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...more reliable by placing costs on the breacher.Fearon's insight was that authoritarian leaders worry less than democratic leaders about public response should they make and then break a commitment. The authoritarian leader, by hypothesis...
...the growing list of U.S. states that allow same-sex couples to wed. Still, since the election Dayton and Democratic leaders in the Legislature have been reluctant to embrace a gay marriage push in 2013. They have said eliminating a $1...
...his campaign, and requested the assignment during earlier meetings with House leadership, received the word from Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic Caucus. "This is a major committee assignment - vital to generating good...
...debate later in the session. There are also cigarette tax-hike proposals introduced in the state Senate, but Democratic leaders in that chamber have so far been more reluctant to back them. Adam Houtkooper, a 29-year-old technical college...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - After three days of emotionally charged hearings on Minnesota's gun laws, Democratic leaders are planning their next steps on possible gun control measures. Hundreds of people packed the Capitol this week...
...administration, were one vote short of the total they needed to maintain a key provision of Medicare. Harry Reid, the Democratic leader, then used a lifeline: He called Kennedy, who was in Boston receiving chemotherapy for brain cancer, and pleaded...
...Rep. Kerry Gauthier, a Democrat from Duluth, has yet to comment on the scandal or his political plans, though Democratic leaders are urging him to withdraw from the race and Republicans have pressed him to resign immediately. Meanwhile, Duluth...
...and not as the incident portrays me," the network quoted him as saying. His decision drew condemnation from Democratic leaders including Dayton, who urged Gauthier to drop out of the race. Democrats need to gain at least six House seats...
...told The Associated Press on Wednesday that he made the decision on his own after multiple conversations with Democratic leaders who urged him to drop out. Gauthier had said earlier in the day that he would not drop out. Gauthier also told...