Few businesspeople say they believe that Congress will reverse its vote granting permanent normal trade relations to China.
The High Court, on a 5-to-4 vote, granted Davidson Joel James, 37 years old, a stay until it can hear his case or until April 7, whichever comes first.
He called the United Nations General Assembly's vote granting Palestinians enhanced status as a nonmember observer state — engineered by President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, which governs the West Bank — "a small step but a good one".
The voting system within the HCIM gives each member association one vote, granting disproportionate sway to the Salafists, who also control many of Mali's NGOs and the funds they disburse.
There may be no issue that has bedeviled Bernie Sanders more than his 2005 Senate vote granting gun manufacturers exemption from liability lawsuits.
The 306 votes Grant received on the last ballot was not enough to secure the nomination.
In 1988 the U.S. Congress voted grants of $20,000 each to all Japanese Americans who had been interned.
During those 17 days, Vice President Al Gore will still have the power to cast tie-breaking votes, granting Senator Tom Daschle, the Democratic leader, the power of majority leader.
"We take nothing for granted, no vote for granted," he said.
Six years later, as a candidate for president -- even then there was a Jewish vote -- Grant wrote: "I have no prejudice against any sect or race.... Order No. 11 does not sustain this statement, I admit, but then I do not sustain that order".
Yet the disappointing turnout has upended his supporters' hopes that the vote would grant him new legitimacy after the ouster.
