The Diet will vote for a new prime minister on Tuesday, and Fukuda is expected to win because the LDP controls a stable majority in the Lower House.

国会将于周二选举新首相，因为自民党控制了下院的多数席位，所以福田当选是意料之中。

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Republicans hold a 19-14 majority in the state Senate, but they need at least one Democrat to be present before taking a vote on the bill.

共和党人在州议会中以19比14占据多数优势，但他们需要至少一位民众党人士的出席以确保法案投票的进行。

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A majority of lawmakers in the lower house refused to vote. It appeared Mister Berlusconi had lost their support.

大多数国会下议院议员拒绝投票，看来贝卢斯科尼已经失去了他们的支持。

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Abraham Lincoln did not receive a majority of the popular vote in the eighteen sixty election.

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But Democrats were still able to assemble the 218 vote majority in the 435 member House required for passage.

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Republicans also bitterly oppose the Democrat's plan to avoid Republican obstruction in a later Senate vote on the modified package with a process that would allow approval with a simple majority of 51 votes.

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We think the Senate can vote in the majority for energy proposals that will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce the pressure on gas prices.

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Eric Garcetti, 42, and Wendy Greuel, 51 - both veterans of city hall - have been cited as mayoral candidates who might face each other in a run-off vote in May if no candidate wins a majority of the vote in Tuesday's election.

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The fact is, is we have enormous urgent problems in front of us that have to be addressed, and they have to be addressed in a way that will get 60 votes in the Senate, a majority vote in the House, and something that the president will sign.

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