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Jun 21 2016
News
Partisanship dooms lawmakers’ latest effort to ‘do something’ about guns
They agreed on the need to “do something” about guns in the wake of Orlando, but senators couldn’t find the sweet spot Monday, instead retreating to partisan corners and stalemating on competing plans to try to keep firearms out of the hands of terrorists.
Washington TimesMay 03 2020
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Trump rips George W. Bush's call to end partisanship amid coronavirus
President Trump criticized former President George W. Bush’s call to put aside partisanship amid coronavirus but not during the impeachment proceedings of Mr. Trump.
Mr. Bush published a video message on Saturday urging unity amid the coronavirus’ outbreak, which received 4 million views on Twitter as of Sunday morning.
“.@PeteHegseth “Oh bye the way, I appreciate the message
Washington TimesJan 07 2015
News
The 1 chart that explains everything you need to know about partisanship in America
While paging through Pew's best data visualizations of 2014 (it's awesome), I came across what I believe to be one of the best and most revealing charts about the state of American politics. Here it is.
Washington PostDec 20 2019
News
Partisanship and democracy's other ills holding down the economy, Harvard study says
The many problems with American democracy are a central reason the country has made so little progress in tackling major challenges during a decade of economic growth, Harvard Business School concludes in an ambitious report out this week.
More precisely, the report blames the Democratic and Republican parties for looking to advance partisan advantage over the public interest — wasting
The FulcrumSep 27 2013
News
Once Upon a Time in America Partisanship Was For the Good of The People, What Happened?
After watching Wednesday’s Obamacare debate, we aren’t surprised to learn that 60 percent of Americans, according to the latest Gallup survey, believe the federal government is too powerful. In fact, it has now been more than eight years since fewer than half of Americans wanted to reduce the power of government.
The BlazeMar 20 2024
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Former Ohio governor and two-time presidential candidate to speak at MU
The former governor of Ohio and 2000 and 2016 presidential candidate John Kasich will take part in the Manatt-Phelps lecture series in political science at the Memorial Union on Wednesday. The lecture is the 20th presentation of the Manatt-Phelps lecture in political science and it will feature a “fireside chat” with Kasich and Karen Kedrowski, Director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center, in
Iowa State DailyFeb 11 2022
Analysis
A Push to Remove LGBTQ Books in One County Could Signal Rising Partisanship on School Boards
Nearly seven years ago, Melanie Graft’s 4-year-old daughter was in the children’s section of her local North Texas library when she picked up a book about an LGBTQ pride parade. Within the colorful pages of the book, “This Day in June,” children and adults celebrate with rainbow flags and signs promoting equality and love over hate. Adults embrace and kiss one another.
Alarmed, Graft
ProPublicaApr 08 2024
Perspectives Blog
When Moderates Come Up Short — Again
From the CenterI never liked being called a “moderate”. The term suggests that I don’t have strong feelings about anything – higher taxes or lower taxes, border wall or citizenship, pro-choice or pro-life – that the policy and real-world outcomes really didn’t matter as long as there was a compromise that led to agreement. But I’m not moderate about very many things at all. Rather, I am
Dan SchnurMar 03 2015
News
Netanyahu's speech to Congress: Has hyper-partisanship invaded foreign policy? (+video)
Are deliberations in Congress on American foreign policy becoming more partisan?
Christian Science MonitorJan 26 2013
News
Post-Inauguration Partisanship: Let's Stop Pretending Obama Is To Blame For The 'Tone In Washington'
Last Monday, President Barack Obama delivered his second inaugural address to a crowd of mostly contented huddled masses, and within hours of its delivery, the congealed conventional wisdom had essentially declared it to have been a "bold" piece of oratory.
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