#voting

Now there is a growing feeling, it's something that David Cameron led on actually, he said this some time ago, that MPs should not be voting on their own pay. ↗

— Theresa May

#ago #cameron #david #feeling #growing

Parts of the Voting Rights Act are due to expire next year if Congress doesn't extend them, including the section that guarantees that voting rights will be protected by the federal government. ↗

— Marty Meehan

#congress #due #expire #extend #federal

There's a huge cost in being bipartisan, a tradition started by Newt Gingrich when he took over the House in 1994 and has continued forward, that you dare not vote against the Republican Party even if you're voting against your own initiatives and your own interests. ↗

— Gwen Moore

#being #bipartisan #continued #cost #dare

Voting to go on strike is not a decision working people take lightly and is always accompanied by a strong sense of injustice at work. The impact of losing a day's pay is significant, not least for those in the lowest paid jobs who are already on the tightest budgets. ↗

— Frances O'Grady

#already #always #budgets #day #decision

Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues. ↗

— Tony Snow

#best #exercised #issues #learn #people

Oh no, the dead have risen and they're voting Republican. ↗

— Yeardley Smith

#oh #republican #risen #voting

Voting is fundamental in our democracy. It has yielded enormous returns. ↗

— Arlen Specter

#enormous #fundamental #our #returns #voting

In the melting pot that is America, inclusive trumps exclusive. Whether it's single women, young adults, or minorities, alienating the rapidly growing voting blocs is not smart politics. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#blocs #exclusive #growing #inclusive #melting

President Bush remained undeterred by the massive display of American opposition, even though much of it came from the hundreds of thousands of voters who supported him by voting for Nader. ↗

— Jon Stewart

#bush #came #display #even #him

We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion. ↗

— Bart Stupak

#care #funding #health #health care #language