Posts Tagged ‘ Democrats ’

US Goes Obama!

Nov 4th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: New

Cynthia Cheng
History was made on November 4, with the election of Barack Obama as the President of the United States.  Being the first US President of African descent, this was something that was not even in anyone’s imagination even ten years ago, let alone during the Civil Rights era of the 1960s.  But the question remains: How will [...]



Mixed Results For Bailout Bill Poll

Oct 7th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: Poll Results, Polls

Last week, Prospere Magazine asked its readers:
The Bailout bill in the US was narrowly defeated.  Do you think the bill was a good idea in the first place?
 

Not surprisingly, results were mixed. While 33.3% of you said that the bill was a good way to avoid economic collapse, almost as many, 26.7% said that it [...]



Bailout Bill: Votes and Region

Sep 30th, 2008 | By Admin | Category: New

UPDATE 2: The House of Representatives has passed the “bailout bill” 263-171. The vast majority of Democrats were for the bill (172 to 63) while a slight majority of Republicans were against the bill (91 for, 108 against).
UPDATE: On the evening of Wednesday, October 1, the Senate approved the revised version of the [...]