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Feb 17 2013
News
The real impact of automatic cuts and why they may happen after all
From military training to educational grants to border patrols to hurricane relief, federal agencies face $85 billion in automatic, government-wide spending cuts this year. It was part of a $1.2 trillion deal struck by Congress and signed by President Barack Obama in 2011 to extend U.S. borrowing authority and cut the deficit.
CNN (Online News)Nov 11 2019
News
3 ways the Supreme Court could decide DACA’s fate
The Supreme Court hears an epic showdown over the Obama era immigration program on Tuesday.
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday on a trio of cases asking whether the Trump administration acted properly when it decided to wind down the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program — an Obama-era program that allows unauthorized immigrants who were brought to the the US
VoxNov 29 2020
Opinion
Footsoldiers of democracy, election officials became targets of rage
Gerald Lawrence takes copious notes as public comments submitted to the Delaware County Board of Elections in Pennsylvania are read out loud.
Some are congratulatory, thanking Mr. Lawrence and his colleagues for running a safe and secure election during a pandemic.
The vast majority, however, are not.
A voter named Richard tells the board he believes there was serious
Christian Science MonitorOct 05 2012
News
Foreign Donor Scandal to Hit Obama Campaign?
According to the sources, a taxpayer watchdog group conducted a nine-month investigation into presidential and congressional fundraising and has uncovered thousands of cases of credit card solicitations and donations to Obama and Capitol Hill, allegedly from unsecure accounts, and many from overseas. That might be a violation of federal election laws.
TownhallMar 19 2015
News
House GOP Votes Down NIH Funding Measure One Day After Members Praised NIH Funding
One day after conservative Republicans thrilled an audience of science research advocates by pledging their support for more federal investments in their field, House Republicans on the Budget Committee voted against appropriating more money for just that purpose.
Late Wednesday evening, the House Budget Committee rejected an amendment offered by Rep. Kathy Castro (D-Fla.) to add
HuffPostJan 18 2014
News
DEMS PUSH BILL TO READ DETAINED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS
On Friday, Democratic Representatives Bill Foster of Illinois and Ted Deutch of Florida put forward a bill that would force the federal government to read detained illegal immigrants their rights. Detention centers do not have the obligation to read detainees their rights. The bill would create an Office of Legal Access Programs designed to help inform illegal immigrants.
Breitbart NewsApr 25 2014
Opinion
Obama's drone warfare: A legal way to kill?
When President Obama decided sometime during his first term that he wanted to be able to use unmanned aerial drones in foreign lands to kill people -- including Americans -- he instructed Attorney General Eric Holder to find a way to make it legal despite the absolute prohibition on governmental extra-judicial killing in federal and state laws and in the Constitution itself.
Fox News (Online News)Jan 03 2015
News
Republicans in state governments plan juggernaut of conservative legislation
Legislators in the 24 states where Republicans now hold total control plan to push a series of aggressive policy initiatives in the coming year aimed at limiting the power of the federal government and rekindling the culture wars.
The unprecedented breadth of the Republican majority — the party now controls 31 governorships and 68 of 98 partisan legislative chambers — all but guarantees
Washington PostJun 11 2019
News
Trump v Mueller: how the president won the messaging wars
Critics say Mueller failed to stand up for his investigation and to get the word out to the American people about what he found.
In so many ways, Robert Mueller was the right man for the job.
The former special counsel was fast, precise, ran a tight ship and, working in a hyper-partisan environment under the full glare of history, Mueller managed to investigate and document a
The GuardianSep 29 2015
News
Study links U.S. polarization to television news deregulation
Increasing American political polarization is linked to television news deregulation following the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996, according to a Washington State University study. “After 1996, we see changes in polarization based on how much television people are using,” said researcher Jay Hmielowski, assistant professor in WSU’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. He
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