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5 Key Issues The Lame Duck Congress Needs to Resolve in Final Two Months
No one party is going to hold the majority for long. For all the rhetoric from the vice president, by the end of Election Day, the results were not that surprising. The Democrats were not going to kee...
The Fight for the Senate: Who Will Win Control?
The main talk of the 2014 election has been which political party will control the Senate after the votes have been counted. Democrats have been on defense throughout most of the country as President ...
5 Issues That Will Define The Final Weeks of the Midterm Elections
With the weeks closing in on the 2014 midterms, polls are tightening up, candidates are attempting to attract undecided voters, and specific issues are capturing headlines. Gone are the days that...
Jason Carter Criticizes Obamacare -- Are Independents Listening?
The Affordable Care Act, or what proponents and opponents refer to as Obamacare, President Obama’s signature achievement, has long been unpopular with Republicans. Now, independents seem to be unhapp...
Republicans and Democrats Both Losing Battleground States
Abysmal congressional approval ratings have become the norm in our hyper-partisan political environment and government dysfunction is now cited as the most pressing issue facing our nation. Problem so...
5 Potential 2016 Presidential Candidates Who Could Change the Game
With all the speculation surrounding 2016 presidential candidates, the names Hillary, Paul, Christie, and Rubio appear in the headlines. That is understandable because they are the biggest names and d...
Looking to the Founders: Be Willing to Adjust Your Political Views
I always love seeing quotes from founding father Thomas Jefferson; especially, any about Jefferson's hatred for public debt.Jefferson's overall ideology was one of a smaller federal government with li...
IVN Daily Digest -- July 24, 2014
1. Illinois Times runs op-ed saying open primaries and redistricting reform would help ease partisan gridlock in Washington."Open primaries would help moderate the nation’s politics, as would bipartis...
U.S. Senator Charles Schumer Says We Need to End Partisan Primaries
On Monday, U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) published an op-ed in the New York Times declaring that in order to “save America” it was necessary to “end partisan primaries.”In the article, Schumer...
FCC Rule Goes into Effect, Increases Ad Transparency Before Midterms
On July 1, 2014, part of a 2012 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule became active that will make it easier for voters to know who is paying for political TV advertisements.In April 2012,...