That would normally give the party in power, in this case the Republicans, a campaign boost.
Americans have usually rewarded the party in power when they've been that satisfied.
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As Republicans escape blame for being the primary cause of a broken Washington, Democrats, as the party in power, are most at risk of losing elections in November.
Then as now, the party in power was pushing a politically popular issue, eager to score an electoral victory before sending members home for their month-long summer break.
Dan Mica, a former Democratic congressman from Florida and now chief executive of the Credit Union National Association, says the party in power will tweak lobbying rules, making influence more transparent.
It is often a deeply partisan and complicated process in which the party in power usually tries to craft districts that are favorable to them while minimizing the other side's political heft.
Another, Anwar, 63, is a member of the provincial assembly and a member of the party in power, the Pakistan People's Party (the party of Benazir Bhutto, which is now led by her widower, Asif Ali Zardari).
In addition, as the party already in power in Westminster, Labour cannot, without self-criticism, suggest a different agenda for Wales.
On the European side, it would be a mistake to sit back and wait for a sea-change in Tory attitudes once the party is in power.
It always does, and this is true regardless of the political party in power.
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Business Secretary Vince Cable insisted the government was "on the right track", and called on Labour to set out what it would cut if the party was in power.
Since the departure of Gov. George Pataki four years ago, New York Republicans have been searching in vain for a charismatic figure who might restore the party to power in Albany.
Malaysian stocks surged on Monday, touching a record high, and the currency jumped after the ruling party retained power in the country's general elections, reassuring investors who had worried about a potential change of government.
Since political strategists are known for fighting the last war, come 2004 there will be a real temptation for candidates in the party out of power to just forget the Iowa caucuses to focus more time in New Hampshire.
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The centrist conservative party was in power twice in the 90s, with both terms ending amid damaging allegations of corruption, despite campaigning on an anti-graft platform.
Members of his PASOK party are recalcitrant, not least because the reforms threaten the party's power-base in the unions.
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Meanwhile, waiting for the right moment to grab power is Sitaram Kesri, leader of the Congress party, which helps keep the United Front in power through its support in Parliament.
The first two columns of the table show how the Dow does depending on whether or not the controlling party stays in power.
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Gandhi helped return the party to power in early 2004, and since then she has extended the idea of "inclusive growth" to its logical, though contestable, conclusion.
While it may be virtually impossible to survive in office without faith in a supreme being, it remains to be seen how successful the Democratic Party's new confidence in the power of personal testimony will prove to be with a divided and volatile electorate.
When the LDP lost once before, in 1993, it remained easily the biggest party in the Diet, and within 11 months was back in power.
In a behind-the-scenes struggle with officials of the party he helped put in power in Belize, Ashcroft is trying to hold on to, and possibly even expand, his monopoly on providing telecommunications in the tax haven and former British colony.
Mr Salmond is leader of the Scottish National Party which is in power in Edinburgh as the Scottish government.
The Labour party won power in Southampton in May, vowing to reverse a pay cut for staff imposed by the previous Conservative administration and keep job losses to a minimum.
The Labour party won power in Southampton last May, vowing to reverse a pay cut for staff imposed by the previous Conservative administration and keep job losses to a minimum.
What, what we are doing is going back to the constituencies - they're the ones who have the power in my party, and quite rightly so, that's what's kept the party able to adapt for two hundred years and we're not going to do away with that.
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The party, which rose to power in 2008 in part by widespread sympathy after the death of party leader Benazir Bhutto, has carried out what many called a lackluster campaign.
However, Mr Paisley has predicted that the DUP will hold the balance of unionist power in the assembly and that his party will therefore have the power to block any such move.
In Greece, the right-wing New Democracy party came to power in 2004 pledging a liberalisation of the economy.
Mr Pawar is from the regional Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) which is in power in Maharashtra in alliance with the Congress party.
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