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As GOP Stumbles to Repeal Obamacare, Single-Payer Builds Serious Momentum
Congress is debating whether to repeal the Affordable Care Act or improve it, but there is a third option that has gained serious momentum. Americans are more supportive now of a single-payer type hea ...
20 Jul, 2017
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Mending Fences: GOP Extends Health Care Olive Branch -- Sort Of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9P15Ed05vIAs GOP senators roll out their newest version of health care reform, a new Gallup poll shows U.S. adults are as divided as Congress on the government's ...
13 Jul, 2017
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44 States Stand Up to the White House? Not Quite...
The biggest headline this week on President Donald Trump's election integrity commission is that 44 states plus DC have partly or fully rejected the commission's request for a broad array of personal ...
06 Jul, 2017
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The California Travel Ban No One is Talking About
The "travel ban" is a clickbait phrase that's become a popular subject for the 24-hour news cycle. SCOTUS's decision to mostly reinstate President Trump's ban is certainly getting most of the att ...
26 Jun, 2017
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Texas Legislature Eliminates Straight-Ticket Voting
The Texas House approved a bill Saturday that eliminates straight-ticket voting, which allows voters to choose a party's entire slate of candidates in a single ballot marking. Texas will lik ...
22 May, 2017
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Why You Should Care that Prisoners Have Access to Higher Ed
Access to higher education has been on the forefront of the political sphere over the past two presidential races, with both parties agreeing that students need to be educated in order to succeed in t ...
22 May, 2017
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Republican Rep: AHCA Could Destroy What Remains of Individual Insurance Market
House Republicans are celebrating a major victory over the Affordable Care Act (colloquially known as Obamacare). The House voted 217-213 on a repeal and replace bill Thursday. However, not every Repu ...
04 May, 2017
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Congress Effectively Legalizes Medical Marijuana at the Federal Level
Last week, Congress avoided a government shutdown by agreeing to a continuing resolution to keep the federal government funded for another week.Then over the weekend, US lawmakers agreed to a deal tha ...
04 May, 2017
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Kentucky People’s Alliance: Time for Voters to Reclaim Power Hoarded by Parties
Two law students from the University of Kentucky have embarked on a grassroots campaign to bring direct democracy to the bluegrass state. Vince Taormina and Ryan Mosley are the co-founders of the Kent ...
16 Mar, 2017
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Darrell Issa Has Called for a Special Prosecutor for Trump and Hillary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MzVZE-Mk0UU.S. Representative Darrell Issa, a Republican representing the 49th district in California, said he was not going to let the Trump-Russia accusations slide ...
27 Feb, 2017
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