vii.In 2013, he was voted out of parliament by the Italian Senate, following his conviction for tax fraud in a case pertaining to Hollywood movie deals done by Mediaset. viii.In 2019, he won a seat in the European Parliament, becoming the assembly’s oldest Member of the European Parliamen...
The number of House seats won by the president's party at midterm elections is well explained by three pre-determined or exogenous variables: (1) the numbe... DA Hibbs - 《Mpra Paper》 被引量: 3发表: 2010年 Depressing The Vote: The Environmental Determinants of Turnout In African-America...
One good example is health care reform. It was passed in 2010 but at a great political cost. Many in Congress who voted for it lost their seats in the mid-term elections to candidates from the Tea Party, however. The Mandatory Budget Dilemma ...
Georgia Republicans, who currently hold a majority in that state’s legislature and the governorship (despite Democrats winning statewide on the presidential level and having both U.S. Senate seats), passed a disgraceful bill Thursday which would substantially restrict voting rights and make it far...
by winning more seats in congress, enough to get legislation passed. it’s not up to Joe Biden, it’s up to the voters in districts currently held by Republicans. Thus November we need to win several of those seats for this to change, while holding onto the seats we have. That is ...
300 demonstrators were detained. Inspired by the protests against Putin, about 200 young Muscovites ran as independent candidates in municipal March 2012 elections. More than 70 of them won spots on district councils. Even with Putin's supporters occupying many of the other council seats, the ele...
the election produced a hung Parliament, with none of the competing parties winning enough seats (326) to form a majority government. Conservatives took 306 seats, Labour 258, and Liberal Democrats 57. Brown resigned as head of the Labour Party on May 11, ending 13 years of rule by Labour...
the election produced a hung Parliament, with none of the competing parties winning enough seats (326) to form a majority government. Conservatives took 306 seats, Labour 258, and Liberal Democrats 57. Brown resigned as head of the Labour Party on May 11, ending 13 years of rule by ...
For one, it wasn’t clear whether President Trump has the authority to unilaterally halt funds allocated by Congress.Senator Chuck Schumer (NY), the Democratic leader in the Senate, said in a statement that the memo “blatantly disobeys the law.” ...
Each state has two senators, elected at-large to six-year terms; one third of Senate seats are up for elec- tion every second year. The president serves a four-year term and may be elected to the office no more than twice. The president is not elected by direct vote, but by an ...