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A divide is growing amongst campaign finance reforms on how to re-democratize the political process. On the one hand, reformers are pushing for a constitutional amendment
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Less than half (48%) of independent voters in the United States would vote in favor of a law that would replace the current campaign finance system
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Please entertain the idea of opening the 2014 Democratic Primary to minority, independent party, and No Party Affiliation
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States could face a strict timeline to implement new standards if either of the two No Child Left Behind re-authorization bills currently being considered in Congress
Last week, FairVote.org released a new policy paper, in which it presents a proposition to resolve the deficiencies of California's nonpartisan top-two primary. FairVote is an
Harvard economist Greg Mankiw’s provocative recent paper, “Defending the One Percent,” has reinvigorated the debate about taxing the rich across the economics blogosphere, with Paul Krugman, The Economist and
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Along with gun control, immigration reform has been among the more divisive issues in Washington and within the Republican Party.
Within the GOP is the so-called
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The need for voter ID laws is a contentious and politically driven argument that tends to crop up around election years following the passage of the first
The Washington "Get Rich Quick" Scheme
When George Washington became the commanding officer of the Continental Army, he accepted no pay from the Continental Congress. He believed in
Distrust in traditional media sources is not limited to the United States and is prevalent in nations in the Middle East, according to recent research conducted by Northwestern University in
The practice of wiretapping has taken a new shape as technology has evolved. Telephone lines are no longer the only communication medium vulnerable to infiltration. E-mail, text messaging, and
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In the month of May alone, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) raked in a combined $10.8 million.
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