...This article is about the budget deal that’s currently being debated about that would cut federal spending by as much as 33 billion dollars and dodge a government shutdown. As of right now, there is a difference in what should be included in it and not included in the budget. If the deal were to be approved, the deal would be the largest single year budget cut in U.S. history. The government would be funded through the current fiscal year, which ends in September, and then end stopgap resolutions. The senate and the house have agreed on 10 billion dollars in budget cuts, but they are now searching for another 23 billion dollars in cuts according to lawmakers and aides from both sides. House leaders said they will vote March 31st to make their bill for 61 billion dollars in budget cuts if the senate fails to act by April 8th. How it would pass constitutionally is not likely, as the Senate has rejected that bill and President Obama has vowed to veto it. House Republicans are very frustrated because the Senate Democrats haven't submitted their proposal yet. This bill will most likely die and not become a budget in my opinion. This article relates to American government because it involves the House of Representatives, the Senate and the President in proposing bills and budgets. It basically relates to how a bill becomes a law. The House of Representatives seem to be the only ones who appear to favor the budget while the Senate and President do not. In order for a bill like this...
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...After serving ten years as the Governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton became eager to pursue his high school dream of becoming President of the United States. During his governing years, Clinton came up new strategies, ideas, and campaign methods to be used for a much larger opportunity. In 1991, he announced he would be running for the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton believed that America’s future was in jeopardy and he had the solutions and answers to get it back on track. He began gaining popularity early from his views on the national health care system, a tax cut for the middle class, a reduction of the deficit, and a new welfare system. Clinton’s popularity is still evident today after delivering what many considered to be the best speech of the 2012 Democratic convention. Surely, Mr. Clinton must have done something right during his presidency to have the privilege of endorsing President Barack Obama at the biggest convention of the year. Bill Clinton’s presidency all started in 1992, when a large margin separated him from his rivals as the Democratic presidential nominee. He ran against George H.W. Bush who was an easy target after Bush raised taxes and led the economy near a recession. Clinton used that to his advantage and focused majority of his campaign on strengthening and rebuilding the American economy. On November 3, 1992, his campaign efforts paid off and Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States. Clinton’s first years were...
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...Historical Perspective: Immigration Reform and Gun Control Laws Leslie S. Purdy PAD510 Intro. Public Policy Analysis July 17, 2013 Dr. Phillip Neely Jr. Immigration is an issue at the heart of America. Today, with the exception of the few appropriately named Native Americans, every American is an immigrant or a descendent of an immigrant. In recent years the discussion of immigration policy in the United States has focused mainly around the regulation and selection of legal immigrants and the control and penalties regarding illegal immigrants. The historical perspectives of former President George H. W. Bush, and President Obama clearly shows how different the immigration issue is for republicans and democrats alike. Each party appears to be pro-immigration for varying reasons. President Bush found that during his time as governor of Texas that many immigrants entered the country through illegal means as a viable workforce. During his second term as President he also found that many Americans did not agree with giving undocumented immigrants a path to legal citizenship, and found it difficult to come up with a program for immigration reform. Some of former President Bush’s comprehensive immigration reform included: 1. Introduce a guest worker program, which would include a tamper-proof identification card 2. Enhance border security 3. Stricter immigration enforcement at businesses, which would reduce exploitation and help slow demand for illegal...
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...“Successful Leader” The media item that I choose was a commercial form the Bush vs. Gore campaign in 2000. The commercial was representing George W. Bush. This particular commercial was titled “Successful Leader,” Bush for President, Inc., 2000. This political commercial was created from the Museum of the Moving Image, The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952- 2012. The commercial was created in 2000. It was created on behalf of George W. Bush. The purpose of this commercial was to reinforce his image as a "compassionate conservative" with his focus on domestic issues and frequent images of seniors and children. In the commercial the bias was more towards the Republican views. The tactics that are used in the commercial to persuade the people’s views are by listing the positive changes that he has accomplished through his years as a governor. They listed the most important things such as cutting taxes, educational improvement, and juvenile crime rates. The symbolism that I see in that commercial is a leader, a great leader. I see someone who can give us a better change in America, someone whom can enhance each and every state, it instead of destroying them. A person who cares and wants everyone to have the best of what they can. The media can greatly effect elections by generating attention, whether it is through negative campaigning or through their choice in coverage of a candidate. "In competing for the attention of the large strip of the voting...
