In terms of ideology, Orrin Hatch and Ted Kennedy couldn’t have been more different. “One of the reasons I ran for the Senate was to fight Ted Kennedy,” Hatch once said of Kennedy, “who embodied everything I felt was wrong with Washington.” But through the 1980s and 1990s, the two men became the yin and yang, the oddest couple of American politics.
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Changing and Eliminating Federal Holidays
With concern that the Columbus Day holiday is being phased out, there is hoping that the holiday will still be observed along with the the new federal observance of Indigenous People's Day. It is wonderful to celebrate indigenous people; they certainly deserve it. But let us not forget Columbus' legacy.
Is Ensuring Election Integrity Anti-Democratic?
The fact is that the U.S. is an outlier among the world’s democracies in not requiring voter ID. Of the 47 countries in Europe today, 46 of them currently require government-issued photo IDs to vote. So, why is this such a polarizing suggestion in the U.S., something President Biden even suggested would mean a return to slavery?
Former Nevada Sen. Harry Reid, one of the highest ranking Latter-day Saint elected officials, dies at 82
“I am heartbroken to announce the passing of my husband, former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He died peacefully this afternoon, surrounded by our family, following a courageous, four-year battle with pancreatic cancer,” his wife of 62 years, Landra, said in a statement.
BYU Study: Want to influence your local government? Vote in off-cycle elections
Off-cycle elections will see an average of 29–37% fewer voters than they would were their elections held “on cycle,” in tandem with state and federal elections. This apparent indifference to local policies can have serious consequences, according to BYU research recently published in the American Political Science Review.
Catholic Foster Care Wins Unanimously on Religious Liberty
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia in favor of the religious liberty of Catholic Social Services (CSS) in the face of a discriminatory effort by the Philadelphia city council to ban CSS from the city’s foster-care system.
Fed Budget Proposal Changes “Mother” to “Birthing People”
Will it become offensive to say the word “mother” because it isn’t inclusive enough?
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