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Another Iraq election law veto looms amid impasse
Baghdad :: Iraq | about 14 hours ago
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Iraqi politicians have 24 hours to resolve an impasse over a law needed for next year's election to take place, otherwise the country's Sunni Arab vice president will veto the legislation again, a spokesman said yesterday. U.N.-brokered talks have not...
Tags: Iraq, Baghdad, Politics, Fertile Crescent, Government of Iraq from, War Conflict, Occupation of Iraq, Iraq spring fighting, Jalal Talabani, Tariq Al-Hashimi, Politics of Iraq, Government of Iraq, Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Nouri al-Maliki, suicide bombings in Iraq, Veto, Iraq ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Diyala Governorate
Strong-mayor foes say they will sue to block proposal
Savé :: Benin | 1 day ago
Credibility Opponents of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's proposal to give his seat increased authority are filing a lawsuit to challenge the initiative, saying such full-scale changes to the city's charter can only be proposed by a governing body such as the City...
Tags: Benin, Savé, Initiative, Sacramento California, Sacramento metropolitan area, Veto, California Proposition 8, Same-sex marriage in the United States, Kevin Johnson
'Some people will die needlessly': Stroger
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Cook County Reporter ldonovan@suntimes.com It has been said there are only two things certain in this life: taxes and death. On Tuesday Cook County Board President Todd Stroger argued he's certain that the board's successful slashing of the county's unpopular...
Tags: Todd Stroger, sales tax, Cook County Board, president todd, board president, tax increase, override stroger, county sales, county commissioners, San Jose, Cook County Illinois, Year of birth missing, John Stroger, Elizabeth Ann Doody Gorman, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Forrest Claypool, Tax, Business Finance, Social Issues, Labor, Jerry Roper, Donna Dunnings, Joseph Mario Moreno, Veto, Larry Suffredin, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County
Council decides Swearengin's cuts need approval
Fresno :: CA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility The council Monday couldn't agree on policies that would have blocked major elements of Swearengin's budget-cutting plan. But council members, with a series of divided votes, decided that her planned cutbacks for police, fire and parks are so significant...
Tags: Ashley Swearengin, Fresno, Fresno California, Fresno County California, Furlough, Local government in the United States, Veto, City manager
Groups contend Arizona bills cross legal lines
Phoenix :: AZ :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility The Arizona Supreme Court is being asked to overturn the Legislature's use of budget laws to set state policy on topics ranging from teachers' seniority rights and immigration enforcement to mortgage lawsuits and municipal building codes. A teachers union...
Tags: The Arizona Supreme Court, Legislature, supreme courts, seniority rights, Arizona State University, item vetoes, groups contend, League of Arizona, Arizona Bankers Association, Arizona Education Association, Phoenix, Supreme Court of the United States, Veto, Politics, Arizona, Line-item veto, Law Crime, United States Constitution
RP contractors vying to partake $ 15-B US military build-up in Guam
Tamuning :: Guam | 7 days ago
Credibility Filipino contractors are now vying to partake in the $ 15-billion U.S. military build-up in Guam. On Wednesday’s business forum on “Opportunities in Guam for the Philippine Construction Industry” organized by the Philippine Constructors Association Inc....
Tags: Guam, financial disclosure, Tamuning, Politics, Veto, Felix Perez Camacho, Government of Guam, Business Finance, Guam Organic Act, Governor of Kentucky, Micronesia, GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, Notary public
Veronica Wadley's credentials for arts council job can't be enhanced by Boris Johnson's stubborness
London :: United Kingdom | 8 days ago
Credibility The above suggests to me that Ben Bradshaw was within his rights to veto Wadley on any grounds he chose ("does not agree"), Nolan principles or otherwise. It also indicates that Boris's first responsibility was to offer the post to the candidate he thought...
Tags: Veronica Wadley, Boris Johnson, United Kingdom, London, Evening Standard, Veto
Stroger again vetoes sales tax rollback
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Sun-Times Media Cook County Board President Todd Stroger on Monday wielded his veto stamp a fourth time to try to prevent the board from rolling back some of an unpopular sales tax increase passed last year. The board was unable to override Stroger's...
Tags: Todd Stroger, sales tax, roll backed, Cook County Board, Chicago, Cook County Board of Commissioners, Cook County Illinois, Robert Steele, Oak Forest Hospital of Cook County, Earlean Collins, Year of birth missing, John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Veto, John Stroger
Pierce County executive's veto disputed
Seattle :: WA :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Wash. — The Pierce County Council and Executive Pat McCarthy remain at odds over the council's decision to eliminate a superior court judge position...McCarthy says her signature wasn't needed last week when she sent the ordinance back to the council.
Tags: AM Pierce County, Seattle, Veto, Pierce, Pierce County Washington, Seattle metropolitan area, Tacoma Washington
Polish PM says president should lose veto power
Warsaw :: Poland | 10 days ago
Credibility Kaczynski and his twin brother Jaroslaw, who heads the main opposition, eurosceptic Law and Justice party (PiS), have also hampered Tusk's efforts to introduce the euro in Poland. "The president should not have veto power. People make their decision in...
Tags: Lech Kaczyński, Donald Tusk, vetoed powers, Poland, Warsaw, Law and Justice, Lech Kaczyￅﾄski, Veto, Treaty of Lisbon, Members of Polish Sejm 2001-2005, Prime Ministers of Poland, Identical twins, Politics
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