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Jul 18 2013
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Obama Pitches Obamacare Plusses as Health Law Pressures Mount
With his health care reform under attack and Americans increasingly skeptical of its benefits, President Obama went on the offensive Thursday announcing that the program will put $500 million into consumers’ pockets this summer and claiming it has lowered insurance rates by $3.4 billion.
During a White House press conference, Obama said 8.5 million policy holders will get rebate checks
Newsmax (News)May 19 2019
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Trump Breaks Silence on Abortion Law
President Trump has given more details to his "strongly pro-life" views amid the controversy over new laws that have been passed in states. Trump said he was against abortion except in cases of incest, rape, or a serious health risk to the mother.
BBC News Washington Post Washington ExaminerDec 22 2023
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Why Biden’s latest move on marijuana pardons matters
About a month before the 2022 midterm elections, President Joe Biden announced one of the most sweeping pardons in modern American history: The incumbent Democrat took executive action to pardon thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession under federal law. It was not, however, the end of the White House’s efforts. The Associated Press reported: “Criminal records for marijuana use
MSNBCMar 27 2018
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Utah becomes first state to pass 'free-range parenting' law
Utah has become the first state to legalize “free-range parenting," codifying that kids can participate in unsupervised activities without their parents facing neglect charges.
The HillDec 21 2023
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RFK Jr slams California Lt Gov for eyeing bid to remove Trump from ballot
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. blasted the California lieutenant governor for calling on the state's secretary of state to "explore legal options" to remove former President Trump from the ballot. Kennedy blasted Golden State Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis in a tweet after her Wednesday orders to Secretary of State Shirley Weber to look into "legal options" to take Trump
Fox News (Online News)Dec 20 2023
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The Mainstream Against Democracy
Mainstream parties could have responded in one of two ways to the populist wave that began to sweep through developed nations on both sides of the Atlantic in the mid-2010s. They could either offer attractive policy alternatives that answered ordinary people’s anxieties and rallied them away from populist movements like Trump and Brexit, or they could try to use underhanded lawfare strategies
The American ConservativeMay 30 2021
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Democratic lawmaker calls Texas voting bill 'shameful' and says GOP wants to make it 'easier to steal an election'
New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries on Sunday criticized the restrictive voting bill moving through the Texas Legislature as "shameful," saying the legislation and efforts from Republicans in other states to impose strict election measures amount to a "voter suppression epidemic."
"Well the Texas law is shameful and Republicans clearly in Texas and throughout the country want to make it
CNN (Online News)Feb 15 2021
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7 GOP Senators Voted To Convict Trump. Only 1 Faces Voters Next Year
A majority of senators voted Saturday to convict former President Donald Trump on an impeachment charge of inciting an insurrection at the U.S Capitol.
But the Democrats' side needed 17 Republicans to join them in order to reach the two-thirds threshold needed to convict.
Seven GOP senators voted with Democrats — the most bipartisan impeachment vote in U.S. history — but well
NPR (Online News)Mar 08 2020
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Perspectives: Should Voting be Mandatory?
Media voices throughout the political spectrum have debated the idea of mandatory or compulsory voting and its effectiveness in a democratic society. Recently proposed legislation in California and Massachusetts would impose some form of penalty on citizens who don't vote in specified elections.
Proponents say the bills would boost civic engagement by raising voter turnout. People on
Reason The Boston Globe New York Times (Opinion)Jan 29 2014
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Reid will allow vote on Democratic-backed Obamacare changes
In a nod to vulnerable Senate Democrats up for re-election in 2014, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday that he will allow the Senate to vote on some Democratic proposals to change Obamacare.
In an exclusive interview with CNN Chief Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash, Reid said he is meeting with Democrats who have suggestions about altering Obamacare and hopes to bring
CNN (Online News)