Dutton had demanded that the former speaker, Peter Slipper, resign over sexist comments made in private text messages.
Meanwhile, the leader of the protesters, Suthep Thaugsuban delivered a speech to supporters in which he demanded that the Supreme Court president, the Senate speaker and the Election Commission, along with other state agencies, jointly work to oust the current government.
The deputy speaker of the Russian parliament, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, known for his anti-Western rhetoric, demanded that McDonald's entirely pull its business out of Russia.
And Republicans are increasingly asking Democrats to demand that the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, relinquish his leadership post over his decision to authorize a secret settlement of some of the allegations.
Unable to secure tenants or financing for his planned towers, Mr. Silverstein, with the support of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and the State Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, demanded that the authority provide subsidies.
WASHINGTON -- In a rare floor speech Wednesday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) demanded that the Obama administration reverse its new rule requiring most employers' insurance plans to cover birth control with no co-pay for employees.
Parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani, a prominent conservative, demanded that the government make speedy changes to the method of distribution.
Indeed, the speaker introduced the resolution in part to head off a competing resolution, proposed by Representative Dennis J. Kucinich, an Ohio Democrat, which demanded that the United States withdraw altogether.
The flickering black and white pictures show his features wrenched into a furious grimace, but that didn't resemble him at all – it was more because the tradition of the times demanded that an impassioned speaker was obliged to look like Lenin with dyspepsia.
The Tea Partiers are demanding the harshest possible bill, and the moderates are the ones who actually demanded that Speaker John Boehner attempt to do his job and get a bill through before they all fly home for a lavish five-week vacation.
