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Digging deeply into the nation’s past can help illuminate the racial struggles facing the U.S. today.
A terse piece of legislation from 1996 has been credited with creating the internet as we know it – and blamed for the flood of misinformation and other ills that have come with it.
A new proposal also puts pressure on presidents to evaluate their foreign policy objectives more clearly to determine whether military action is, in fact, appropriate.
A bipartisan group of senators said it reached a deal on $550 billion in new spending on infrastructure.
The federal government sent a lot of money to states to help with an anticipated COVID-related economic downturn. Turns out, states did not need that much money – but they may spend it anyway.
A new nine-page report, requested by Congress, doesn’t say what the 144 UFO sightings from 2004 to 2021 are, but does say that the government wants to learn more.
Questions include whether women should be compelled to register, as men are, and whether the draft and draft registration should exist at all.
Since Tyre Nichols’ death there are renewed calls for Congress to pass police reform legislation. But the federal government has almost no control over state and local police departments.
The Senate has a lot of rules, and its parliamentarian interprets what those rules allow – and what they don’t. That can mean a bill will face either huge obstacles, or very few obstacles to passage.
Three scholars examine President Biden’s rhetoric, the symbolism and the several ambitious plans he proposed in his first address to Congress.
Students of color are largely missing out on paid internships working for lawmakers on Capitol Hill, new research has found.
With the country’s vaccine rollout succeeding where pandemic management failed, and Biden moving boldly on climate and immigration, his presidency is off to a promising start.
The US Census Bureau has announced which states will gain and lose representation in Congress as a result of the 2020 census. Here’s how it makes the calculations.
If a bill before the US Congress succeeds, it would further suppress global demand for kangaroo products and lead to more animal suffering, not less.
Consider the bill known as the Stark Naked Act of 1997, one of many pieces of legislation with curious, perhaps manipulative, names.
After mass shootings, politicians in Washington have failed to pass new gun control legislation, despite public pressure. But laws are being passed at the state level, largely to loosen restrictions.
Dozens of prosperous countries save billions of dollars and hours annually by not requiring residents to fill out tax returns, so what is the United States waiting for?
The idea that Washington, D.C., is paralyzed by gridlock rests on half-truths about the legislative process and a basic misunderstanding of how contemporary policymaking works.
Four articles from The Conversation US archive provide context and analysis on the historic legislation.
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Assistant Professor of Political Science, Boise State University
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Professor of Law and Adjunct Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
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Distinguished Fellow in Law and Government, Dickinson Law, Penn State
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Visiting associate professor, Wayne State University
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Professor of Public Policy (retired), University of Virginia
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Assistant Professor of Government, Smith College
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Professor American Politics, Political Science, Georgia State University
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Professor, Political Science Department, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Political Science, Drake University
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Associate Professor of Law, Santa Clara University
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Associate Professor of Law, Rutgers University - Newark
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Visiting Professor of the Practice of Political Science and Public Policy, Brown University
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Rochester Institute of Technology
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Research Specialist, the Miller Center, University of Virginia
