(angus reid) - A majority of people in the United States agrees with a legal concept allowing for the prosecution of offenders whose crimes are driven by hatred of a particular group, according to a poll by Gallup released by USA Today. 78 per cent of respondents favour hate crime laws related to a victim’s race, colour, religion or national origin.

American voters renewed the House of Representatives and one-third of the Senate in November 2006. In January, the Democratic Party took control of the lower house for the first time since 1994, with 233 lawmakers. A victory for the Democratic candidates for the Senate in Montana and Virginia also gave the party a majority in the upper house. Democratic California congresswoman Nancy Pelosi became the first female speaker of the House. Read More

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