Government regulation, Government funding, United States. Congress -- Social policy, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Government aid -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government aid -- Political aspects, Immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Immigrants -- Political aspects, Immigrants -- Powers and duties, and Emigration and immigration law -- Political aspects
Abstract
In a 5-to-4 decision on Jan. 23, the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration's plans to deny green cards or visas to immigrants it deems likely [...]
The American Prospect. Fall, 2016, Vol. 27 Issue 4, p62, 6 p.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Social policy, Infrastructure (Economics) -- Political aspects, and Expenditures, Public
Abstract
The Great Depression stimulated America's first major investments in modern infrastructure. Undertakings like the Hoover Dam, LaGuardia Airport, the Lincoln Tunnel, the Golden Gate Bridge, and thousands of lesser-known road, [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Congress -- Media coverage, Republican Party (United States) -- Social policy, Republican Party (United States) -- Media coverage, Republican Party (United States) -- Political aspects, Republican Party (United States) -- Demonstrations and protests, Democratic Party (United States) -- Social policy, Democratic Party (United States) -- Demonstrations and protests, Democratic Party (United States) -- Media coverage, Democratic Party (United States) -- Political aspects, Police Brutality Protests, 2020 -- Media coverage, Police Brutality Protests, 2020 -- Influence, Police Brutality Protests, 2020 -- Demonstrations and protests, and United States -- Demonstrations and protests
Abstract
One of these slogans doesn't work Protests against police brutality have already brought policy changes FOR YEARS, reformers have advocated a host of policies to make [...]
Education Week. March 21, 2018, Vol. 37 Issue 24, 18.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, School safety -- Laws, regulations and rules, Gun control -- Political aspects, and Gun violence
Abstract
Washington has begun responding to demands from students and advocates that federal officials address school safety after a shooting at a Florida high school last month, although new gun restrictions [...]
The New American. Nov 17, 2014, Vol. 30 Issue 22, p27, 4 p.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, United States. Congress -- Political aspects, Legislators -- Political activity, Legislators -- Political aspects, Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects, and Emigration and immigration -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
The old warning to 'Beware of Greeks bearing gifts' has its application in domestic politics in the United States as well. Beware of Democrats--or Republicans--promising reform. Listening to Republicans, for [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, Border security -- Laws, regulations and rules, Border security -- Political aspects, and Illegal immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
WASHINGTON - Congress members left town for a week-long Fourth of July recess without taking action to stop the crisis of family separations at the U.S.-Mexican border. House [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, United States. Department of Homeland Security. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals -- Laws, regulations and rules, Illegal immigrants -- Political aspects, and Illegal immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
WASHINGTON - Congress is set to return to Washington this week, but don't expect votes on a solution for the undocumented immigrants who came to the United States as children, [...]
United States. Congress -- Social policy, United States. Congress -- Tax policy, Political leadership -- Social aspects, and Political leadership -- Economic aspects
Abstract
Sometimes elections don't provide all the answers, but at least they eliminate several possible outcomes, meaning we know certain things are not going to happen as a result of the [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, United States. Congress -- Powers and duties, Gun control -- Laws, regulations and rules, Gun control -- Political aspects, Emigration and immigration -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
Abstract
WASHINGTON -- As the nation faced another crisis, polls clearly reflected what a significant majority of the public thought should be done. A bipartisan move to draft a legislative response [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Congress -- Social policy, Democratic Party (United States) -- Social policy, and Police misconduct -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
The measure, the most expansive intervention into policing that lawmakers have proposed in recent memory, is likely to draw opposition from Republicans and police unions. WASHINGTON -- Democrats [...]
Government regulation, United States. Department of Defense -- Equipment and supplies, United States. Department of Defense -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Department of Defense -- Social policy, United States. Congress -- Social policy, United States. Congress -- Laws, regulations and rules, Police -- Equipment and supplies, Police brutality -- Prevention, Police brutality -- Equipment and supplies, Mechanization, Military -- Laws, regulations and rules, Mechanization, Military -- Equipment and supplies, Military paraphernalia -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Military paraphernalia -- Equipment and supplies
Abstract
The effort to end a program transferring surplus military equipment from the Pentagon to the police reflects a revived bipartisan concern about excessive use of force by law enforcement. [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, United States. Department of Homeland Security. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals -- Laws, regulations and rules, Illegal immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Immigration policy, and Government spending policy
Abstract
The fate of nearly 700,000 undocumented immigrants could blow up negotiations to keep the federal government running past this week. The federal program that protects from deportation undocumented [...]
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, Illegal immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules, Asylum, Right of -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Attorneys general -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Abstract
Attorney General Jeff Sessions urged Congress to pass legislation President Trump outlined this week that would make it harder for immigrants to claim asylum in the USA, a process he [...]
Government regulation, United States. Department of Homeland Security. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals -- Laws, regulations and rules, United States. Congress -- Social policy, and Illegal immigrants -- Laws, regulations and rules
Abstract
If President Trump gives Congress six months to find a legislative fix for the controversial program that now shields nearly 800,000 young undocumented immigrants from deportation, the focus will shift [...]
America. Oct 30, 2017, Vol. 217 Issue 10, p16, 2 p.
Subjects
Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, United States. Department of Homeland Security. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Illegal immigrant children -- Laws, regulations and rules, and Immigration policy
Abstract
Congress has until March 5 to pass legislation to help young immigrants who are currently shielded from deportation by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. What any new authorizing [...]
United States. Congress -- Social policy, Mentally ill -- Equipment and supplies, and Firearms ownership
Abstract
Seven weeks into Congress' new session, little on the Republicans' list of major goals has been accomplished. But right out of the box, members of the GOP majority made sure [...]
National Review. Sept 7, 2015, Vol. 67 Issue 16, 10.
Subjects
United States. Congress -- Social policy, Bills, Legislative, and Mental health law
Abstract
Decades of leaving the seriously mentally ill in our prisons and on the streets seem, finally, to have pricked the conscience of Congress. Several bills currently under consideration would move [...]
Education Week. Oct 21, 2015, Vol. 35 Issue 09, s5.
Subjects
Privacy issue, Government regulation, United States. Congress -- Social policy, Privacy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Personal information -- Safety and security measures, Student records -- Safety and security measures, and Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
Abstract
Despite a flurry of congressional activity on student-data privacy during the first half of 2015, the odds of a comprehensive federal law being enacted anytime soon appear slim. [...]
United States. Congress -- Social policy, Family leave -- Political aspects, Presidential aides -- Influence, Presidents -- Staff, and Presidents -- Influence
Abstract
Ivanka Trump has largely cast herself as a behind-the-scenes force for moderation in the West Wing, but this week she will take her first real political risk when her signature [...]
United States. Congress -- Social policy, Walls -- Design and construction, Walls -- Government finance, and Border security -- Government finance
Abstract
What happened to President Trump's wall in this week's bipartisan budget deal is a good way to look at the new political dynamic in Washington. For it is [...]
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