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Midterms 2010: A New Change
Last Tuesday brought about a watershed in Obama’s administration. The US House saw massive GOP wins, securing a Republican majority of over 60 seats. With this win, Republicans have won the largest House takeover by either party since 1938. The GOP also took a majority of the 37 governorships and gained control of 19 state legislatures. Democrats maintained a majority in the Senate, succumbing [...]
A Matter of Life and Money: stem cell research debate refueled by recent ban
When Federal Judge Royce C. Lamberth halted government funding of stem-cell research two weeks ago, he cited a 1998 statute that banned the use of federal dollars for the destruction of human embryos. The decision by Lamberth thus blocked Obama’s 2009 executive order to expand stem cell research, and sparked uproar from researchers, many of whom scrambled to determine whether their projects [...]
Florida Governor Bucks GOP, Vetoes Bill
On April 15, Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist vetoed Senate Bill 6, spawning a strong element of disapproval from his GOP colleagues and high praise from teachers’ unions and state Democrats. The bill would have established a stronger link between student standardized test scores and teacher pay, doing away with key employment protections for teachers in failing schools. Former [...]