Questions tagged [united-states]
Questions relating to the government or the politics of the United States of America
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Can the Trump Campaign use the voter data he received in 2017?
In 2017 Trump requested and received 2016 voting data from the states. In some states this data can be used to determine how a person voted based on a code that was entered into the system before the ...
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Did Europe have a 'deal' with Saddam Hussein? [closed]
I was reading some comments on a news article from long ago and somebody had this to say regarding the US invasion of Iraq and Europe's stance in this:
"Saddam had a deal with several European ...
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Have any details been released (or leaked) on the Trump-Hifter (=Haftar) call?
A NYT article on Libyan civil war states:
And the messages from Washington have been mixed. Days after Mr. Pompeo urged Mr. Hifter to stop his assault on Tripoli in April, President Trump called Mr....
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Who pays for President Trump's impeachment defence?
Who pays for President Trump's impeachment defence? Is it the US state or does President Trump need to pay for his own defence?
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What's (roughly) the smallest percentage of the US population that through its Senators has successfully blocked a piece of legislation?
According to some US constitutional pundits, in theory,
senators representing about 11 percent of the population can filibuster a bill or those representing about 16 percent of the population can ...
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Do any 2020 Democratic primary candidates support repealing the PATRIOT Act and eliminating mass surveillance in the United States?
Thinking back to how big of a scandal it was when President Obama signed the USA Freedom Act in 2015, and more generally how much flak Obama received with his handling of the 2013 surveillance ...
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Why do betting odds give Bloomberg 10% chance of winning a Democratic primary?
Currently https://www.electionbettingodds.com/ give Bloomberg a bit over 10% chance of winning a Democratic primary.
Since he is polling single digits(not even close to double digits) 4th or 5th ...
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A new proposal suggests subdividing Washington D.C. into 127 new states so that they can change the Constitution at will. Is this possible?
There is a new proposal in the Harvard Law Review titled: "Pack the Union: A Proposal to Admit New States for the Purpose of Amending the Constitution to Ensure Equal Representation".
Lamenting the ...
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Why does the Democratic Party perform well in New England?
A lot has been written about the current demographics of the voter base of the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States. A Google Search of Trump popular white working class will result ...
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Has Trump managed to implement any of his anti-corruption (lobbying reform) campaign proposals?
In a 2016 article, the BBC noted some (four) proposals of then-candidate Trump:
Currently, anyone spending less than 20% of their time engaged in lobbying can call themselves an "adviser" or "...
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Is there anything stopping an impeachment trial from being filibustered?
So, in American politics, there is the tradition of the filibuster, where a legislator prevents a legislative activity from moving ahead by standing up and continuing to talk indefinitely, which has, ...
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US Chief Justice Roberts' choices of “in conformity with” and “in conformance with” during the swearing in at the Senate
US Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts used both the phrases in conformity with and in conformance with within the same minute during a swearing-in process in the senate. This can be heard in CNN’...
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What has been the historical trend of U.S. congresspeople voting as blocks?
It feels as though every time I've looked at voting records from the U.S. congress, I notice that virtually everyone votes with their party; that is, for any given bill, every Republican votes the ...
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Who is the federal watchdog saying that Trump broke the law?
This report from NPR is about a watchdog report that says that Trump broke the law when he froze Ukranian funds. The White House says it was legal.
My question is: Who is the federal watchdog that ...
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Can impeachment managers be changed once the Senate trial starts?
So Pelosi has picked the "impeachment managers" for the House.
Are there rules that these managers can't be changed once the trial in the Senate starts? If so, what is the rationale for preventing a ...
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Are all U.S. Senators required to attend the impeachment trial?
Several U.S. Senators are campaigning for their party's nomination for the general presidential election of 2020. The impeachment trial will start next week.
Are these Senators required to attend all ...
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Is Bill Gates correct about Warren's tax plan? [closed]
In an interview Gates said:
When you say I should pay $100 billion then I'm starting to do a little math about what I have... leftovers
Turned out it was a joke, as he added "Just kidding". But ...
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Why did G.W. Bush remove North Korea from the list of sponsors of terrorism?
According to some news reports:
The designation of state sponsor of terror was removed from North Korea by President George W. Bush in 2008. North Korea was named among the ‘axis of evil’ countries ...
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Why did the US allow North Korea to gain nuclear weapons? [closed]
Clearly the US had no qualms invading Iraq on the suspicion/claim that they were still having weapons of mass destruction. What "saved" North Korea from a similar US action? I would prefer answers ...
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Who presented the articles to the Senate alongside the Clerk?
During the preceding, the Clerk of the House and the Sergeant at Arms of the House were side-by-side. However, during the presentation, the Clerk was next to someone else, seen on the right below. Who ...
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Fact Checking Presidents information [closed]
Why does America not have an information facts checker to ensure that the information that is being relayed to American voters is accurate? The American voters are expecting that what the president ...
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Grey area of “impeachment”
According to what I've read: the House has the ability to impeach a President, however this doesn't mean the President has to leave office. He only has to leave office if the Senate finds him guilty. ...
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Why is the US broadcast media mostly banned from fact-checking political advertising?
On this site the author writes:
Two more Facebook moderation stories. On one hand, they're moving to block 'deep fake' manipulated video, but on the other, they're holding firm on not fact-checking ...
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How would war with Iran be WW3? [duplicate]
I'm sure you've seen some of the fearmongering online and in the media about escalating tensions with Iran. Some say we're on the brink of a third world war.
How is this? How would a war between ...
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Who is meant by 'enemy' and 'conspiracy' in Kennedy's speech?
President John F. Kennedy had a speech on April 27, 1961; famously called "THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESS". In that speech, he mentions a hidden enemy with concealed acts. Who is it?
The President have ...