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...Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on September 21, 1996 was a United States federal law called The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Under section 3 of this law the federal government defines marriage as a legal union between one man and one woman and defines a spouse as a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife. Under section 2 of this law no state is required to recognize as a marriage a same-sex relationship that is considered a marriage in another state. This law also prevents the federal government from recognizing the validity of same-sex marriages. Section 3 of DOMA was designed by people who have fear and/or hatred towards homosexuals and that makes it unconstitutional. DOMA violates the constitutional right of married same-sex couples to equal protection under the law and reverses the federal government's long history of allowing states to set their own marriage laws. From the very founding of our nation, the definition of marriage has been understood to be a state rather than a federal responsibility. Before 1996 if a couple was legally married under state law they were married for purposes of federal law. Most aspects of marriage are still up to the states such as whether common law marriage is recognized or the age of marriage without parental consent. States even have different rules on the requirements of terminating a marriage. Why are these issues still left up to the states and why are they trying only to determine whether your sex should...
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...At the start of the Democratic Convention, polls showed Barack Obama tied with Mitt Romney. That's surprising because many Americans do not look favorably on the Obama Administration; they hold the President responsible for high unemployment and trust Romney to fix the problem. Nonetheless, voters expect Obama to win, because he's more popular. The most reliable political prognosticator, Nate Silver, expects Obama to get 50.9 percent of the vote (he received 52.9 percent in 2008) and 305.5 electoral votes (365 in 208). Silver says Obama has a 73.1 percent chance of winning. If the President does prevail in November, it won't be because of the economy. The US is experiencing a weak recovery from the devastating 2008 recession (GDP growth is a tepid 1.7 percent) and unemployment is high (8.3 percent). Even though America's growth rate is greater than that of Europe (but less than that of China and India), citizens are not satisfied. Consumer confidence is low and recent polls show 62 percent of respondents believe that the US is "on the wrong track." Not surprisingly, 52 percent of poll respondents believe that Mitt Romney "would do a better job handling the economy and unemployment." Romney hasn't done a good job articulating his vision for the next four years. In his acceptance speech, he presented his minimalist five-step plan to create "12 million jobs": open all of America to fossil-fuel excavation; initiate an education voucher system; forge new trade agreements;...
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...would have to be replaced with diverse judges than what it was actually started with, because if not, it would not be equivalent to a diverse bench. I think that ideology played a huge role in Bush’s appointments over diversity. To support my opinion, research states that Bush appointed more men – 78% - than women – 22%. He also appointed more whites – a whopping 82% - than minorities – only 18%. It’s obvious that after comparing all presidents prior to his term(s), it was in Bush’s plans to maintain the tradition in appointing nontraditional judges to the bench at least since President Carter. (oregonstate.edu) After comparing total appointments, Bush appointed more Hispanic females – 12- than Clinton – 5; fewer African American females – 8 – than Clinton –...
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...Evaluating the Media for Credibility CRT 205 July 3, 2012 LaToya Gilbert Evaluating the Media for Credibility I watched the Fox News with Shepard Smith on channel 360 at 6:00pm. The show touched on several different stories that are happening throughout the world. Most of the stories that were mentioned received about at least two to three minutes of air time the first thirty minutes of the news broadcast. The second half of the hour that was referred to as “the bottom half of the hour” by Shepard Smith was said to contain the top stories. The stories that were talked about in this portion of the show had about at least 5 minutes of air time. The majority of the stories that were given air time on the show were showing the negative issues to topics that had happened. I believe that Shepard Smith did a great job providing the top stories to his audience with enough information facts and examples to make the stories and the issues believable. The current drought status, botched jewelry store robbery, tropical storm and drunk driver were briefly mentioned. The Olympics is a huge story at this point in time. They talked about Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte and the competition they have going against each other. By mentioning this they have made it more enticing and people will want to watch to see the outcome. They focus should be on beating the other team but the show is helping sell the story by focusing on their individual battle going on between themselves. Another...
