All posts tagged "Congress"
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Obama Administration Struggles with Judicial Nominees
Two big fights are happening between the White House and the Senate over judicial nominees. Well, that’s nothing...
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Is It Time for a Special Prosecutor for the IRS?
Lois Lerner, former Internal Revenue Service official, was held in contempt of the House of Representatives on Wednesday....
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Data For Sale: Brokers Selling Info on Rape Victims and Alcoholics
Data Brokers are selling personal information including lists of rape victims, alcoholics, and people with erectile dysfunction disorder....
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Sorry, Citizens: Senators Won’t Fill Court Vacancies
Thanks to petty politics, your local federal court may be lacking in the positions that it needs most...
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Paycheck Fairness Act Fails in the Senate
The Senate shot down debate on paycheck fairness 53-44 today. Sixty votes are necessary to overcome cloture on...
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How Will Northwestern Stop its Football Team From Unionizing Now?
For those of us who follow labor law, sports law, or both, March 26, 2014 was a pretty...
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What SCOTUS’ McCutcheon Decision Means for the Future of US Elections
Get ready for even more money to enter politics. The Supreme Court overturned limits on federal political donations...
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S.1720: A Real Solution to Patent Trolling?
Patent trolls have long been a problem in the realm of intellectual property, but companies have yet to...
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Is it Legal for the President, and not Congress, to Implement ACA Delays?
The Obama Administration once again announced an extension of an Affordable Care Act deadline this week. For anyone...
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Does the Government Really Spend Too Much?
Is the federal government ‘too big’ or ‘too small’? Americans have been debating the best size of the...
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Security Breach: The Senate Wants to Protect Your Information
In response to Target’s massive data breach affecting nearly 110 million consumers, the Data Security and Breach Notification...
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4 Reasons Why Celebrities Testifying as Experts is Okay
Pretty much every big name in Hollywood has a preferred charity or two. You hear Elton John, and...
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Is America Ready to Fight Cybercrime?
In the 21st century, many people do not consider how vulnerable their high-tech gadgets are to outside hackers....
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Big Changes to Guantanamo Bay
One of the promises that Obama made on the campaign trail during his first election in 2008 was...
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Congress, Make it Stop: You Can Still Get Fired for Being Gay
Happy November, folks! Has everyone ditched their spooky, jack-o-lantern-themed front door decorations for some good, old-fashioned hand turkeys?...
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Privacy or the Internet: Choose One
The double standard of a generation. The ultimate oxymoron. Each year major companies including Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and...
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Wealth Disparity in the United States: Minimum Wage
The United States of America. Land of the free, home of the brave. Doesn’t that have a nice...
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Shutdown Woes: Rethinking a Broken System
It should go without saying that shutting down the government is not a good idea. It’s not good...
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Filibusters: Past, Present, and Future
In a recent speech at the Center for American Progress, Senator Harry Reid shared his belief that the...
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Shutdown 2013: The End of Day Two Sees Slow Progress
Day two of the government shutdown has come and gone, and the streets of Washington, D.C. remain much...
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Government Shutdown: One Step Closer to the End of the American Dream?
If you watched the news coverage, the night of Monday, September 31st felt like New Years Eve. News...
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Calls for Sentencing Reform in the War on Drugs
On Wednesday, the attorney general, Eric Holder, stated “the war on drugs is now 30.. 40 years old....
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Landmark California Regulations Under Attack
As congressional gridlock persists, companies have started targeting sympathetic Republican leaders in the house to fight California’s notoriously...
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New Mobile App. ‘Congress’ Legislative Bill Tracker
Congress by The Sunlight Foundation The Sunlight Foundation is an educational organization with the mission of increasing transparency...
