<div><p>Gerrymandering is nearly as old as America itself, named after James Madison’s vice president and governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry. The advantageous practice of drawing legislative districts along partisan lines may seem unfair, but thanks to the support from the two major parties i

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<div><p>Much&nbsp;effort has been put into making the <strong><a href="http://ivn.us/tag/trans-pacific-partnership" rel="noopener noreferrer">Trans-Pacific Partnership</a></strong> (TPP) deal into the largest trade agreement in the history of the United States. It is that expansiveness and the presi

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<div><p><a href="http://ivn.us/tag/rand-paul" rel="noopener noreferrer"><strong>Rand Paul</strong></a>, once considered the GOP’s savior after two grueling presidential election losses, has fallen on some hard times.</p><p>Paul was labelled by the media as a front-runner or top-tier candidate months

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<div><p>Perhaps the Export-Import Bank is a relic from the New Deal era, but that doesn't mean that Republicans are opposed to it.&nbsp;The Ex-Im Bank&nbsp;has served a purpose for around three quarters of a century and has benefited small as well as big businesses and it is about to expire at the e

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<div>The headliners for the 2016 presidential campaign are <p><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83550_Page2.html" rel="noopener noreferrer">likely</a> to be Bush v. Clinton again. <strong><a href="http://ivn.us/tag/jeb-bush" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jeb Bush</a></strong> and <stron

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<div><p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C.&nbsp;</strong>-- Audit the Fed, a cause championed by former U.S. Representative Ron Paul (R-Texas), was <a href="http://thehill.com/policy/finance/233249-rand-paul-eyes-debt-ceiling-fight-in-audit-the-fed-push" rel="noopener noreferrer">picked up</a> by Paul's son, 

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<div>The budget wars have begun again.<p>The president unveiled his <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/" rel="noopener noreferrer">FY2016 budget</a> that begins on October 1 and the price tag is $3.99 trillion. Obama likes to use the phrase “middle class economics,” but the GOP typically 

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<div>Issues and priorities change in Washington with the wind. Each president faces criticism and has to paint an optimistic veneer on his speeches to point out that work is still getting done.<p>Remember the Solyndra, Fast and Furious, IRS, NSA, and VA scandals? The point is that there is a lot to 

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