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The States Likely to Gain and Lose House Seats in 2020
Recently, Real Clear Politics extrapolated demographic trends to project which states are likely to gain or lose U.S. House seats in the reapportionment that will occur after the 2020 Census ...
03 Jan, 2017
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The GOP's New Year's Resolutions
Despite the GOP's initial distaste towards now President Elect Trump (see: Paul Ryan, Mitch McConnell, Mitt Romney), party members seem to have come around to the idea of a Trump presidency and a ...
31 Dec, 2016
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Faithless Electors Test Power of Parties
On Monday, December 19, electors from across the country gathered to cast the official votes for president. Of the 538 votes that were tallied, seven came from faithless electors – electors who chose ...
23 Dec, 2016
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Why the Democratic Party Opposes “One Person, One Vote”
Ever since Donald Trump won the presidential election, the Democratic Party and its allies have had a renewed appreciation for the “one person, one vote” principle established in the landmark 1964 Sup ...
19 Dec, 2016
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Ron Paul Republican to Challenge Independent U.S. Senator Angus King?
A state senator and former state director for Ron Paul's anti-establishment presidential candidacy and a rising star within the Maine Republican Party may issue a challenge to U.S. Senator Angus King ...
15 Dec, 2016
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How Each of Trump's Cabinet Picks Could Affect You
The President-elect’s Cabinet appointments have dominated the news cycle, which only begs the question: What do these departments and offices actually do?The Cabinet is included in the Constituti ...
15 Dec, 2016
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Trump to Adopt Texan Energy Policy
News broke Tuesday that President-elect Donald Trump will tap former Texas Governor Rick Perry to head the Energy Department, a move that has the mainstream media recalling the 2011 Republican preside ...
13 Dec, 2016
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Draining the Swamp: Constitutional Amendment for Term Limits Will Be Introduced Next Year
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Representative Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) announced Friday in an op-ed in The Washington Post that they will be introducing a constitutional amendment to implement ...
09 Dec, 2016
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Beyond Party Politics: What Congress and POTUS Should Learn from the First Congressional Veto Override
The veto process granted by the Constitution ensures that the legislative and executive branches have to share power when it comes to new federal legislation -- while a president might veto a bill, on ...
09 Dec, 2016
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Rural Areas in America Struggle to Find Mental Health Care
The 2010 implementation of the Affordable Care Act ensured that mental and behavioral health treatment would be an essential benefit covered by all health insurance policies sold on the federal health ...
06 Dec, 2016
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