" Although legal, Clinton's actions were criticized by conservatives and some Vietnam veterans during his presidential campaign in 1992.

Although the 1988 constitution preserves the external and internal roles of the armed forces, it places the military under presidential authority.

Although the opposition campaign was hurt by the desire of the Mexican electorate for stability, following the assassination of Luis Donaldo Colosio, the intended PRI candidate, and the recent outbreak of hostilities in the state of Chiapas, Zedillo's share of the vote was the lowest official percentage for any PRI presidential candidate up to that time.

Although Barre managed to recover enough to present himself as the sole presidential candidate for re-election over a term of seven years on December 23, 1986, his poor health and advanced age led to speculation about who would succeed him in power.

Although essentially more presidential than parliamentary, the Legislative Council had inherited many elements of the Westminster system, including parliamentary powers, privileges and immunity, and the right to conduct inquiries, amongst others.

Although McKinley outpolled him by 600, 000 votes, Bryan received more votes than any previous presidential candidate.

Although Bryan ran again on a silver platform in the 1900 presidential election, the issue failed to produce the same resonance with the voters.

Although many observers from the 1880s onward predicted that Yankee politicians would be no match for new generations of ethnic politicians, the presence of Yankees at the top tier of modern American politics was typified by Presidents George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, and by Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean ( as well, to some observers, by 2004 Democratic presidential nominee Senator John Forbes Kerry, descendant through his mother, of the Scottish Forbes family, which emigrated to Massachusetts the 1750s ).

Although the election of 1800 had given majority control of the House of Representatives to the Republicans by 103 seats to 39, the presidential election would be decided by the outgoing House, which had been elected in the Federalist landslide of 1798 and was controlled by the Federalists, 60 seats to 46.

Although Kennedy had only competed in nine presidential primaries, Kennedy's rivals, Johnson and Symington, failed to campaign in any primaries.

Although he was defeated, Dewey's surprisingly strong showing against Lehman ( he lost by only 1. 4 %) brought him national political attention and made him a frontrunner for the 1940 Republican presidential nomination.

Although no presidential candidate received a majority in the Electoral College and the election was ultimately resolved by the House of Representatives, the Electoral College elected Calhoun vice president by a landslide.

Although Congressional support was insufficient to override a presidential veto, Roosevelt felt he could not afford to snub the South and anger public opinion, especially whilst facing re-election in 1936 and needing Congressional co-operation on domestic issues.

Although many commentators were surprised at the time, and considered it to be an institutional crisis, some claiming the Fifth Republic could not accommodate itself of such rivalry at the head of the state, cohabitation repeated itself after the 1993 elections, when the RPR again won the elections, and then after the 1997 elections, when the Socialist Party won, leading to the constitution of Lionel Jospin's Plural Left government while Chirac was only at the beginning of his first presidential term.

Although Monroe County has voted for the Democratic candidate since 1992, it is a close county in presidential elections ; it was won by the Democratic Party by margins of 5 % in 2008 and 0. 5 % in 2004.

Although Texas as a whole voted for Republican John McCain in the 2008 presidential election, Democrat Barack Obama won 33, 435 votes ( 71 percent ) of the ballots in Webb County.

Although Democratic presidential candidates have only won the county in four of the last 13 elections ( Kennedy in 1960, Johnson in 1964, Clinton in 1992 and Obama in 2008 ), the races have almost always been close, such as in 1980, when Ronald Reagan won by a landslide nationwide, but by a mere 1 % in Wake County.

Although Barack Obama got only 38. 45 % of Hamilton County's vote during the 2008 election, it is the highest percentage a Democrat presidential candidate has been able to get for this county since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 ( who himself had also lost the county ).

Although the parish trends Democratic, in the 2008 presidential election, the Democrat Barack Obama of Illinois received 3, 766 votes ( 39. 5 percent ) in Concordia Parish to 5, 668 ( 59. 5 percent ) for the Republican nominee, John S. McCain of Arizona.

Although the parish trends Democratic, in the 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama of Illinois received only 1, 659 votes ( 31. 8 percent ) compared to 3, 486 ( 66. 7 percent ) for the Republican nominee, John S. McCain of Arizona.

Although it has ninety-two rooms, many of these are used for storage of presidential files, for household staff and official staff, including military aides-de-camp, a Secretary to the President ( somewhat equivalent to Chief of Staff in the White House, except it is a permanent civil service position ) and a press office.

