In 1984, Mary-Claire King, geneticist at University of California at Berkeley, travelled to Buenos Aires to work with Argentine Ana María Di Lonardo. ..…

In Ohio, perennial political battleground, the committee plans to support Democrats for five offices, and pushing ballot measure.. ..…

The commission also threatened to dissolve Maldivian Democratic Party if its candidate, former President Mohamed Nasheed, contested the May 30 primaries. ..…

Abdulla Yameen takes his oath 2013.  © 2013 Reuters The Maldives government-controlled Election Commission appears to have adopted new vote-counting rules that threaten prospects for free and election on September 23, 2018, today. ..…

Copps, too, was a patronage appointee, having served as an aide for many years to Senator Ernest “Fritz” Hollings, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee. Perhaps it was because the Democrats were out of power and therefore less deferential to the media lobby—or perhaps..…

Hatch is again at the center of the process, supporting Kavanaugh and questioning why Democrats didn’t bring forward allegations against him earlier. Hatch has also said the committee should hear from Ford, and “then we should vote.” . ..…

., all week that Republicans will turn to committee vote on Kavanaugh after the hearing. In the hearing, Democrats planned to ask Kavanaugh if he'd be willing to undergo FBI questioning about the various claims, and press him about his drinking and behavior as teenager.. ..…

The vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee took place Friday after Republican Sen Jeff Flake was persuaded by the Democrats to call for a delay of no more than one week before the full Senate vote for confirming Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee, to the Supreme Court. ..…

In Oregon, one of the few states where Democrats control the legislature and governorship, there’s an odd situation where committee hearings at the Capitol require those testifying to swear an oath that includes the phrase “So help me God.” . . ..…

More survivors of rape and other violence continue to experience significant physical and trauma and hardship, worsened by Kenyan government's failure to provide medical care, psychosocial support, compensation, and other redress.. ..…

Strom Peterson is seeking re-election to Washington's State House as the 21st Legislative District Representative — Position 1. ..…

These plans constitute the militarization of Tibetan Plateau China's push against India and securing the border, Tibet serving as location of Chinese settlers and the source of natural resources for rapidly industrializing economy.   More ... ..…

The party may become, formally legally, minor party in the eyes of Federal Election Commission and according to U.S. ..…

Rostenkowski is one of the House's most influential Democrats. . Mr. McDade is the top-ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Committee; Mr. ..…

Next, President Bush, under pressure from Democrats and such Republicans as Sen. John McCain of Arizona, agreed to appoint a bipartisan presidential commission, including Mr. ..…

Please show your support by making a financial contribution to Cruz’s reelection campaign at his website. www.TedCruz.org Ted raised only $4 million to democrats $23 million (extreme leftist outsider money). . My wife Mary and I, along with the Conservative Campaign Committee are..…

The erratic and seldom boring Newt Gingrich, never candidate for the presidency, came Iowa and fifth New Hampshire in 2012, and with the help of Las Vegas based casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, he swept South Carolina primary and seemed to believe that he could win the nomination.. ..…

In the same vein, tough new sanctions legislation, which the Senate Banking Committee approved in January with the support of pro-AIPAC Senate Democrats like Chuck Schumer and Robert Menendez, states that the United States should continue to impose sanctions on the Government of Iran as long..…

Republicans and Democrats banded together to defeat the proposal. It failed in its first Senate committee hearing 8-5... ..…

House Minority Leader Paul Thissen objects, pointing out that taking a recess would delay the start of many important committee hearings. Getting no explanation for the recess, Democrats call for adjournment, which fails. . ..…

DFER also befriended Congressman George Miller from California, the powerful leader of the Democrats on the House Education and Labor Committee. ..…

But most Democrats on the committee opposed the legislation: “The bill as drafted takes a step back dealing with global climate change,” said Rep. ..…

It sets up a commission, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, with nine commissioners who are chosen in a bi-partisan way; some are Democrats and some are Republicans. ..…

“In the midterms, Democrats too often don’t vote,” he said last week at a Democratic National Committee event. ..…

Flake had been speaking with a number of Democrats on the committee, especially Sen. ... At one point during the Judiciary Committee meeting, Blumenthal and other Democrats walked out in protest. ..…

But even this open demonstration of his political standpoint as an ultra-right Republican did not evoke any significant protest from the committee Democrats. ..…

Democrats on the committee called for FBI of the allegations from Ford and two other women. ..…

America Votes, national nonprofit group with union funding, made the 2011 and 2012 Wisconsin recall elections priority, providing major cash infusion to handful of groups that helped organize the efforts.. ..…

“When Judge Kavanaugh was finished, Democrats on the committee looked like scalded dogs. ..…

Brett Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, and his wife Ashley Kavanaugh, hold hands as they arrive for a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday. ... Brett Kavanaugh's angry denunciation of Senate Democrats at his confirmation..…

August FG, States, LG share N741.84bn as revenue increases by N27bn. ..…