Last week, Rasmussen published the results of a nationwide telephone survey that said six percent of Americans approve — to some degree — of Congress’ job performance. As bad as these polling results are, Rasmussen is not alone in its findings.
Senator Sanders elaborated by citing Republican Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wisconsin), one of the co-authors of the Patriot Act. In a letter to the president last week, Rep. Sensenbrenner said
The latest scandals coming out of Washington concerning the NSA, data mining phone records, PRISM, and other federal programs concerning public safety vs. individual privacy — especially online privacy — has bumped the issue to the forefront of political and public discourse in America. However, according to OpenSecrets.org, there was already a huge lobbying interest…
Another petition on the White House Petitions Page has made headlines, this time concerning the NSA surveillance leaks. On Sunday, a petition was created calling on President Obama to pardon Edward Snowden, the man who claims to be responsible for the leaks.
According to the latest survey by Pew Research, independent voters who support expanding marriage rights to gay couples is steadily rising. Jumping from 52 percent in 2012 to 57 percent in 2013, independent support for gay marriage is on track to pass 60 percent by 2014.
Ninety-four percent of Americans do not approve of Congress’ job performance, according to the latest poll from Rasmussen on congressional performance. Only 1 percent of survey takers said Congress is doing ‘excellent,’ while 5 percent said lawmakers are doing a good job.
Currently, all 50 states require DNA samples from people convicted of a felony. However, Maryland is not the only state that has a law allowing local law enforcement to take cheek swabs from arrestees. California not only has a similar law, it has a much broader law that may not have the same luck court.
