Our winner-take-all system elects 1 person to represent each House district. What if we elected 2 people instead, and gave each of them a fractional vote in Congress? This would completely fix … Continue reading The Problem With Our Democracy Isn’t Gerrymandering. It’s Integers
More than twice as many women are running for Congress in the 2018 midterm elections as were running just two years ago. And maybe our representatives will then become a little bit … Continue reading Number of women running in midterms more than doubles from 2016 to 2018: report
House of Representatives Monday H.R. 695: Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017 To amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a national criminal history background check system and criminal history … Continue reading Congress Votes! – Week of May 22, 2017
FiveThirtyEight is tracking which senators and representatives agree and disagree most with Donald Trump. See how often members of congress vote WITH or AGAINST the president. Source: Tracking Congress In The Age … Continue reading Tracking Congress In The Age Of Trump | FiveThirtyEight
Should I send a letter or make a phone call? Turns out you should call your congressmen and women! SHOW UP to town hall meetings! I know – we all thought we … Continue reading How to effectively talk to your member of congress (with tweets) · editoremilye
The result is that with a little more than a month before the election, Congress is again flirting with a shutdown. And a year into the worldwide Zika epidemic, Congress still hasn’t … Continue reading While you were busy watching the Election circus, Congress stopped showing up to work
Marco Rubio does not take abortion lightly. An avid supporter of the pro-life movement, Rubio has defended his position on abortions even when dealing with cases of rape and incest, so when … Continue reading A Mother’s Choice: Abortions and the Zika Virus
The governor said state health authorities had identified 16 cases of Zika that were spread by local mosquitoes and criticized the federal government for failing to get more involved in battling the … Continue reading Florida governor criticizes Washington for lagging in Zika fight | Reuters
Congress Takes Longest Recess Since 1971, Leaves 4 National Crises Unresolved Congress started their 7-week vacation without addressing four major issues effectively leaving millions of lives in the balance until September when … Continue reading Congress Takes Longest Recess Since 1971 Leaving 4 National Crises Unresolved
Rep. Gwen Moore sees tax deductions as similar to welfare, therefore they should be subject to the same trials and tribulations. Source: This congresswoman wants the rich to take drug tests to … Continue reading This congresswoman wants the rich to take drug tests to get their tax breaks – Vox
“Where’s the bill?” This is why our Congress is so unproductive in really facing our conflicts with a solution. Some people in power, won’t listen, do not plan to make a … Continue reading “Where’s the bill?”
The White House said the House measure could face a veto from President Barack Obama. Does this mean they want half the people to get the virus or everyone? Source: Senate OKs … Continue reading Senate OKs $1.1 billion to fight Zika virus; House wants half that
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