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...Marketing MKT 421 May16, 2012 Marketing Introduction In 2007 Senator Barack Obama from Illinois was running for president of the United States. Senator Obama used on and offline tactics to reach out to all sorts of audiences; do so with online and offline, and free and paid media sources. The more Obama’s messages spread the more voters identified with him. He had used resources to gain popularity that no other presidential candidate had used before. This marketing tactic worked out for the presidential candidate who was sworn in as President of the United States in January 2009 (Keller & Kotler, 2011). Marketing is very important not only to candidate for every office but also to all corners of the business world. Marketing Marketing, mostly seen as selling and advertising, does not end there. Authors Keller and Kotler of Marketing Management state, “Formally of informally, people and organizations engage in a vast number of activities we could call marketing” (2011, p. 3). So not only is marketing stating information but activates are also involved. “Marketing is the performance of activities that seek to accomplish an organization’s objectives by anticipating customer or client needs and directing a flow of needs, satisfying goods and services from producer to customer or client” (Cannon & McCarthy, 2011, p. 6). Four authors form two different books agree that marketing is not just selling and advertising, but it is also studding and directing. ...
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...In the 3 different news sites, they all had coverage on the Bin Laden documents. However, the only thing they all had to say that was close to being the same was the amount of documents the Navy Seals team recovered. While CNN made a point to inform the people that Bin Laden was worried about his family, and he liked dying his hair, and that he loved joking about having multiple wives, yet only concerned for on of them, and very worried about his children’s safety. Bin Laden was very happy to know that he was enemy No. 1 in the west. Fox News and MSNBC had nothing to say about his children, or wives, and that he was worried for them. CNN even mentioned Bin Laden’s son by name and talked about a letter that Bin Laden had written to his son Hamzah, telling him to find the companion he talked about and send him to Peshawar and the surrounding area, and for him to arrange a house that could hold two families in addition to his own family. And that Hamzah should stay with them. It also stated that if he did not find this companion that he wanted him to find a trusted Pakistani brother to accompany him to Peshawar. Bin Laden wanted them out of Waziristan and not to go there because of the danger. There was no mention about Bin Laden’s son Hamzah in the other two news articles. The other two news articles did not mention anything about his son Hamzah. All three of the news sites mentioned the amount of documents that were found, and the fact they were all in Arabic. Fox News and...
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...Stephanie hallHawkins | SS236-01 Unit 7 Assignment | Political Typology | | Liberal | 4/15/2012 | | I was not at all surprised by the political typology to which I belong. I have debated politics with friends and family for years and even though I grew up in a rural area around mostly Republicans I have always been on the opposite side of the debate. The year I was to turn 18 was a presidential election year and I wanted to vote for the candidate that I most agreed with. I watched debates and listened to several of the speeches that all three candidates took part in and I found that I most agreed with the views and opinions of Bill Clinton. I also have always been one for supporting government as a whole and the need for regulations in business. As I read through the description of the things that a liberal is most likely to believe I agreed with every one of them. I am a strong advocate for gun control and I feel strongly that too many deaths are the direct result of weak laws that failed to keep guns off the streets and out of the hands of criminals. I just recently lost my 17 year-old niece to a gunshot to the head. The young man that put that gun to her head would never have been able to do that had he not had such easy access to one in the first place. I feel that too often anymore people let their anger get the best of them and shooting someone strikes them as the best way to solve their issues with them. “Founded more than 200 years ago...
