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...Many City professionals will applaud the choice of Barclays’ tough chairman John McFarlane, reported by Martin Arnold and Patrick Jenkins of the FT....
...She said that when voters came closer to making a decision, they would look at the three candidates who were credible presidential nominees — Mr Bush, John Kasich, the Ohio governor, and Mr Rubio — and not...
...Many prominent Republican governors – such as Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Chris Christie of New Jersey, John Kasich of Ohio and Rick Perry of Texas – did not sign the letter....
...Ms Hauser described as “bellicose” the response of John McCain, the Republican nominee, to Russia’s conflict with Georgia....
...Ms Hauser endorsed John Kerry in 2004. Mr Chafee was the only Republican in the Senate to vote against the resolution permitting the use of force in Iraq....
...Bush has asked Congress to approve John Bolton, his controversial ambassador to the United Nations, for a second term, in the face of opposition from key Democrats....
...Mr Chafee voted against the invasion of Iraq and several tax cuts....
...Lincoln Chafee, a Republican moderate who lost his Senate seat, also blocked Mr Bolton’s nomination. Democrats, such as Senator John Kerry, were quick to claim a scalp....
...The seat had been widely seen as a toss-up after Mr Chafee defeated a conservative challenger in an August primary election....
...In Indiana, Republican congressman John Hostettler lost to Brad Ellsworth, a Democratic sheriff, in a race long seen as a national indicator of voter mood....
...There was Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island, the only Republican senator to oppose action against Saddam Hussein; the environmentalist Nancy Johnson in Connecticut; Sue Kelly and John Sweeney in New York, both...
...Mr Chafee has often disagreed with the Bush administration, voting against the president's 2003 tax cuts and with John McCain, a Republican, and the Democrats on the campaign finance reforms of 2001....
...The White House on Tuesday appeared in jeopardy of losing a high-profile battle over the nomination of John Bolton as US ambassador to the United Nations after a Senate committee decided to postpone a vote...
...A Senate aide says the running joke among Democrats on the foreign relations committee is watching for Chafee to explain next year why "I actually voted for John Bolton before I voted against him"....
...The Republicans include John McCain, Olympia Snowe, Lincoln Chafee and Mike DeWine. The Democrats include Ben Nelson, Joseph Lieberman, Mark Pryor, Mary Landrieu , Ken Salazar and Daniel Inouye....
...The foreign relations committee was poised last month to approve sending Mr Bolton's nomination to the Senate for a full vote, after Lincoln Chafee, a Rhode Island Republican who had voiced concerns about...
...Was Chafee, who has said he was “inclined” to vote for Bolton’s nomination, tipping his hand? Warming trend?...
...Bush on Thursday was that the Senate foreign relations committee did not reject the nomination of John Bolton to be US ambassador to the United Nations....
...Democrats on the Senate foreign relations committee will on Thursday make a final attempt to persuade their Republican colleagues to block the nomination of John Bolton for US ambassador to the United Nations...
...Among the many backers of the tax cuts was John Kerry, the Democratic presidential candidate, who said middle-class tax breaks would help "millions of American families [who] are being squeezed by the weak...
...Democrats were encouraged by Lincoln Chafee, a moderate Republican from Rhode Island, who said he would consider switching parties if Mr Bush were re-elected....
...According to John McCain, the Arizona Republican senator, complacency has been part of the problem....
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