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When it comes to presidential campaigning, television, mail, print, and radio advertising have become the hallmarks of an election year. In 2012, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama alone spent over $800 million on just TV advertising. According to the Washington Post, more than 85 percent of this money went toward
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A coalition of dozens of civil rights organizations are mounting pressure on Congress to not renew key provisions of the Patriot Act. They're specifically targeting Section 215 of the law, which is up for re-authorization on June 1. Section 215 is a provision which has allowed the National
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A Quinnipiac University poll taken in March released Monday. It found that more than 80 percent of adults in key swing states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida supported legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. Likewise, a majority in all three states also supported legalizing small amounts for recreational
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At a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing Thursday, New Jersey Senator Cory Booker highlighted the importance of securing the United States' northern border as well as the one to the south. While he questioned the Director of the All-Threat Intelligence Center, Bryan Costigan, Senator Booker said: "Everytime I
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A New Jersey grand jury indicted the senior senator from New Jersey on Wednesday. Democrat Bob Menendez is the subject of an ongoing federal investigation regarding whether he improperly advocated on behalf of a private business. If Menendez were to step down, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie would appoint someone
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The latest report from the California secretary of state shows that another 400,000 voters have registered "No Party Preference," while Republican and Democratic registration has dropped by 300,000 voters. Nonpartisan voters now account for 23 percent of registered voters, just 5 percentage points less than those
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An anonymous official told the AP Monday that a car with at least two men in it tried to ram a checkpoint gate leading into the Fort Meade Army base outside Washington, D.C. According to the official, a gunfight broke out after the men tried to get to the
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Alex Street, an assistant professor of political science at Carroll College, published an article in The Washington Post's column, Monkey Cage, on Thursday, in which he says millions of voters are prevented from voting in general elections even when they want to. According to Street, part of the
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARWIWh5XWo4&t=61 U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) made headlines Thursday when he introduced an amendment before the Senate Budget Committee to begin the process of overturning the 2010 Citizens United decision handed down by the Supreme Court. His question to his
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Charles Wheelan, author of the book, The Centrist Manifesto, recently published an article on U.S. News in which he describes the current hyper-partisan political environment in Washington as "Tom and Jerry" politics. Wheelan argues that lawmakers in Congress act exactly like policymakers in parliamentary systems, where the
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Three special primary elections were held Tuesday to decide which candidates would advance under California's nonpartisan, top-two primary system. An initial count, according to California's secretary of state, shows nearly 200,000 voters participated in Senate Districts 7, 21, and 37 by mail or at the
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The AP reported Wednesday that for the second consecutive year the Obama administration more often than ever censored or denied access to government files under the Freedom of Information Act. Not only that, but when the government did follow through with FOIA requests, it took longer to turn over the