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Remember, remember, the 7th November,
A vote matters more than a jot;
I know of no reason why this voting season
Should ever be forgot.

US Mid-term Elections
Democrats Gain Control of the House

Democrats have won control of the US House of Representatives in mid-term polls, and are one seat away from gaining a majority in the Senate.
The Democrats won the Senate seat in Montana after a delayed neck-and-neck vote count was completed.
The race now hangs on Virginia, where a win would give the Democrats the six seats needed for a majority.
And US media are quoting Republican officials as saying Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is stepping down.

In Tuesday's poll, Democrats comfortably gained the 15 seats needed to wrest power from the Republicans in the lower chamber. Correspondents say Democratic gains reflect voter discontent over Iraq, government corruption and the economy. In Virginia, the Democrats have claimed victory with a lead of about 8,000 votes, but the Republicans are thought likely to demand a recount.

The results give the Democrats control of the House of Representatives for the first time in 12 years. The BBC's Jamie Coomarasamy in Washington says this has changed the political landscape in the US, and the last two years of the Bush presidency will be very different from those before.

With projected results still coming through, the Democrats had gained 27 House seats from the Republicans. Analysts say control of the House will allow Democrats to choose to launch inquiries into the handling of Iraq, and could lead to significant changes on domestic issues like taxation and health care. Democrats also won four of six target Senate seats.

President George W Bush has telephoned several top Congressional Democrats to offer his congratulations.

Mr Bush has scheduled a news conference for 1800 GMT - in which correspondents say he will give the first clue on whether he intends to compromise with his newly powerful opponents or fight.

House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi - poised to become the chamber's first female Speaker - pledged that the Democrats would work with "civility" and "partnership, not partisanship" in their newly empowered position. But she said the Bush administration's "stay the course" policy in Iraq was not working. "We cannot continue down this catastrophic path," she said.
BBC News
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And so things are looking up.
And just in time too.
I was beginning to see
Guy Fawkes' point of view.

JHP

Costume National Homme Automne/Hiver 2006