On March 21, 2010 The House of Representatives voted 219 to 212 to approve the Health Care Reform Bill. Every Republican along with 34 Democrats voted No. According to the Institute of Medicine of the U. S. National Academies, the United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not ensure that all citizens ...
Anthony Weiner’s Wife! Huma Mahmood Abedin You will find the Wikipedia account of her as interesting as I did. Huma Mahmood Abedin, born in 1976, is an aide to Hillary Rodham Clinton who served as traveling chief of staff and “body woman” during Clinton’s campaign for the Democratic nomination in the 2008 presidential election. Abedin, ...
There is a lot of talk in the political arena about different parties involved in politics. However, does the general public know what democrats and republicans each believe in? This article will explore the beliefs of the Democratic Party as a whole. Civil Rights. According to the Democratic Nation Committee Platform, democrats “…want an America ...
Political values differ from person to person across the United States, but the key values of liberty, equality and democracy are important from coast to coast. In shaping the United States, liberty, equality and democracy played a major role in the structure of the government and they continue to influence the American political system. The ...
Betty X (born Betty Jean Sanders) lived from May 28, 1936 to June 23, 1997. The widow of civil rights leader Malcolm X, she died three weeks after being severely burned in a fire allegedly set by her 12-year-old grandson. Shabazz’s funeral service was held at the Islamic Cultural Center in New York City. Betty ...
This article provides the November 2, 2010 election results for U.S. Senate races: 37 of the 100 U.S. Senate seats were up for election on Tuesday. In those Senate races, Republicans were victorious in 24 (including the race for President Obama’s former seat), and Democrats won 13. Prior to this year’s Senate elections, the U.S. ...
In 2012, 33 senate races will be contested. Some look like landslides, some look closer. Among the tightest is the Senate race in Virginia, which pits Democrat Tim Kaine vs. a Republican who will be chosen in a primary. George Allen is the frontrunner in that race. Virginia In elections for President, Virginia has been ...
In 2012, 33 senate races will be contested. Many, perhaps most, will be landslides, but quite a few will probably be close. One that might possibly be close is the New Jersey senate race, where Republican Joe Kyrillos is running against the Democratic incumbent, Bob Menendez. New Jersey’s politics In elections for President, New Jersey ...
Yahoo! News asked voters to respond to Bill Clinton’s address at the Democratic National Convention. Here’s one perspective. “Are we better off than we were four years ago?” This question was posed during President Bill Clinton’s much-anticipated speech at the Democratic National Convention. Clinton answered his own question: “Yes.” I will admit it is so ...
The Presidential elections are getting close and we’re starting to see ads on TV, accusations being tossed about on the internet and on all news media. We are being bombarded by factual information and complete fabrications. I don’t know about you but I feel like I’m under informational assault. How do we go about making ...