Questions tagged [united-states]
Questions relating to the government or the politics of the United States of America
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Why are there no polls of Tom Steyer yet?
Tom Steyer, a billionaire, announced he was campaigning for president on July 9 and pledged to spend 100 million dollars of his own fortune to make that happen. Enough for a significant advertisement ...
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What is the Trump administration planning on doing with migrants denied asylum under the new policy?
As recently reported, the Trump administration is planning on denying asylum to migrants who passed through a third country on the way to the US. In the interim final rule, the government argues that ...
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How have Republicans defended Trump's “Go Back” tweets?
On July 14th, 2019, President Trump posted series of 3 tweets which targeted Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna S. Pressley of Massachusetts and ...
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Does anything else happen if the parliamentarian rules a House speech was out of order, but is not stricken by vote?
In the debate over the House resolution condemning President Trump's tweets, Nancy Pelosi characterized them as racist
This sparked an attempt by Republicans to have the speech stricken
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Have there been any attempts by the rest of the world to sanction the US in the last years?
In the past few years the US has implemented or rejected certain international policies which other countries have been critical of. The first that come to mind are:
The Paris climate accord - the US ...
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What are the reasons why the Federal Reserve won't make public the transcripts of its meetings?
Is there a reason why the Federal Reserve won't make public the transcripts of its meetings? They officially gave the explanation that making the transcripts public would negatively impact troubled ...
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What are the consequences if the House of Representatives condemns Trump?
The US House of Representatives is preparing to vote to condemn Donald Trump for the tweets he wrote this week regarding several Congresswomen, which have been widely characterized as racist. Are ...
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If SWIFT is headquartered in Europe, why does the EU need to create a SWIFT alternative to be able to do transactions with Iran?
If SWIFT is headquartered in Europe, why does the EU need to create a SWIFT alternative to be able to do transactions with Iran? It seems that the U.S. has significant control over SWIFT although ...
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US Party with all time most Presidential votes?
Which US political party has had the most votes for President? Both popularly, and electorally?
Note: given the sometimes radical changes in party platforms over the years, this may seem like apples ...
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Average win/loss ratio for US Presidents as party nominees?
What's the average win/loss ratio for all elected US Presidents running (but not necessarily while President) as party nominees? For example, Nixon ran in 1960 and lost, won in both 1968 and 1972; ...
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Are Indian tribal governments subject to the Bill of Rights?
In the US, Indian tribes with official recognition from the federal government are given sovereignty and the right to self-governance. They are not subject to state laws in the state their reservation ...
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What are the arguments for California’s nonpartisan blanket (jungle) primaries?
California has a system where two candidates, chosen in a nonpartisan primary, are on the ballot in each congressional or statewide race. It's sometimes called a jungle primary.
This makes it so that ...
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Why did Barry Goldwater change from opposing to supporting the Export Trade Administration Act of 1979?
The House modified the bill after it passed the Senate. Goldwater was among three Senators who voted against the bill. Can someone confirm that the modifications that the House of Representatives ...
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Can a government be held responsible for the crimes committed by a military contractor?
Can a government be held responsible for the crimes committed by a military contractor? If, for instance, a company like Blackwater Security Consulting contracted by the government commits a crime not ...
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Why do candidates not quit if they no longer have a realistic chance to win in the 2020 US presidents election
As background, some answers of Why run for president if you have no chance to be elected? are relevant, so I will concentrate on the differences.
There are currently more than 20 candidates for the ...
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Is the CIA responsible for overseeing all US military black-ops missions on foreign soil?
Is the CIA responsible for overseeing all US military black-ops missions on foreign soil? I am wondering if it's the CIA that oversees all military black-ops mission on foreign soil, or the Pentagon ...
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Why didn't the U.S. support the idea of an Asian Monetary Fund?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Monetary_Fund
During the Asian financial crisis, Asian leaders had difficulties in
dealing with both regional and international institutions such as the
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Where could I find the House of Representatives voting record for the Export Administration Act of 1979?
When did the House approve the Export Administration Act described here?
This proposed bill, The Export Administration Act, was rejected by the House on 9/25/79. So there must be another time when ...
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Why hasn't the U.S. government paid war reparations to any country it attacked?
Why hasn't the U.S. government paid war reparations to any country it attacked?
According to Wikipedia, the U.S. has never paid any war reparations to members of other countries. It has only paid ...
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If the US government is running deficits valued at 5% of GDP, is the economy really growing?
From the White House Budget Office Deficit records:
The US government is currently running a projected 2019 deficit of 5.1% of GDP (somewhere around $1.05 Trillion).
The Bureau of Economic analysis ...
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What can the U.S. government do to prevent powerful people to get extremely favorable plea bargain deals like Jeff Epstein?
We know that Jeff Epstein got an extremely favorable plea bargain deal from the chief prosecutor. The media is now questioning if there was due process, or someone powerful got into the way of the due ...
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How are Canada and the USA similar and different with regards to immigration?
While reading the NY Post this morning I found this short opinion piece. It states:
While “a politically divisive debate continues to rage” in the United States over a Census question on ...
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Am I obligated to answer a citizenship question on the U.S. census? [closed]
This question seems to straddle politics/law, but I am going to post it here.
