Conservative Republicans, with the help of some left-leaning Democrats, teamed up on Thursday to derail an immigration bill in the Senate that would have provided a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
KISUMU, Kenya, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Kenyan opposition supporters skirmished with police and threw up burning barricades in pockets of the country on Thursday, seeking to derail President Uhuru Kenyatta's likely re-election with a low voter turnout.
A series of mixed economic reports Friday did little to derail that optimism.
In a stealth move, ABC had scheduled "Millionaire" on that Wednesday night just to derail the new series.
Secretly taped comments, in which Mitt Romney said that nearly of half of Americans were dependent on government assistance and felt entitled, were released by the liberal magazine Mother Jones on Monday and threatened to derail the Romney campaign as it tried to redefine its message 50 days before the election, Jim Rutenberg and Ashley Parker wrote.
The per-share price offered by Waste Management represents a 21.9% premium to Republic's $21.90 closing price Friday, and aims to derail the Republic-Allied deal.
Andy Murray defied chronic back pain that from day one has threatened to derail not only his French Open campaign but may yet undermine his entire summer and advanced to the third round with an heroic, almost perverse, victory over Jarkko Nieminen.
Some Kurdish analysts who favor a peaceful resolution to the conflict consider attacks like the one on Sunday to be efforts to derail political progress.
Mrs. Schlafly, who died on Monday at 92, worked to derail the Equal Rights Amendment, among other her other longstanding causes, such as opposing communism and abortion.
South Sudan accused the northern army of carrying out an airstrike on a southern army base on Wednesday in an attempt to derail a January referendum on southern independence.
