TALLAHASSEE, Fla .— Gov. Rick Scott of Florida, newly empowered by the United States Supreme Court's ruling in June that struck down the heart of the Voting Rights Act, has ordered state officials to resume a fiercely contested effort to remove noncitizens from voting rolls.
On one floor, the governor has apparently prevailed in his contested effort to appoint Roland W. Burris to the Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama and goes right on issuing daily evidence of his work — pleas for more screening for cervical cancer, increased radon testing and new money for ramps for the disabled.
Since then, he has worked as a combat interpreter for coalition forces in all but four provinces across the country, translating battle strategy to Afghan forces in the middle of firefights and high-level meetings with elders in contested villages, among other efforts.
Whether one calls it anti-Zionism or non-Zionism — and all these terms are contested and loaded — the effort to separate the Jewish state from Jewish identity has centuries-old roots.
But six months after Fort Sumter, these issues were so hotly contested that the Union effort seemed threatened not merely by the surprisingly capable Confederate forces, but by the battle over abolition and its place in the Union fight.
It is instructive to compare the negligible job creation potential of these tax cuts with the hotly contested but far cheaper effort to rescue the domestic auto companies.
A consortium of news organizations, including national newspapers and television networks, spent months after the 2000 debacle reviewing contested ballots in an effort to find out who actually won.
In Europe, the swaps crackdown is also being contested, as is an effort that is being coordinated in Switzerland to raise the capital standards of the world's largest banks.
It was believed that Woodruff had aided the students in their efforts after he openly contested the officiating of the football contest.
Mr. Bush's check-collecting efforts for closely contested races is driven by his desire to retain Republican control of the House and win back control of the Senate, a goal that party leaders are saying with increasing confidence is in reach.