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Is there a good resource that lists all conference committees in the current Congress?
Conference committees are used to resolve difference between the two chambers of Congress. Even an astute observer may miss the creation of conference committees unless they regularly read the Record ...
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Why make large dense investigative reports for public release if there are significant barriers to understand them?
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The U.S. government time and again produces public large dense reports that describe specific phenomena in excruciating detail for someone not in the legal or lobbying profession. Every ...
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Why did the US add a group to terrorism list and after a while remove it?
I am not an expert or even medium in politic. I want to know: Why did the US add a group to terrorism list and after a while remove it?
My question is because of the following fact:
The United ...
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Is Iran missile strike the first unanswered strike to the US after Cuban crisis?
As everyone already heard, recently Iran launched a missile strike on US military bases in Iraq. US didn't answer with anything but tweets.
Is it the first time after Cuban Missile Crisis, when armed ...
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Why do African-Americans not support the GOP? [duplicate]
I am a new political enthusiast.
Recently I was studying the voting tendencies of the American ethnic group and found that most African Americans support the Democratic Party.
But one thing I ...
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Is this show of Islamic Republic and the US confrontation beneficial for Trump's impeachment process? [closed]
I'm an Iranian that I'm just living in the US for a couple of years. Recently, the tension between the US and Islamic Republic regime is heightened to another level that we didn't see it before. In ...
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Is there a way that Congress could secretly vote on approving a potential war?
The US killed Soleimani without notifying Congress, which a lot of people in Congress are angry about. There are fears this could start a war, which would constitutionally require congressional ...
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What are the rules for subpoenaing witnesses in a US Presidential Impeachment trial?
Senator Mitch McConnell has stated that he has sufficient votes to commence to impeachment trial and set the rules for it without Democratic support. Democrats have expressed concern over the ground ...
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is there any way a WW3 can start? [closed]
Because of the latest conflicts between USA and Iran, is there any way a WW3 can start?
And in what case a ww3 can start?
Honestly, I don't believe this but I want other people's opinion.
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Iran threatening to attack Dubai
Hours ago Iran had threatened to attack Dubai, referring to Dubai as "America's leg" because of our U.S. owned oil businesses and shipments there.
When Iran threatened to attack U.S. troops or ...
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Have US anti-ballistic-missile capabilities been used and were they effective in countering the recent Iranian missile strike on US bases in Iraq?
This is breaking news, so it may not be answerable right away but probably will be in a reasonably short term...
Iran has launched (from its own territory) ballistic missile strikes against US bases ...
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Can the House Democrats still call witnesses/can Bolton still testify?
From NBC news:
McConnell says he has enough Republican votes to begin Trump's trial without witnesses
The process cannot get started until Pelosi sends the House-passed articles charging the ...
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Are there polls/studies of how much US voters are influenced by foreign policy?
Have there been any polls or studies asking Americans how much their vote is influenced by foreign policy concerns?
For example, how much does the foreign policies of a president weigh on the choice ...
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Why is Iraq's decision to expel US troops non-binding?
In response to the United States' killing of an important Iranian military commander on Iraqi soil on 3 January 2020, the Iraqi parliament voted to expel US troops from the country. According to ...
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Does the Vice-President retain their tiebreaking vote during an impeachment trial of the President?
The Vice-President is the President of the Senate by the US Constitution. As President of the Senate, the Vice-President is empowered to preside over the Senate and cast a tie-breaking vote. The ...
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Is there a list of countries (by year) that received a lesser State Department CPC/SWL designation relative to the USCIRF tier recommendation?
USCIRF is a federally mandated commission which is partly appointed by Congress and partly by the President. One of the main jobs of the Commision is to tier countries based on their religious freedom....
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Has there been a decrease of US aid to Iraq under Trump?
Trump has recently threatened Iraq with sanctions if they decide to expel US troops.
His statement didn't explicitly say anything about [withdrawing] US aid, which appears to still be ongoing, ...
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Why would the USA honour an Iraqi request for its military to leave? [closed]
Reportedly, President Trump has threatened Iraq with sanctions if they expel US troops.
I don't understand the threat. It's not like military aggressors ask nicely before invading or occupying other ...
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What would happen to the impeachment process (in the current state), if Russia admitted election meddling? [closed]
This is hypothetical, but I am still wondering:
What would happen to the currently "halted" (How long can the Speaker of the House wait to pass the impeachment to the Senate?) impeachment process, if ...
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Why does US confirm conducting strikes such as the one that targeted Qassem Soleimani?
After the recent strike targeting Qassem Soleimani I am wondering why does US performs these attacks so bluntly while nowadays it is quite fashionable to deny involvement.
I assume that in order to ...
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How does one buy a burnable American flag in Tehran?
Since 1978 I've seen footage of people in Tehran burning American flags, and as far as I can tell each time it's completely destroyed, meaning that they have to get a new American flag to burn each ...
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Does the US have any long-term leases on bases in Iraq?
Breaking news is that the Iraqi parliament has passed a non-binding resolution calling for the withdrawal of foreign troops:
The non-binding resolution was passed by the Iraqi parliament after the ...
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Doesn't the Ninth Amendment Prohibit Any Preference based Law, Ordinance or Policy?
The Ninth Amendment states:
The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be
construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
So how is it lawful that laws or ...
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What threat, if any, does Iran really pose to the US?
The US army absolutely dwarfs the Iranian army in terms of military might.
Realistically, Iran cannot attack mainland US, whereas the US could nuke Iran into oblivion at a moment's notice. They ...
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Why was Qasem Soleimani in Iraq?
Earlier this week, Qasem Soleimani was killed by the US. The news media is brimming to capacity with news stories about this. However, not one - that I've seen at least - mentions why Qasem Soleimani ...
