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 47 U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Bipartisan Industrial Hemp Farming Act
47 U.S. Representatives Co-Sponsor Bipartisan Industrial Hemp Farming Act
Vote Hemp, a major grassroots hemp advocacy group, on Thursday announced the introduction of complementary bills in the U.S. House and Senate, S. 134 and H.R. 525, titled the "Industrial Hemp Farming ...
Montana Republican Party Wants More Polarization in Legislature, Not Less
Montana Republican Party Wants More Polarization in Legislature, Not Less
On Saturday, the Montana Republican Party's State Central Committee voted overwhelmingly to join a lawsuit that seeks to close the state's primary elections. Many Republicans expressed concern that no...
Congress Quietly Passes Bill Allowing Feds Unlimited Access to Your Private Communications
Congress Quietly Passes Bill Allowing Feds Unlimited Access to Your Private Communications
On Wednesday, December 10, Congress passed a bill called the "Intelligence Authorization Act for 2015." Not very many people have heard of this bill, much less its passage since the media's main ...
Legislatures v. The People: SCOTUS to Rule on Who Has Ultimate Power over Elections
Legislatures v. The People: SCOTUS to Rule on Who Has Ultimate Power over Elections
Although the midterm election fever has largely subsided, the courts are heating up over the issue of redistricting and gerrymandering lawsuits. For the 2014 term, the U.S. Supreme Court is set to hea...
Do Independent Redistricting Commissions Pass Constitutional Muster?
Do Independent Redistricting Commissions Pass Constitutional Muster?
Redistricting is a process that occurs once every ten years, where census data is utilized to redraw the boundaries of each congressional district, so as to keep the representational power of eac...
Looking to the Founders: Dividing Up Pork-Barrel Spending
Looking to the Founders: Dividing Up Pork-Barrel Spending
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes ...
Looking to the Founders: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Looking to the Founders: Spring Forward, Fall Back
Each year as we approach the end (or beginning) of Daylight Saving Time (DST -- Daylight Saving in the United States is the correct term, not Daylight Savings as it is usually mistakenly called), ther...
In The End, Low Voter Turnout Comes Down to Competitiveness in Elections
In The End, Low Voter Turnout Comes Down to Competitiveness in Elections
No matter what political ideology a voter identifies with, every single election comes down to one thing: voter turnout. If voters don't go to the polls to cast ballots, their party affiliation, or la...
PBS Educates Voters Nationwide on Restrictive Voting Laws with 'Ballot Watch'
PBS Educates Voters Nationwide on Restrictive Voting Laws with 'Ballot Watch'
The 2014 midterm elections are less than a month away and the GOP is poised to seize a majority in the Senate, though that would require winning some close races. Some are expected to come down to jus...
Rand Paul Says White House is Downplaying Ebola Threat
Rand Paul Says White House is Downplaying Ebola Threat
In an interview with the Laura Ingraham Show, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) accused the Obama administration of "underplaying" the threat of Ebola now that it has been identified in Dalla...