A string of Democratic lawmakers, largely from rural and contested states, the kind of places that were supposed to now be more hospitable to Democrats than they were before, recently decided to pursue other careers rather than risk being turned out by wrathful voters.
Cassidy is one of a string of female lawmakers across the country who have introduced gender-equity amendments to anti-abortion bills.
In recent days, a string of governing party lawmakers and government ministers have also expressed support for the so-called zero option, with an eye on nationwide elections that could be called within months.
The City Council vote last year was not the final seal of approval for the building plans: Only after a string of hearings could lawmakers give their final blessing to the zoning change and other adjustments to city rules.
Its main source of influence is that it will have the ear of lawmakers who can tighten the bailout purse-strings or rewrite its charter.
Legislators from the pro-Western governing majority entered Parliament carrying photographs of several of their number who have been killed in a string of bombings aimed at anti-Syrian lawmakers.
Some 40percentt of Liberal Democratic lawmakers are descendants of lawmakers.
This group of lawmakers advocates within Parliament for the advancement of the NCD agenda.
In October, Parliament voted to lift the immunity of Mr. Germenis and another Golden Dawn lawmaker, Panagiotis Iliopoulos, over a string of assaults on immigrant vendors in Rafina, a port near Athens.
BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities charged a sitting Sunni lawmaker with masterminding a string of murders, kidnappings and bombings, including an attack on Parliament in 2007, a military official said at a news conference here on Sunday.
