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Independent Larry Pressler Wants to End 'Poisonous' Disputes in DC
With the announced retirement of South Dakota U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D) back in March, it seemed that a takeover of the seat by Republicans was all but certain due to a lack of viable Dem ...
21 May, 2014
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Reforming the Electoral College to Be More Inclusive to Voters
The way we elect the president and vice president in the U.S. is quite unique compared to the way we elect every other elected office. We don't elect them directly. Instead, we vote for electors who t ...
19 May, 2014
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Bipartisanship: Democratic and Republican Lawyers Work Together to Restrict Voting Rights
Idaho attorney Gary Allen clearly recalls how he was received by state legislators when a federal district judge ruled that the state’s open primary system was unconstitutional.“I stood in front of th ...
15 May, 2014
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While Troops Struggle with Pay Cuts, Members of Congress Want Higher Salaries
Service generals and former acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Christine Fox testified before a Senate panel in February that military members were ok with the proposed budget cuts to pay and benefits ...
13 May, 2014
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Criticizing His Party on Voter ID, Rand Paul Continues Voter Outreach
On Friday, Kentucky U.S. Senator Rand Paul became one of the highest-profiled elected Republicans to speak out against voter identification laws."Everybody's gone completely crazy on this voter ID thi ...
12 May, 2014
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IRS Scam Swindles Taxpayers Out of $1 Million during Tax Season
Alleged targeting by the Internal Revenue Service may still rile some conservative groups, but the real scandal could lie with a sophisticated phone scam that has bilked taxpayers out of a combined $1 ...
15 Apr, 2014
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Coburn: Greater Efforts Needed to Improve Treatment for Veterans
Multiple reports over the last month have painted a stark picture of the situation that veterans face when seeking care through the Veterans Administration's (VA) health care system -- a benefit they ...
02 Apr, 2014
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Dirty Politics: The Great American Pastime
It was another article about the antics and dirty politics along partisan lines:As soon as it was known that the elections had given the present House to the Republican party, the leaders of that part ...
28 Mar, 2014
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Bipartisan Policy Center Follows Path of JFK for Greater Unity
"Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer."John F. Kennedy spoke these words in 1958 regarding the political challenges faced in America. Kennedy called for ...
27 Mar, 2014
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Iowa Could Send Its First Woman to Congress; Slim Prospects in Mississippi
Last week, I wrote about gender parity by state in the U.S. Congress. One of the more astounding facts from that research was that the United States ranks 77th in the world by percentage of legislativ ...
20 Mar, 2014
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