Read more no confidence stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/6177/no-confidence.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 10:28:05 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71175/us-olympics-chief-will-step-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith the sting of Chicago's loss still fresh, the acting chief of the US Olympic Committee has decided to step down before being pushed out. Stephanie Streeter said today she will not seek the job on a permanent basis and will leave by March. The decision comes five days after...http://www.newser.com/story/71175/us-olympics-chief-will-step-down.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 12:15:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52960/rnc-runner-up-plots-to-unseat-steele-source.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagControversial Republican National Committee head Michael Steele will likely face a no-confidence vote after the election to replace former New York Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand March 31—whether or not the GOP is able to keep her seat, Republican sources tell Political Wire. Katon Dawson, who placed second in January's vote...http://www.newser.com/story/52960/rnc-runner-up-plots-to-unseat-steele-source.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Mar 2009 3:08:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/44415/canadian-pm-buys-time-with-parliament-shutdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPrime Minister Stephen Harper got permission today to close Canada’s Parliament until Jan. 26, avoiding a vote next week that would likely have forced him from power, the Globe and Mail reports. Harper’s Conservative government is under fire from a liberal coalition over inaction on the economic crisis. Over opposition...http://www.newser.com/story/44415/canadian-pm-buys-time-with-parliament-shutdown.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Dec 2008 14:52:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/29742/under-fire-japans-pm-wont-bow-to-election-calls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagJapan's prime minister suffered a humiliating blow today in a no-confidence motion passed by the upper house of the country's legislature—a post-war first, the BBC reports. Although the measure isn't politically binding, it's the latest step by the opposition to force Yasuo Fukuda to call new elections, a call...http://www.newser.com/story/29742/under-fire-japans-pm-wont-bow-to-election-calls.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Jun 2008 10:29:07 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24324/haitian-senate-sacks-prime-minister.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmid skyrocketing food prices and deadly riots in Haiti, the country's senate has voted to oust Prime Minister Jacques-Edouard Alexis. President Rene Preval, who appointed his ally Alexis in 2006 to lead the country's coalition government, must now choose a new cabinet. The vote came in spite of a recently...http://www.newser.com/story/24324/haitian-senate-sacks-prime-minister.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 13 Apr 2008 7:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3007/vote-on-ag-derails-in-senate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA no-confidence vote on Alberto Gonzales failed to get out of the Senate today when a procedural vote to cut off debate failed by seven votes. Both sides proclaimed partial victory: Republicans had blasted the vote as a stunt, but Democrats lured seven GOP senators across party lines to support...http://www.newser.com/story/3007/vote-on-ag-derails-in-senate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 11 Jun 2007 20:11:16 CDT