The Dilemmas of Perdue’s Confirmation Process Despite His Qualifications President Trump has been experiencing several delays in the confirmation of his Cabinet, including with Sonny Perdue, the nominee for the Secretary of Agriculture. The first step of the confirmation process is to be nominated by the president or president-elect. Then, the nominee undergoes hearings before Senate committees. If the nominee is voted out of committee, then he or she goes before the entire Senate body, the final step of confirmation. Although Perdue has been nominated, he has not yet obtained a date for the hearing before the committees.…
Alyssa Mattson 2A Current Event #3 Despite mutual agreement between the Republican and Democratic parties, the Senate still could not pass a bill enacting criminal justice reform. It was believed that this overhaul bill would be the “bipartisan success story of the year”, according to New York Times writer Carl Hulse. However, this was not the case. Some Republicans Senators disagreed with the idea of reducing minimum sentences, as well as providing President Obama with a “legacy victory” nearing the end of his presidency.…
It has been nearly a year since the death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. In that time, we have witnessed a revolt by senate Republicans over Obama’s nominee Merrick Garland, a presidential election in which Republican’s promised a nominee to succeed Scalia, and now, the nomination of Neil Gorsuch. But who exactly is President Trump’s nominee? Neil Gorsuch, age 49, if confirmed, would become the youngest sitting Supreme Court Justice since Clarence Thomas was confirmed as an Associate Justice in 1981 under George H.W. Bush’s administration.…
The Pros of a Donald Trump Presidency American politics have always fascinated me. Where else can you find a medium that discusses some of the world's most pressing issues, while at the same time giving you an opportunity to analyze American behavior as it unfolds upon a political system that has influenced many other countries, including the Dominican Republic. But let’s be honest, politics can also be very dull, with its insipid candidates, anticlimactic voting system, and laws worded in such a way that would confuse even Joyce. Thank god for Donald Trump!…
Many people of the Democratic party argued and questioned her even more to the point where her stance was obviously revealed to where she said states would deal with situations like this. I personally think that this is an issue with the federal discrimination laws as they have not been updated to society values of today, but I think it is necessary for Devos to acknowledge this and have a stronger position on it since discrimination is a problem. Leaving it to the states may leave some kids in jeopardy based on their stances. The Secretary of Education and Congress should work together to revise and support the…
Donald Trump selected Betsy DeVos to be the Secretary of Education, critics have spoken about her lack of experience with public schools, her activism with school choice and private education has led many to believe she will strip funding of public school for private and religious school. In fact, Betsy DeVos was recently in a hearing with Democratic lawmakers and when DeVos was asked to commit to not work to privatize public school or strip a penny from public education, DeVos could not commit instead she answered "I look forward, if confirmed, to working with you to talk about how we address the needs of all parents and all students. " We clearly understand that DeVos does not see education as a public good but as a private profit,…
One of Betsy Devos’ speeches in August 2015 at the SXSWedu convention in Texas emphasizes her education vision on the issue of unequal education access in America. Her speech uses the propaganda technique of emotional appeal to convey messages about this social issue. In the speech, Betsy Devos uses a lot of emotional appealing phrases, such as calling traditional public education system a “dead end,” and labeling public schools as “low performing” schools (Strauss). She is denigrating the quality of traditional public schools, she thinks that traditional public schools are simply not as good as charters or privates. Besides, she also uses the propaganda technique of “glittering generalities”.…
In order to resolve the differences, delegates from the majority of the states met at the Annapolis Convention in 1786. But they were not able to reach any agreeable conclusion. That led them to decide to meet again later in Philadelphia. In second convention, delegates observed that there is urgent need to frame an entirely new constitution. A key issue of conflict was the structure of the new legislative branch.…
Senate leader Mitch McConnell spoke to Justice nominee Merrick Garland over the phone "and told him not to bother stopping by".vi GOP leaders say their refusal to construct a hearing on the democratic presidential nominee is not personally motivated, but the American people should have a chance to weigh in on Scalia 's replacement. It is obvious that the decision is more of a political move based on the fact that "Obama 's choice could Tilt the ideological balance of…
Presidential elections have been a time where many American citizens have gathered to vote for their favorite candidate, but the upcoming presidential nomination, has created controversy with its leading candidates. Presidents have been nominated due to their views on policies such as Abraham Lincoln on slavery. However, a lot has been discussed about who’s going to be the elected president this following November, will it be Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton. Hillary Clinton, former secretary of state, has shown persistence since the 2008 election, decided to run for office, by hopefully, being the first woman president. Donald Trump is a wealthy business man, the owner of the Trump Corporations, has made several controversial statements, such…
The White House was informed Tuesday night that Puzder might lack the majority vote needed to confirm his nomination. The CEO of Hardee’s fast food chains faced heavy criticism from Democrats due to his position on labor issues, including his opposition in raising the minimum wage. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions said they will move promptly on Acosta’s confirmation hearing.…
Gail Collins is a woman with very strong political opinions. A recent article that she composed is called “ Who’s Really Older, Trump or Clinton?” We could all take a wild guess about what this article will be about! Gail Collins focuses her arguments on her political side of favoring Hillary Clinton. This article is all about the arguments of why one political candidate is better than the other due to one being younger.…
I do my best to not judge a political figure based on their party affiliation. My dislike of Betsy DeVos has nothing to do with her party preferences; it has everything to do with her political opinions and experiences. As someone raised by two public school teachers and educated on how our school systems work, this woman's policies make me nervous. I have yet to see any piece of information that could possibly change my mind.…
Betsy DeVos is Mr. Trump's pick for Secretary of Education, a wiser choice to make America great again, or is it? She, along with her family fortune have poured almost a million and a half dollars into legislator's campaign coffers to realize her dream of charter schools. Now that Michigan has charter schools, like Minnesota and its charter school system, there are a lot of charter schools that are below about par in graduation/ test scores, just like public schools. In Michigan’s charter school system, there is an abundance of charter schools that are under preforming to the standard set by the State of Michigan. Betsy DeVos has no educational experience, period.…
Today is a sad day in United States history as our new President is sworn in. This is very unsettling to me that we will have a President that has openly ridiculed disabled people, disrespected our men and women in the armed forces, empowered racism, and a man that is unable to endure any criticisms. Sadly, he is a President that is so gullible, a man that has disrespected women, insulted our current President and someone that changes their opinion in a blink of an eye. A President that has no self-control and throws twitter tantrums daily. A man that once said “I’ve said if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.”…