All posts tagged "Senate"
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How to Fix the House of Representatives
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) published an op-ed in the New York Times last week that points out a...
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Todd Akin Needs to Legitimately Stop Talking
Most of us remember Todd Akin, former Missouri Senate candidate, for his comments about how women cannot get...
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A Good but Stinky Step for Parenting Equality
When nature calls, mothers and fathers alike run to restrooms to change dirty diapers, soothing both their babies...
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Why the Phony Outrage Over the VA Scandal, Congress?
While the story over the mismanagement and data manipulations by VA employees continues to unfold, Congress claims they're...
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Reexamination of AUMF: Potential End to the War on Terror
Statements by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) this week may reignite a debate over a law called...
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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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Senate Votes to Declassify CIA Documents
Americans may soon get some information regarding CIA operations and intelligence procedures in the post 9-11 information gathering...
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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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What the Senate’s Rejection of Debo Adegbile Teaches Future Lawyers
Attention all young lawyers: do you have any ambitions of making it to the bench? Or maybe another...
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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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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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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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John McCain Pushing for Immigration Reform
Although it has already passed the Senate, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) says there is still a lot of...
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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...
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Cloture — Barely — for Labor Nominee Tom Perez
The Senate ended debate on Tom Perez, President Obama’s Labor Secretary Nominee, with a cloture vote of 60-40,...