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...Perhaps the most complicated, unaltered step by step process is the process of a bill becoming a law. In order for a bill to become a law it takes more than just adding rules to a rule book, it’s a very extensive process that involves a lot of people and time. Some bills will never make it through this process, but for those who really want their bill to pass, they have to keep fighting as the bill goes through every process that it needs to become a law. The whole process begins when a representative have an idea for a new law, this representative becomes the sponsor and submits the bill to the clerk of the house, or places the bill in the box called the Hopper. The bill is then assigned a legislative number; H.R for bills going to the house and S. for bills going to the senate. Once the speaker of the house receives the bill, he/she assigns the bill to one of the twenty-two committees to be studied, they also hear testimonies form those who are interested in the bill. The Committee may then release the bill with a recommendation to pass it, revise the bill then release it, or let the house vote on the bill. Once the bill is released it gets added to a list of bills awaiting action, the committee could call for the bill to be voted on quickly. But to do this they must write a report on why they favor this bill and why they want the bill to become a law. One the bill is placed on one of the houses calendars, the speaker of the house and the majority leader will decide which...
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...>cases HeroBuilders.com >Abstract Emil Vicale, president of BBC (BBC) Design Group, used rapid prototyping technology (RPT) to build wax or plastic three-dimensional prototypes of his clients’ designs. But this same technology can be used to custom manufacture dolls. Shortly after September 11, 2001, Vicale Corporation, BBC’s parent company, purchased an e-commerce toy company. Vicale’s first action figure was made to honor the heroes who emerged from that event. Using RPT, he crafted a doll with the head of George W. Bush and the body of Arnold Schwarzenegger. Other figures followed. This case is about a design firm that used exploratory research to define a niche in the action-figure business. www.herobuilders.com >The Scenario Emil Vicale, president of HeroBuilders.com Corporation, thinks entrepreneurial. His industrial design company, BBC Design Group, has been operating for more than 20 years. One cornerstone of his design business is an innovative technology called rapid prototyping (RPT). RPT allows a designer to go from 3-D computer model to 3-D plastic or wax prototype in a matter of hours rather than the days, weeks, or months that prototypes using subtraction technology (carving) from wood, metal, or clay might take. As part of a growth strategy implemented shortly after September 11, 2001, Vicale finalized the purchase of an e-commerce toy company, ToyBuilders.com. This was his first venture into the manufacture of toys, although his design firm had done developmental...
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...The Debate of Social Security Kenneth L. Broaden COMM/215 ESSENTIALS OF COLLEGE WRITING Dr. Leondra Radford-Ddungu March 26, 2014 Introduction Social Security can be a vital and reliable resource of income for disabled and retired citizens. However, although social security is available today, it may not be available in the near future. In this paper, you will find the history of social security, and its intended purpose to exist. The debates for the plans for social security will also be discussed; also, the attempts to reform social security, and why the intentions to reform social security have failed. Early Development stages of Social Security Social security took shape during the “New Deal” and post-World War II era. The system has been divided into four main parts, which are: federal old-age, disability insurance, and survivors. These four main parts were adopted in 1935 as a key element of the social security act. The four main parts are now widely known as social security. During the legislative process in 1983, congress made a set of technical changes to solve the fiscal crisis in social security. One of the changes would be a rise in the retirement age from 65 to 67 years of age; this will take place between the years 2000-2022. Overall in 1983 legislation preserved the basic characteristics of the social security program. Actuarial provisions were more favorable in the 1990’s as economic growth helped boost the trust fund reserves. There are current actuarial...
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...Following the September 11th terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, President George Bush and British Prime Minister Blair gave speeches regarding the terrorist attacks. In both of their speeches they used a variety of rhetorical strategies combined with a distinct tone to express their sadness towards the families affected by the tragic event. President George Bush and Prime Minister Blair gave very passionate and emotional speeches concerning the tragedy. In Bush’s speech, his tone was dismal and somber but also very motivating. He used phrases such as “suffered great loss” and “even grief recedes with time and grace” to express his deep sorrow for the families who lost loved ones. However, President Bush also states our country will define our times, not be defined by them. This statement shows his determination to stay strong and united and move forward from this event. It can be seen all through his speech that he is very inspirational and wants America to stand united, emerge from the ruble stronger than ever and take vengeance upon whomever was accountable for this event. On the other hand, while both Bush and Blair are deeply dismayed, Blair’s speech is far more touching when compared to Bush’s speech. Blair, unlike President Bush, used a personal example in his speech, saying a middle-aged mother looked him in the eyes and told him her only son had died and asked him why? This personal example makes Blair’s speech very emotional and moving,...
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