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Boehner rejected any assertion that the defeat of the spending bill means he is not in control of his own Republican caucus.

The caucus should be a forum in which MPs felt they had a right to raise issues in an open and frank way, she said.

Chen, of Minchuan University. Winning 5% of the legislative seats which will allow the party to set up a caucus, said the professor.

We were supportive of pay-as-you-go rules in committee. . . and I'm going to encourage my caucus to be responsible about this on the floor.

His mother also took him to see a psychiatrist, says Nelson Chen, 39, founder of the Gay &Lesbian Political Caucus in Taiwan.

Democrats in Texas held a smaller caucus as well as a primary, which Mr Obama appeared to have won along with a primary in Vermont.

Pelosi said she would meet with the House Democratic caucus Monday to discuss the matter.

Dean had been promised support by more than 130 high-profile delegates, including Gore, as he rose in the polls ahead of the Iowa caucus.

In a convention room above the New York-New York casino in Las Vegas, a strong ethnic pattern became apparent as soon as the caucus opened.

Don't pretend to be shocked: you know they're out there, and make up a large share of the G. O. P. caucus.

To the members of our parliamentary caucus: I have been privileged to work with each and every one of you.

Did Labor panic? Perhaps some caucus members did, but it was anger, not panic, that was the deciding emotion in today's leadership ballot.

A year after the march, Friedan helped establish the National Women's Political Caucus.

None of the other birds or animals said anything, but the Dodo was waiting for a question, so Alice asked, "What is a Caucus race? "

One of the great things about American politics is that the early primaries and Iowa caucus are retail politics.

Today, a working mother can caucus beside a party activist, but it was not always this way.

The answer is the entire Republican caucus and a handful of Democratic centrists nervous of being associated with new public spending.

The 12 (as it then was) would go on to the Nato caucus with an agreed position.

A caucus meeting of House Democrats this week gave an indicator that the latter might be true.

Being an early primary or caucus state may allow voters in the state to exercise more influence over the ultimate selection of the nominees.

Mr Rudd resigned from the leadership at a caucus meeting on Thursday rather than force the party to a ballot.

The Harvard Gay & Lesbian Caucus raised $1. 5 million to fund the role, to be known as the "F. "

In Maine, the Republican Party is holding a caucus. So far, turnout is heavy. The votes help determine the state's 18 convention delegates.

Standing alongside Specter in the White House, Obama said: "I am thrilled to have Arlen in the Democratic caucus. "

So being an American, I decided to set up a caucus.

Sen. Charles Grassley, co-chairman of the narcotics caucus, said at the hearing that corruption in Mexico remains a critical problem.

Simply explained, the Democratic caucus employs proportional representation.

The aim of the caucus is to advance press freedom worldwide by combating censorship and the persecution of journalists.

The party held an extraordinary general meeting on Monday night to decide if the caucus should support the electoral reform.

Four days later, Kennedy entered the race, announcing in the same Senate caucus room where his brother John had begun his campaign in 1960.

Members of the congressional black caucus are backing the USVI and representatives of Puerto Rican descent have taken Puerto Rico's side.

The Democrats have had enough trouble keeping their own caucus united.

No fewer than 44 House Democrats, almost 20% of the total caucus, voted against the bill.

What do you think of the leadership in the Congressional Black Caucus and at HBCUs pertaining to economic policies?

The officials were from a Congressional black caucus delegation which met President Lahu Castro on Monday.

But the chairman of the House Republican Caucus, Representative Mike Pence of Indiana, applauded the decision.

at a meeting with the House Democratic Caucus and the party congressional leadership.

One important group that could influence the Nevada Democratic caucus is the Culinary Workers Union.

In Congress, a caucus is a meeting of members of the same political party or special interest group.

Texas Congressman Ron Paul hopes to do well in the three smaller states holding caucus votes on Tuesday - Alaska, Idaho and North Dakota.

He opposes subsidies, but not for ethanol (beloved by farmers in Iowa, the site of the crucial first caucus next January).

But their showing was so poor that they no longer have the numbers in the Democratic caucus to send Mrs Pelosi packing.

But since then blacks in every primary or caucus have tended to vote for Obama in large numbers.

Our caucus meetings were always the highlight of my week.

Both Jackson and Schakowski are members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Carol Yu, Chair of China Caucus of Harvard Kennedy School, did a short thankful talking afterwards to end their China trip.

Hawaii, the state where Obama was born, also holds a Democratic caucus that day.

Caucus members laugh and talk at one of their biweekly luncheon meetings.

In practice, the euro countries would caucus and perhaps settle much of the argument before the 27 met.

The Red Ribbon Project was created by the New York-based Visual AIDS Artists Caucus in 1991.

In other states, you can still earn delegates even if you don't come first in the primary or caucus.

Ms Brown's own Senate caucus recently grew by two Republican defections.

If Kyl agrees, the majority of the caucus will follow suit.

A supposed democracy caucus at the UN has achieved little.

But, the members of the pain caucus say, how will we know when we have reached the limits of expansion?

This message today is very simple that the in the form that was negotiate, it is not acceptable to the House Democratic Caucus.

Mr Obama has always bested Mrs Clinton on that front, and has won in every caucus state but one.

Caucus procedures differ from state to state and party to party.

Local conventions sometimes are held before the primary or caucus.

"People in Iowa needed constant information about how and where to caucus, " he recalls.

Revere became a Freemason in 1760, and soon joined two more overtly political groups--the Sons of Liberty and the North End Caucus.

About half the Republican caucus-goers say they could be persuaded to change their minds, Yepsen said.

In 2000, there were nearly 9, 000 black elected officials and 39 members of the Congressional Black Caucus.

"It was a wonderful welcome, " the president joked. "It doesn't happen, for example, when I go to the Republican caucus meeting. "

The other is the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation grouping, a looser caucus with 20 countries (plus Hong Kong).

Even the Republican caucus in the state Senate--Representative Smith's Alma-mater--is challenging a ruling that would crimp its fundraising

Congressional Caucus on Intellectual Property Promotion and Piracy Prevention

Rights of the Child Caucus;

Chinese Speaking Participants Caucus Meeting

Caucus (of countries at Annual Meetings)

Women's Caucus for International Studies

North-South Black Women and Women of Colour Caucus;

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