1. Clinton, by contrast, faces an opposition Republican majority in Congress. 2. I am still concerned about the risk of setting a precedent for opposition majorities in Congress to remove presidents for purely political reasons. 3. If they overcome their wide differences, will form a unified opposition majority. 4. The dual vote means that the next prime minister could face a parliament with an opposition majority. 5. The measure now goes to the upper house, where it is expected to be rejected by the opposition majority. 6. Both the opposition majority and the PRI itself appear to be fragile. 7. But even a weak opposition majority in the lower house is a historic change. 8. That has been increasingly difficult in a country where, for the first time in generations, the president faces an opposition majority in both houses of Congress. 9. To illustrate this desire, the five municipalities the president toured Thursday contain opposition party majorities. 10. Democratic President Bill Clinton was to meet Tuesday with leaders of the opposition Republican majority in Congress to discuss balancing the budget, White House spokesman Michael McCurry said. |
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