But at least one of his opponents, Mr. Tasini, called for the representative to drop out of the race, saying that his presence in the contest posed a "threat to the future of the Democratic Party".
WASHINGTON -- A group of environmental organizations is calling on the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to drop a complaint over India's solar power policy.
Republicans are frantically trying to get Representative Todd Akin to drop out of the United States Senate race in Missouri after his remark about abortion and rape, but not because it was offensive and ignorant.
American and Canadian officials, as well as industry representatives, are pressing Japan to drop the prohibition, saying their beef products are safe.
The developments came in Suffolk County Court here, where the attorney general's representatives filed a motion to drop the original indictments against Mr. Tankleff "in the interests of justice".
WASHINGTON -- President Obama refused to say Thursday whether his White House offered a job to Representative Joe Sestak of Pennsylvania to drop out of a Democratic primary but promised that the administration would respond soon.
5 35 p.m. | Updated Even as the Republican establishment continued to call for Representative Todd Akin of Missouri to drop out of his Senate race because of his comments on rape and abortion, Republicans approved platform language on Tuesday calling for a constitutional amendment outlawing abortion with no explicit exceptions for cases of rape or incest.
WASHINGTON — For three months, the White House has refused to say whether it offered a job to Representative Joe Sestak to get him to drop his challenge to Senator Arlen Specter in a Pennsylvania Democratic primary, as Mr. Sestak has asserted.
When Rahm Emanuel, Mr. Obama's chief of staff, enlisted Mr. Clinton to see if Representative Joe Sestak could be persuaded to drop out of a Senate race in exchange for an unpaid presidential appointment, Mr. Bromwich was nonplussed.
The board -- with Schmidt sending a representative in his place -- voted Monday to drop the complaint.
(Gottwald has denied all of the allegations and his representative has denied reports that Sony is planning to drop him).
