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...poll showed that parliamentary bodies find it incredibly difficult to move past partisan disputes. In some cases, council members harked back to past council scandals and their presidential equivalents. One member, although asked only for his full name and class year, went so far as to identify himself as by house, concentration, hometown, council committee and "leader of the 1998 pro-Impeachment rally." Remember, it has been close to a full year since the Burton impeachment. Additionally, in response to the question "Whose fault is the current lack of a definitive winner?" responses ran the gamut. Geoffrey Starks '02 responded...
Slade: It's pretty routine, although this year will certainly feel like a more serious process than it ever has before. Of course, that makes sense - when Florida's electors gather in December, they will elect the next president...
...Money has often been the focal point in Harris's public life: She was also criticized for taking about $20,000 from Riscorp, a Florida-based insurance company, during one of her early campaigns, and although she was never charged in the case - a Riscorp executive was jailed - she said later she regretted "not knowing exactly how much they had given me." After lobbying for legislation perceived as helpful to the insurance industry, Harris later returned the cash and spearheaded campaign finance reform measures for Florida politicians...
...Money has often been the focal point in Harris's public life: She was also criticized for taking about $20,000 from Riscorp, a Florida-based insurance company, during one of her early campaigns, and although she was never charged in the case - a Riscorp executive was jailed - she said later she regretted "not knowing exactly how much they had given me." After lobbying for legislation perceived as helpful to the insurance industry, Harris later returned the cash and spearheaded campaign finance reform measures for Florida politicians...
...Federal code requires each state to send their results via the United States Postal Service, postmarked no later than December 19. Then, on January 6, the national tally takes place in Washington. And although there are seven copies of the results, only about half of them go to D.C. One copy goes to the president of the U.S. Senate (a.k.a. Al Gore), two go to the national archives, two are held in Albany by the state secretary of state, and the last two are held by the chief federal justice of the region. That's the case in every state...