I second everything that TTF said, including that prorogation is a major problem that must be reformed. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Checks and Balances] Reference
The right-wing pundistas tell us at length why the burgeoning Facebook group opposed to prorogation is irrelevant. From Wordnik.com. [Frogs in a pot] Reference
Well, as Prime Minister, when he feels Parliment (same as your congress) is disjoined he can call a prorogation, a prorogation is a closing of Parliment (congress). From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to US says old treaty disputes with Russia have no bearing on new nuclear arms treaty] Reference
The prorogation is the only way you are going to get it. From Wordnik.com. [Comments for Jack's Newswatch] Reference
Opposition Leader Tim Hudak echoed Horwath's concerns, calling prorogation an attempt to. From Wordnik.com. [Top Stories - Google News] Reference
The states-general of the League did not appear again; their prorogation was their death. From Wordnik.com. [A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5] Reference
Minister to close, or suspend a session of the Parliament for up to a year, a process called prorogation. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Harper's African conversion] Reference
Ah! So 'prorogation' is actually a kind of normal thing or was a normal thing back in horse and buggy times. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Feldman: Oy, Canada! Conservative PM Uses Rare Act To Suspend Parliament] Reference
Back in late 2008, very few Canadians could pronounce "prorogation," let alone explain what it. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Harper's African conversion] Reference
Ralph Goodale calls prorogation âdespoticâ. From Wordnik.com. [Do we have a responsible opposition? - Potter Gold - Macleans.ca] Reference
The sudden prorogation was resorted to because the. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
The prorogation is not yet known, but will be to-morrow. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella] Reference
A prorogation was anticipated, when the Usher of the Black. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
Shortly after the prorogation, Mr. Papineau, the Speaker of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
Lords on the day of the prorogation, and see how matters looked. From Wordnik.com. [A Child's History of England] Reference
The ONLY reason Harper requested this prorogation was to save his skin. From Wordnik.com. [It's prorogation.] Reference
One reaction to the summary prorogation of Parliament by Stephen Harper. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference
The Parliament will have another short prorogation, though it is not known yet. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal to Stella] Reference
The Queen enters on the opening and prorogation of Parliament through the Victoria. From Wordnik.com. [Shepp's Photographs of the World] Reference
Yep, Scotian, and I suspect that had as much to do with prorogation as anything else. From Wordnik.com. ["Don't poke the retard!"] Reference
He defended prorogation last year, but the scales appear to have fallen from his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-12-01] Reference
Shorter Blogging Tories: Was that prorogation by Stephen Harper a bit of brilliance or what?. From Wordnik.com. [Blogging Tories to other people: Fuck off and drop dead.] Reference
Requescens died suddenly, a few days before the prorogation of the English Parliament in March. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
Governor General's decision to allow the prorogation of the House of Commons is a proper decision. From Wordnik.com. [Awwwwwwwkward.] Reference
Although the season was now far advanced, motions were made in both houses to put off the prorogation. From Wordnik.com. [The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria] Reference
The debate about the recent prorogation of the Canadian Parliament has been continuing in the blogosphere. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
The 11th of August, the day fixed for the prorogation of Parliament by the Queen, now arrived; and the khan. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843] Reference
He said, in his prorogation speech, that he did not think the session would prove of much advantage to the public. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
Well, it has happened before in England -- in 1628 when King Charles I gave a prorogation speech and dissolved parliament. From Wordnik.com. [Jeffrey Feldman: Oy, Canada! Conservative PM Uses Rare Act To Suspend Parliament] Reference
The House of Lords also contains the throne occupied by the reigning sovereign at the opening and prorogation of Parliament. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863] Reference
About the time of the prorogation of the session, His Grace, the Duke of Richmond, came to Upper Canada, on a tour of inspection. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
"My command in Africa is prorogued, with proconsular imperium, and every likelihood of continued prorogation should I need more time.". From Wordnik.com. [The First Man in Rome]
It was Harper cast briefly in the unlikely mould of Pierre Elliott Trudeau, with prorogation replacing the War Emergency Measures Act. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference
That, if what the leadership of the Canadian government is to be believed, is what the prorogation of the Canadian parliament is all about. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Lurio: Harper's "Time Out"] Reference
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