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Climate change usually leads people to think about the North and South poles. After all, the polar bear is the unofficial mascot of climate change. However, climate change shows its effects right here ...

One-hundred and twelve legislative bodies have come and gone. We are now in the midst of our 113th Congress. And since our inception, only 27 of these assemblies have consisted of a sixty percent majo ...

Maryna Pleshkun // Shutterstock.comThere has been a lot of discussion about campaign finance reform. Many advocates suggest publicly financed elections, where each candidate gets access to an equal a ...

President Obama signs healthcare reform in 2010 // Credit: Reid.senate.govCan a state unilaterally suspend the operation of ObamaCare within its borders? Of course not. That measure would violate the ...

Credit: rawstory.comAccording to research done by StateIntegrity.org, states with unregulated campaign contributions have a higher risk of corruption in political financing. A state's overa ...

The Second Amendment And States' RightsThis past Wednesday night, the Missouri legislature passed a series of bills during a late night session.  One of these late night bills was aimed directly ...

Credit: Erik M. LunsfordThe environment and climate change were not only discussed in a limited manner during the election season, but the current Doha Climate Change Conference, hosted by the United ...

Since Obama won reelection a week ago, the White House website has been flooded with petitions from citizens in various states wanting their states to secede from the union.  It is important to n ...

Claire McCaskill won the controversial Missouri senate race against Senator Todd Akin. The race for the Missouri Senate seat pitted incumbent Democrat Claire McCaskill against the Republican ...

[Update 5:20 PM PST]Independent candidate Angus King is projected, by CNN, to win the Senate seat in Maine. --[Update 5:15 PM PST]In Ohio, 1.8 million voters cast their ballot early or by absentee bal ...