Minority Liberals to oppose Bloc amendment, put government on line
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OTTAWA (CP) - Paul Martin's minority government is set to put its political life on the line Thursday by opposing a Bloc Quebecois amendment to the throne speech.
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There are growing indications that the province&#39;s 22,000 doctors will reject their tentative deal with the government when they vote on it next week.
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Rep. Mel Watt, a North Carolina Democrat whose document condemning the war with Iraq became policy for the Congressional Black Caucus, was elected the group's leader Monday. He pledged to pursue more frequent meetings with the White House.
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People on both sides of the debate about same-sex marriage made a last-minute push to sway lawmakers Wednesday, a day before the Legislature planned to decide whether to ask voters to amend the state constitution to ban the practice.
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Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is aligning himself with Democrats in hopes of enhancing his political legacy through an effort to improve minority health care.
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OTTAWA (CP) - A chastened Liberal government will find itself relying on support from the very opponents it steamrollered for over a decade when Prime Minister Paul Martin begins steering his party through the first minority Parliament in a quarter-century.
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Opponents of a plan to give the ethnic Albanian minority in  Macedonia greater clout aim to force a vote  on the issue.
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Republican lawmakers are hanging with their leadership for now, but social conservatives needed for the election are raising an outcry
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WASHINGTON Â A prominent civil rights leader has told the Democratic National Committee that refusing to seat delegates from Florida and Michigan would disenfranchise both states' minority communities.
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In a psychological war of words, Senate Republicans are issuing only slightly veiled threats against their Democratic counterparts if the minority party
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Some lawmakers are warning of a voter backlash against members of Congress &quot;trying to protect their own&quot; if party leaders keep escalating a constitutional dispute over the FBI&#039;s raid of a representative&#039;s office.
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The contentious SKIL bill â or Securing Knowledge, Innovation and Leadership Act of 2006 â is about to set off an old-fashioned donnybrook between immigration supporters and opponents before the lame-duck Congress fades into history.
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There are times in the life of a minority government when the biggest hurdle on the horizon is not a vote it stands to lose but rather one it can&#39;t avoid winning.
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Civil rights activists say racism is behind opposition to a ballot measure that would strike language requiring segregated schools and poll taxes from the Alabama Constitution.
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Amending the Constitution to prohibit flag burning may be considered political posturing in the nation&#039;s capital, says Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, but it&#039;s not pandering to the GOP&#039;s conservative base to pursue such protection.
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Democrats are aiming for a resolution that is simpler than the Senate's.
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Civil rights groups representing blacks, Hispanics and the disabled accused Republican Party workers on Thursday of trying to keep U.S. minorities from voting.