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-15 posts tagged "Congress"
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
Gary Caruso | Friday, October 31, 2014
Expect an unusually spooky Halloween tonight around the White House while haunting visions of ghoulish GOP goblins eerily hover against a moonlit sky backdrop. These ghosts of elections — past, near-future and generations hence — portend of political polls pointing to a GOP senate takeover if they capture at least six seats next Tuesday. After dusting off my gypsy
Raymond Michuda | Monday, April 14, 2014
Do you remember when President Obama told Americans, “If you like your health care plan, you can keep it?” According to fact-checker PolitiFact, Obama told the American people 37 times that Obamacare would not force people that were satisfied with their current plans to change them. Unfortunately, even as people were getting forced from their