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In response to the Occupy Wall Street protests and the worldwide occupy movement calling for U.S. campaign finance reform eliminating corporate influence in politics, among other reforms, Representative Ted Deutch introduced the "Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy" (OCCUPIED) constitutional amendment on November 18, 2011.
It was passed unanimously by the United States Senate on August 4, 2021. It was signed by the president on August 5, 2021, in a Rose Garden ceremony, attended by the officers' widows. [ 279 ] The text of the bill specifically lauds Washington, D.C., police officer Jeffrey L. Smith and U.S. Capitol Police officers Howard Liebengood and Brian ...
Senator Amy Klobuchar speaks on the Act from inside the Capitol Building. The Freedom to Vote Act (formerly known as the For the People Act), [1] introduced as H.R. 1, [2] is a bill in the United States Congress [3] intended to expand voting rights, change campaign finance laws to reduce the influence of money in politics, ban partisan gerrymandering, and create new ethics rules for federal ...
Competitive debate, also known as forensics or speech and debate, is an activity in which two or more people take positions on an issue and are judged on how well they defend those positions. The activity has been present in academic spaces in the United States since the colonial period .
GREENSBORO, N.C. - At her first campaign stop since her debate against Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris mocked the former president for saying he has the "concepts of a plan" to improve ...
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) labeled former President Trump’s debate performance against Vice President Harris on Tuesday evening as a “huge fail.” “Harris did what she had to ...
Photo taken during the 2019 State of the Union address. The State of the Union Address was given at 9:00 p.m. EST on February 5, 2019. President Trump began the address without an introduction from Speaker Pelosi, breaking with a SOTU custom. [26] During the speech, Vice President Mike Pence and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi sat behind Trump.
President Obama discussed the recently passed $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as well as the Troubled Assets Relief Program, the state of the economy, and the future of the country. [16] Attorney General Eric Holder was the designated survivor and did not attend the address in order to maintain a continuity of ...