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The number of members of a legislature, or of any organization, that have to be present before official business may be conducted.

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WEST WINDSOR: Election outcomes reflected in reorganization

Published July 4, 2009, 12:36 am, The Princeton Packet

WEST WINDSOR — The gavel has been passed on the West Windsor Township Council with its unanimous selection of George Borek as president for the coming year.

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McCain, Feingold Team Up Again

Published July 2, 2009, 10:00 pm, Washington Post

Senators try to force filling of open seats on FEC amid partisan standoff, campaign finance debate.

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McCain, Feingold Team Up Again Over FEC

Published July 2, 2009, 9:00 pm, Washington Post

Seven years after their landmark campaign finance legislation became law, Sens. John McCain and Russell Feingold are reuniting under the banner of spending reform at a time when restrictions have come under fire both in the courts and at the embattled Federal Election Commission.

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Coast-to-Coast Political Gridlock

Published July 2, 2009, 5:50 pm, consortiumnews.com

Editor’s Note: As the United States approaches its 233rd birthday, the nation’s politics are increasingly dysfunctional because of a Republican determination to thwart any movement that challenges the Reagan-era dogma of tax cuts and more tax cuts.

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No end in sight for Senate stalemate

Published July 1, 2009, 5:54 pm, WIVB Buffalo

The stalemated New York Senate met briefly again Wednesday without getting anything accomplished.

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New York Senate Vote Attempts Leave City Empty-Handed (Update1)

Published July 1, 2009, 12:46 pm, Bloomberg

July 1 (Bloomberg) -- New York ’s Senate remained deadlocked in a three-week leadership dispute between Republicans and Democrats that let pass a midnight deadline for New York City to boost sales taxes and continue mayoral control of public schools.

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The Senate Fiddles While Bloomberg Burns

Published July 1, 2009, 5:19 am, Gotham Gazette

On Tuesday, it became painfully clear that the chaos in the Senate had doomed any hopes that the legislature could perform its most basic duties.

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Bloomberg Sounds Off After Senate Double Whammy

Published July 1, 2009, 3:49 am, WCBS-TV New York

It was their one last chance to do the people's business and they blew it. All 62 senators -- Democrats and Republicans -- went into session for a few minutes Tuesday night and did absolutely nothing. They did not approve mayoral control of the New York City School System, which expires at midnight Tuesday. And earlier, the Democrats -- in an act that will not pass constitutional muster -- voted ...

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Confusion over Senator's Soda

Published June 30, 2009, 2:57 pm, FOX 23 News Albany

Just when you thought the Capitol chaos couldn't get any more ridiculous, arguments erupted Tuesday over whether or not Senator Frank Padavan should be marked present because he was going...

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Caffeine Jones Creates More State Senate Weirdness

Published June 30, 2009, 1:49 pm, Gothamist

Photograph of Hiram Monserrate and Pedro Espada Jr. greeting each other today by Mike Groll/AP The Albany soap opera continues: This morning, due to a judge's ruling that the State Senate Democrats and Republicans must meet (and, uh, do their jobs), both sides did just that. But then they adjourned soon after ! The Daily Politics says the two sides were "fighting - albeit calmly - over who is ...

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  • Il fallimento del referendum: Tra il 21 e il 22 Giugno si è presentato alle urne per ritirare le schede referendarie solo il 23% circa dell?elettorat o con un percentuale leggermente superiore per quanto riguarda il 3° quesito, quello sulle candidature multiple; non è stato così raggiunto il quorum necessario del 50%+1.

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  • REFERENDUM: VINCE LA LIBERTA', PERDONO PD E PDL: E? stato il referendum col più alto tasso di astenuti nella storia della Repubblica. E segna la fine delle forzature, di Pd e Pdl in primis, verso un sistema di bipartitismo coatto, non scelto liberamente dai cittadini ma frutto di espedienti elettorali.

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