Arkansas Republicans are distancing themselves from two state legislators and one legislative candidate who have written in favor of slavery, the deportation of all Muslims and the institution of the death penalty for rebellious children.
Now the speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council and one of Yasir Arafat's closest confidants, Mr. Qurei joined the board members on the dais and praised Padico for "imposing its private sector style on the development of Palestine".
The debate is gaining urgency as Congress begins an intensive six-week drive to pass Medicare legislation, potentially one of the most significant domestic policy bills of the legislative session and one that is already behind schedule because of the struggle over tax cuts.
It was a steamy afternoon, and stuffy in the Dock Street Theater, a snug, historic auditorium with the feel of a legislative chamber and one of several idiosyncratic sites used by the annual Spoleto Festival USA here.
A more workable "legislative approach," and one that would get an enthusiastic thumbs-up from the framers, might be for the House to begin reviewing articles of impeachment when they reconvene after the holidays.
And the organisation's annual African Development Forum meets.NovemberA parliamentary election is due in Jordan, and legislative and presidential ones in Nicaragua and Honduras.
In parliamentary systems, the legislative and executive branches are one, so focusing on an agenda is a given.
"A year into 'the wilderness,' our Republican team has scored legislative and political victories that no one — no one — could have predicted a year ago," Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, the Republican leader, wrote in a confidential memorandum distributed to Republican House members.
In letters, hearings and one big legislative push last year, senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall have tried to close what Wyden calls a "backdoor search loophole", to ensure that communications from Americans that inadvertently turn up in NSA databases are promptly purged.
A few modest legislative and regulatory proposals, like one last week requiring chief executives to personally certify financial statements, will complete the trick, they say, without the far-reaching legislation and regulation proposed largely by the Democrats.
And while there are many factors that ultimately will determine the outcome of congressional, state legislative and gubernatorial races this year, one variable will impact the results far more than others.
