Posts Tagged ‘abstain’

LGBT rights bill falls as lawmakers from Gantz’s party abstain

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76 UN members abstain & 26 vote against as Crimea human rights resolution passes

Among those who voted against the resolution were Russia, China, India, Iran, Serbia, and Belarus; while the US and its allies approved. In all, countries representing nearly half the world’s population rejected the document. The resolution called on Russia, described as an “occupying power,” to “take all necessary measures to immediately put an end to […]

Ted Cruz: Alternative News Websites Will Be Shut Down Imminently

Presidential candidate Ted Cruz has said that the “threats to Internet freedom” have “never been greater”. He said that there is the potential that independent online news outlets like the Drudge Report could be adversley affected. Theblaze.com reports: Speaking to TheBlaze Sunday evening in Dallas, Texas, the Republican presidential candidate responded to reports that Congressional […]

No Labor MP will abstain from offshore bill says Immigration Minister

IMMIGRATION Minister Chris Bowen is “absolutely” confident not a single Labor MP will abstain from voting on the government’s crucial offshore processing bill, potentially sparing Julia Gillard a humiliating and destabilising defeat on the floor of the hung parliament. Speaking to Sky News’s Australian Agenda, Mr Bowen also said the 800 places the government negotiated […]

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