opponents of legislation designed to give college tuition breaks to illegal immigrants in Maryland say they are on track to collect the thousands of signatures needed to try to overturn the measure that passed the General Assembly last month. Del. Neil C. Parrott (R-Washington) and Del. Pat McDonough (R-Baltimore County) are leading the effort to give voters a say in whether to uphold the bill. Parrott said volunteers in most of Maryland’s counties are gathering signatures and spreading the word at grocery stores and community events that “our tax dollars are going to fund illegal aliens,” he said. “Now is not the time to be spending money on what is an unlawful program.” Read full article > >

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Opponents of Maryland immigrant tuition bill say referendum plan is on track

Senate vote expected shortly before the measure currently keeping the government running is set to expire on Friday.

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House approves three-week government funding measure, sending it on to Senate

Senate vote expected shortly before the measure currently keeping the government running is set to expire on Friday.

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House approves three-week government funding measure, sending it on to Senate

Wisconsin Democrats are refusing to return to the Capitol until Republican Governor Scott Walker revises his controversial anti-union bill, but Walker has rejected a compromise that would have made the measure, which will end collective-bargaining…

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Wisconsin Gov Rejects Compromise

Top Senate Republicans introduced legislation Tuesday that would allow states to opt out of key provisions of the new health care law — part of a broader GOP effort to repeal the measure.

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Senate to hold vote on repeal

While conceding that the measure would not advance in the Senate, House Republicans said that they would still press ahead with their “repeal and replace” strategy.

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House Votes for Repeal of Health Law in Symbolic Act

The Illinois state Senate voted to do away with the death penalty on Tuesday, handing the measure to Governor Pat Quinn for approval. The state has not executed anyone for more than ten years, after a series of revelations that over a dozen innocent…

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Illinois Likely to End Death Penalty

Wow : By a vote of 63 to 33, with six Republicans joining Democrats, the Senate acted to cut off debate on a measure that would let President Obama declare an end to the Clinton-era policy, known as “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which allows gay members of the armed forces to serve only if they keep their sexual orientation a secret. The vote indicated that there was easily enough support to push the measure to final passage. “I don’t care who you love,” Senator Ron Wyden, Democrat of Oregon, said as the debate opened. “If you love this country enough to risk your life for it, you shouldn’t have to hide who you are.” Let us resolve to ignore all pop campaign strategist masquerading as journalists. Majorities are meant to be fucking used.

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A week after it seemed dead in the water, the law that would repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell and allow gays to serve openly in the military could finally have the support it needs to clear the Senate. Three Republican senators agreed to back the measure…

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Senate to Vote on Don’t Ask Repeal

Despite speedy action by the Senate, the tax-cut compromise hammered out by President Obama will not be taken up for a vote by the House as soon as expected. House Democrat leaders, sensing they may not have enough votes to pass the measure, have…

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House Dems Delay Tax Vote

Congress is charging ahead on Obama’s tax-cut compromise, with the Senate shutting off debate on the bill this afternoon. On Tuesday, the chamber will likely pass the measure, which extends Bush-era tax rates and unemployment benefits. House Democrats…

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Senate Cruises on Tax-Cut Deal

The Senate failed to pass a repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) policy on Thursday. The 57-40 vote stopped just short of the 60 necessary to lift the ban on gays serving openly in the military. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) was the only member of the GOP to vote in favor of a DADT repeal, with Sens. Scott Brown (R-Massachusetts) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) backing away from their initial support of the measure. Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia was one of a minority of Democrats voting no on the repeal. read more

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