Although he rejected this scholarship, Martin Mayer wrote in 1997 that since the late 1980s it had been “ clear ” that continuing the Glass-Steagall prohibitions was only “ permitting a handful of large investment houses and hedge funds to charge monopoly rents for their services without protecting corporate America, investors, or the banks .” Hyman Minsky, who disputed the benefits of “ universal banking ,” wrote in 1995 testimony prepared for Congress that “ repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, in itself, would neither benefit nor harm the economy of the United States to any significant extent .” In 1974 Mayer had quoted Minsky as stating a 1971 presidential commission ( the “ Hunt Commission ”) was repeating the errors of history when it proposed relaxing Glass-Steagall and other legislation from the 1930s.

Although he refused to return to politics, Ryti voted regularly in parliamentary and presidential elections.

Although he issued no endorsement of any candidate during the 2004 presidential primaries, he spoke and wrote approvingly of since defeated U. S. Representative Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, calling him a " clear populist with a lifelong history of unambiguous advocacy of populist principles.

Although most legislation is initiated by the executive branch, the Bundestag considers the legislative function its most important responsibility, concentrating much of its energy on assessing and amending the government's legislative program.

Although utilitarianism prompted legislative and administrative reform and John Stuart Mill's later writings on the subject foreshadowed the welfare state, it was mainly used as a justification for laissez-faire.

Although the European Parliament has legislative power that the Council and Commission do not possess, it does not formally possess legislative initiative, as most national parliaments of European Union member states do.

Although legislative votes are recorded and are available to the American public, legislators can exchange their votes on issues they do not care much about for votes on other issues that are more important to their personal agendas ( Holcombe 2006 ).

Although the Lords are still involved in the legislative process and the Prime Minister must still guide legislation through both Houses, the Lords no longer have the power to veto or even delay enactment of legislation passed by the Commons.

Although the struggle between executive and legislative branches was partially resolved by the new constitution, the two branches continued to represent fundamentally opposing visions of Russia's future.

Although Norway was in a legislative union with Sweden, it was a sovereign state, and needed educated people to run it.

Although the Constitution provides for legislative, executive, judicial, and pro-curatorial powers, they are all still subject to Communist Party leadership.

Although the statutes did not explicitly limit the definition of marriage to male-female pairs, the court held that both the common dictionary definition of marriage, in addition to the legislative intent ( the relevant statutes were enacted in 1945 ) favored the interpretation of marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Although divorced from the U. S. Constitutional limitation, Canada has recognized that considerations of judicial economy and comity with the legislative and executive branch may justify a decision to dismiss an allegedly moot case, as deciding hypothetical controversies is tantamount to legislating.

Although the 4R Act established these guidelines, the ICC at first did not give much effect to its legislative mandates.

Although the principal or corpus of the Fund is constitutionally protected, income earned by the Fund, like nearly all State income, is constitutionally defined as general fund money ( subject to legislative appropriation for any purpose ... but, in practical political terms, the public tolerates spending Fund income mostly only for ' inflation-proofing ' and for paying dividends ).

Although Canada is a federal state, a large portion of its land mass in the North is under the legislative jurisdiction of the federal government.

Although there have been many changes since the Cabinet committee system was first developed in the early twentieth century, the committees for foreign and military policy, domestic policy, economic policy, and the government's legislative agenda have been more or less permanent fixtures.

Although the Prime Minister, by convention, serves as a member of the House of Representatives, other ministers may come from either house, and the two houses have almost equal legislative power.

Although this rejection has been attributed to both political and religious differences, this Ohio legislature was much more restrictive in issuing bank charters than the previous legislative body.

Although the Storting has always been unicameral, until 2009 it would divide itself into two departments in legislative matters.

Although the electoral results from his district were bright spots in what was otherwise a disappointing election for the Ľudáks, the party did not reward him with a legislative seat.

Although it was a legislative assembly, it took over the executive power, entrusting it to its own members.

Although Abdullah established a legislative council in 1928 its role remained advisory leaving him to rule as an autocrat.

Although living in Paris and away from legislative governing of Albania, Essad Pasha claimed to still be the ruler of the state and attempted to represent Albania in the Paris Peace Conference.

Although the Irish Parliament was composed exclusively of representatives of the minority Protestant community in Ireland, it did show sparks of independence, most notably the achievement of full legislative independence in 1782, where all the restrictions previously surrounding the parliament in College Green, notably Poynings ' Law were repealed.