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Paul Ryan Has The Votes to be Speaker, But It Didn't Come Easy
The House Freedom Caucus ensured that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) would have the support to secure the position of Speaker of the House next week following a vote on Wednesday night.However, while Ryan di ...
22 Oct, 2015
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Just How Bad is America's Infrastructure and How Much Will It Cost to Fix It?
Earlier this year, now-presidential candidate Bernie Sanders proposed a bill to spend $1 trillion over a five-year period in order to "rebuild America’s crumbling network of roads, bridges and transit ...
19 Oct, 2015
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OPINION: Everything You Need to Know About the Trans-Pacific Partnership
Much effort has been put into making the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal into the largest trade agreement in the history of the United States. It is that expansiveness and the president’s im ...
19 Oct, 2015
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Crowdpac Breaks Down the Candidates in Contentious House Speaker Race
Last week, California Republican Kevin McCarthy abruptly scratched himself from the list of Republican members of Congress seeking the Speaker of the House position. McCarthy, widely hailed as a more ...
15 Oct, 2015
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Marco Rubio, Neo-Nazis, and the Possible Consequences of Arming Ukraine
Over the weekend, Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz accused U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of holding a fundraiser in a home with Nazi paraphernalia. While such items are i ...
28 Sep, 2015
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Dangerous Liaisons: Why Local Governments Should Never Partner with Private Attorneys
The lawsuit that Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas filed against five makers of opioid painkillers was recently dismissed. This case is a great example of why local governments should no ...
22 Sep, 2015
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Increasing Pressure to Defund Planned Parenthood May Break the Government
The federal government is now two weeks away from experiencing the second government shutdown in two years if it does not pass a continuing resolution (CR) by October 1.In 2013, the cause of the gover ...
16 Sep, 2015
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Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump Shatter Moody's Crystal Ball for 2016
When it comes to predicting elections, Moody's Analytics comes about as close to the seers of the crystal ball as we can get. Accurately predicting every election since 1980, with a perfect scorecard ...
04 Sep, 2015
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IVN EXCLUSIVE: Independent POTUS Candidate Touts 7-Step Plan to Make Government Voter Centric
Dr. Lynn Kahn describes herself as a sort of government mechanic. Her experience stems from her undergraduate work in psychology and her doctoral work in group dynamics of peacemaking.“Early on, I foc ...
01 Sep, 2015
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CNN Snubs Only Woman in GOP Field Despite High Poll Numbers
There was general consensus among the public that Carly Fiorina won the first GOP "happy hour" debate and the poll numbers showed it. Now, even with high poll numbers, Fiorina is at risk of being rele ...
28 Aug, 2015
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