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-12 posts tagged "Congress"
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, April 25, 2017
I think some people have the impression that our president commands every aspect of our government. I cannot explain the way people are so quickly driven to anger about what our commander in chief does in any other way. Luckily, things are not quite as bleak as they seem. The real business of running a
Devon Chenelle | Tuesday, September 27, 2016
The final scene of 2015’s “The Big Short” finds a melancholy Mark Baum, played by Steve Carell, telling his assistant Vincent Daniel, “Paulson and Bernanke just left the White House. There’s going to be a bailout.” Attempting to cheer up his boss, Daniel declares “at least we’ll see some of them go to jail. And
Letter to the Editor | Friday, April 15, 2016
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, punishment for a crime, “in addition to defending public order and protecting people’s safety, has a medicinal purpose: As far as possible, it must contribute to the correction of the guilty party.” In 1980, 32 percent of Americans agreed the primary purpose of prison was to rehabilitate,
Erich Jegier | Thursday, February 25, 2016
The death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia makes a dynamic presidential campaign even more turbulent as President Obama considers his course of action to fill the Court’s new void. Yet with all the uncertainty, this situation has the potential to be heralded as a quintessential example of how the United States’ system of checks and balances can bring
Katherine Smart | Monday, February 22, 2016
During the summer of 2014, I had the incredible opportunity to spend a week with each of the different branches of the Navy. From driving a 16,000-ton warship to climbing around the engine room on a submarine, I had some awesome life experiences. During one such excursion, I was allowed to go on the shooting
Margaret Hynds | Tuesday, February 16, 2016
The Senate Finance and House Ways and Means committees have requested information on the endowments of the 56 universities with the highest endowments in the country, Bloomberg Business reported last week. With an endowment of $10.5 billion, Notre Dame remains among the wealthiest universities: Bloomberg lists the University’s endowment as the sixth-largest in the country.
Jordan Ryan | Monday, February 1, 2016
The 2016 presidential field boasts a range of well qualified candidates from all walks of life: a neurosurgeon, a former senator/first lady/Secretary of State, a business executive, former governors, a billionaire and several members of the Senate, just to name a few. Many Americans seem to want a fresh face and perspective in Washington, free
Neil Joseph | Monday, October 5, 2015
This past week, the entire country mourned the deaths of 10 individuals as a mentally disturbed man horrifically took their lives. Like many of the horrific mass shootings we’ve seen over the past few years, this revived our constantly resurging conversation over gun control in the United States. While it is sad that it takes
Kyle Palmer | Thursday, March 19, 2015
Loretta Lynch, currently the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as United States Attorney General on Nov. 8, 2014. At the start, Lynch was well-respected and well-liked by senators from both parties, and it appeared her confirmation would be quick and largely bipartisan.
Ann Marie Jakubowski | Monday, November 3, 2014
Many Notre Dame students aren’t registered voters in Indiana, so their ballots won’t affect the outcome of the U.S. Congressional elections in the state’s second district. However, since Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s are located in the second district – along with Holy Cross College, Bethel College, Indiana University-South Bend and Ivy Tech Community College