A recent analysis of coverage in the media of the presidential candidates estimated how much it would have cost the campaigns to purchase… Nov 7, 2016 8:51 a.m.
Ever since the Supreme Court in 2013 struck down the most important provisions of the Voting Right Act as unconstitutional, a number of… Nov 5, 2016 7:58 a.m.
After Russian hackers hacked files and emails from the Democratic National Committee earlier this year, many remain worried that those… Nov 5, 2016 7:45 a.m.
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Bill Summary — Nov 7, 2016 8:52 a.m.
A recent analysis of coverage in the media of the presidential candidates estimated how much it would have cost the campaigns to purchase the same amount of air time, given current market rates for advertisements. Republican candidate Donald Trump “earned” $1.89 billion worth of media coverage. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton earned less than half of that, only $746 million.
A new bill introduced by Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH9) could have closed that gap.
The legislation ...
Bill Summary — Nov 5, 2016 7:59 a.m.
Ever since the Supreme Court in 2013 struck down the most important provisions of the Voting Right Act as unconstitutional, a number of states instituted laws such as requiring voter identification or limiting early voting, laws that would have previously been prohibited or blocked. Opponents — mostly Democrats — call these laws tactics of voter suppression carried out almost entirely by Republican-dominated states and intended to suppress the turnout of groups such as African-Americans, Hispanics, the poor, and the young.
H.R ...
Bill Summary — Nov 5, 2016 7:46 a.m.
After Russian hackers hacked files and emails from the Democratic National Committee earlier this year, many remain worried that those hackers or others could tamper with Election Day in a few days — possibly even significantly affecting the results. This is especially a growing concern given the increasing use of electronic voting machines. At least five states only use electronic voting with no paper trail: Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey, and South Carolina.
H.R. 6072, the Election Integrity Act, was ...
Bill Summary — Nov 4, 2016 8:35 a.m.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lists 16 sectors as “critical infrastructure” potentially affecting our national security, items considered “so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety.” The list includes nuclear reactors, government facilities and buildings including federal buildings and national monuments, defense and military bases, transportation systems like airports and pipelines, and communications infrastructure like satellites and cell phone towers.
But ...
Bill Summary — Nov 3, 2016 10 a.m.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has refused to release his tax returns, making him the first major-party nominee since Richard Nixon in 1972 not to do so. Three bills introduced in Congress, mostly by Democrats, would require both the major-party nominees for president from now on to release their tax returns. All three bills — H.R. 5386, S. 2979, andS. 3348 — are titled the Presidential Tax Transparency Act
Although Trump has claimed his returns are currently under ...