Liberal Democrats

Rep. Lipinski, is a pro-life Democrat, who has a long record of opposing pro-abortion legislation. For instance, he opposed the “Democrats’ health care overhaul” because “its provision banning federal funds for abortions wasn’t strong enough,” despite other conservative Democrats supporting it (Almanac). Consequently, he’s the 5th most conservative Democrat, and out of all the bills that he has cosponsored, including this one, 58% have been…

In the article “The New Liberal Arts,” by Sanford J. Ungar he lists seven common misconceptions about liberal arts. The first misconception that Ungar states is that vocational training is a better substitute than liberal arts. He explains how students only focus on one thing now of days hoping they will get a job in that field, but don’t realize having more knowledge and experience will benefit them more. He also disputes that college graduates with a liberal arts degree will have a tougher…

Strict Voter ID laws Strict voter ID laws are on certain states. This law affects certain states for voters to have proof of citizenship in order to vote, while other states are not that strict. With the Strict Voter ID laws the votes are at stake because the laws may reduce votes by not allowing those with the correct proof of ID to vote. The purpose of establishing these rules is to make sure that voters have the correct proof of citizenship and identification in order to vote, so that…

in Baltimore, Maryland . He wrote “The new liberal arts”, in this essay he clarified the misperceptions of obtaining a liberal arts degree. The second author, Charles Murray works at an American enterprise institute, conservative think tank in Washington, DC. He wrote” Are too many people going to college? ” . He talks about who should go to college and who shouldn 't. Ungar clarified several misperception; the first misperception is that the liberal arts degree is a waste in our economy. The…

was a desire to influence government and a general commitment to a party. These two motivations were found equally prevalent between among Democrats. However, Republican activists are more motivated by issue and or policy concerns than they are by an interest in the party itself (Hadley & Bowman 117). Although they differ ideologically, Republican and Democrat activists are goal-oriented and willing to fight for their partisan viewpoints to be…

perhaps the most quoted phrase from Aristotle’s Politics despite the observation that the context in which this claim was made has not always been properly understood. Recently, however, frustrations with the lack of political participation in modern liberal democracies have contributed to renewed interest in some of Aristotle’s ideas—namely, democratic theory. Throughout chapters 9 to 13 of Book 3 of Politics, Aristotle provides an empirical assessment of democracy’s strengths and limitations.…

those drugs. There is one controversial practice in the Netherlands today and that is the coffee houses that have special permission to sell a limited amount of soft drugs, as long as they abide by the government regulations. In the Netherlands “the liberal regulation of drugs… is based on the notion that if one cannot completely eradicate [it], one must make it more visible and thus treatable and creating the possibility of the illegal element and its ties to organized crime disappear”…

things can and often does cause changes and these changes lead to an overall shift in the political parties policy and the founding ideology. The liberal party of Canada and the conservative party are two of the major parties in the country and they both can be used to a degree as examples of how parties shift away from foundations in Canada. The liberal party of Canada is the current leading…

As of today there are many issue within the government when it comes to the working class. Many of the middle class people believe that the world the are living in is not fair at all. The working class citizens, do all of the same work as the upper class citizens and yet still get treated like they are second class, inferior. As much as one would like to believe that tes have progressed, they havent. When one takes a look back into the standards of the working class in the mid 1940’s until now…

parties. Political parties attempt to gain control of the government and influence its decisions. The two most influential parties in the American Government are the Republican and Democratic Party. These two parties have very contrasting beliefs. Democrats believe in “the need for intervention by government in the form of more and bigger programs” and agree that there must be fairness in government regulations and freedom of expression. Republicans however, have more conservative values and…