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Who's an Independent? Part Two: Independent Governors
Angus King, former independent governor of Maine in 1994 and 1998 is running for senate as an independent in November. King has gotten a lot of media atention so far, what other independent governors ...
Corrupt Campaign Finance an Unequal Venture
Credit: occupyboston.orgHarvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig knows about the money that flows through the election cycle. Just this Tuesday, Lessig testified before Congress at a hearing regarding t...
Drought Worsens as Congress Moves to Pass Relief Measure
Credit: usnews.comThe drought that has been plaguing vast areas of the nation this summer, has intensified dramatically over the past week according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. The unrelenting heat ...
5 Memorable Moments from Governors Past & Present [VIDEO]
This weekend, the National Governors Association (NGA) will be meeting in Williamsburg, Virginia. The NGA is an annual meeting of current governors from all fifty U.S. states and five U.S. Terri...
Texas: Sixth State To Say No Thanks To Medicaid Expansion
Governor Rick Perry of Texas joins a list of growing states who say they will refuse to implement Medicaid expansion in their states. The one-time presidential hopeful stated yesterday, “If anyone was...
California TRUST Act Builds Wall Around Secure Communities
[Last week], the California Senate passed the TRUST Act. Known by some as the “anti-Arizona immigration law,” it would limit California law enforcement’s cooperation with the federal Secure Comm...
Civic Illiteracy and the Two-Party System
In 2008, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute conducted a national survey testing the basic civic literacy of the American public. The poll of 2,508 individuals asked such simple questions as “What a...
Is It Time to Reform the Electoral College?
Following the controversies surrounding the presidential election of 2000, in which George W. Bush lost the popular vote but won the presidency, there was renewed interest in reforming the Electoral C...
Presidential Candidate and Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson on Immigration Policy
Gary Johnson excluded from national discussion on immigration policyOn our report about Mitt Romney and Barack Obama's "dueling addresses" on immigration policy to Latino leaders at a conference in Fl...
Live Blogging Mitt Romney's Address to Latino Leaders on the Economy
I'm watching Mitt Romney's address to the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials live on CSPAN right now. He has really come out swinging hard at President Obama...UPDATE (9:31...