There is a lot in the US news lately about President Trump pushing to have a question on citizenship added to the 2020 US ...
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In the United States, how large is the political spread of all federal judges in terms of rulings?
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I keep hearing about the important role of Federal Judges in the United States and how their rulings as a whole results in them being labeled as a judge with a particular political ...
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Did any of the founding fathers anticipate Lysander Spooner's criticism of the constitution?
In his 1870 work "No Treason" - Lysander Spooner writes:
“But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as we ...
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What do third party candidates for the US presidency expect to functionally accomplish in terms of voting?
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In the history of the United States presidential election, it is exceedingly rare that a third party candidate does anything other than split votes from one (sometimes two) main parties, ...
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When did the trend of giving U.S. Congressional bills catchy acronyms first start to occur?
According to The Atlantic, there have been 240 bills proposed in 2013 that were represented by an acronym, such as the ROBO COP bill to help curb automated robot calls and the BEER (Brewers Excise and ...
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Why does the US federal debt increase by more than the US deficit each year?
I was looking through the Historical Tables from the Office of Management and Budget (https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/historical-tables/). I noticed that each year the debt increases by a different ...
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Why haven't Latin American countries condemned the U.S. for its migrant detention centers?
Why won't Latin American countries condemn the U.S. for its migrant detention centers? According to Wikipedia, the detention centers in the U.S. for so-called illegals and asylum seekers are ...
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Can an inauguration be delayed for any GOOD reason? [duplicate]
I ask this because with the amount of information regarding Trump, and the probability of Russian meddling in the 2016 election (from the FBI, CIA and NSA), dated 6 January 2017....was there a ...
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Why does the U.S. tolerate foreign influence from Saudi Arabia and Israel on its domestic policies while not tolerating that from China or Russia?
Why does the U.S. tolerate foreign influence from Saudi Arabia and Israel on its domestic policies while not tolerating that from China or Russia? Is there a reason for this? AIPAC is known to be one ...
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Why is the term “Jewish Privilege” never used? [closed]
In recent years the term "white privilege" has been used by certain segments of the American political spectrum to describe: (wikipedia)
the societal privilege that in some countries benefits white ...
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If the U.S. government eliminates private health insurance, how would it deal with the shareholders of private insurance companies? [closed]
If the U.S. government eliminates private health insurance, how would it be going to deal with the shareholders of private insurance companies? Would it reach some form of deal and what kind of deal? ...
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Could the US President force Britain to recall Ambassador Kim Darroch?
A few days ago, a leak revealed that in cables sent to London, U.K Ambassador to the United States Kim Darroch described Trump's administration as "inept," "insecure" and "incompetent". CNN
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What requirements are there on the Senate to process Articles of Impeachment? [duplicate]
If the House passes Articles of Impeachment, can the Senate refuse to accept them for processing or delay them through Senate procedures?
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Are US Congressional districts required to be connected?
With all the talk of gerrymandering of late, I was looking up North Carolina's past election maps. And man, the 2016 map which caused the court case looks downright normal compared to some of the ones ...
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How does President Trump's follow-through on election promises compare to presidents in the past 20 years? [closed]
That is to say - with nearly three years under his belt, how do President Trump's record of promises compare to other presidents past the year 2000?
In this question, it is shown what promises ...
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Why does the US seem to have a rather low economic interest in Africa?
This question shows us the increasing economic interest of China in the African continent. Indeed this document confirms that China's trade in goods with African countries is half of the EU's:
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Why did people still chant “Lock her up” at Trump rallies in 2019? [closed]
When elected, Trump made a big point that his opponent should be investigated and "locked up" over the email controversy. Almost immediately after winning the election, he made tacitly clear he was ...
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When I register for voting in Massachusets with a telephone number on the “Do Not Call” registry, do I have to check the “unlisted phone number” box?
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In March 2003, the Do Not Call registry was signed into law by president George W. Bush. This law allowed the FTC to create a voluntary registry of phone numbers whereby some entities ...
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Why won't the U.S. move more rapidly towards modernizing its army?
Why won't the U.S. move more rapidly towards modernizing its army? By that, I mean why, for instance, the U.S. won't replace conventional fighter jets with attack drones and replace big and ...
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Is there a strong legal guarantee that the U.S. can give to another country that it won't attack them?
Is there a strong legal guarantee that the U.S. can give to another country that it won't attack them? I think because U.S. policy tends to drastically change every time the administration changes, ...
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If drug prices are much higher in US, and the US government prohibits import, why not just import online for all personal uses? [closed]
If medication prices in the US are higher than in other countries, why not import from there?
This is a natural extension of this question.
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Drug prices in US are high
A Free market could ...
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What are the (key) limits of coverage of Medicare for All?
I don't live in the US, but rather in a country where there's a state mandated, single-(state)-payer universal health insurance - with additional layers of coverage for additional insurance fee ...
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How integrated are Private Health Insurers (PHI) with Medicare?
Please exclude Medicare Advantage programs sold by private insurers from your answer.
There is a popular notion that traditional Medicare is underwritten and administered only by the US government. ...
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Why won't the U.S. sign a peace treaty with North Korea?
Why won't the U.S. sign a peace treaty with North Korea? Is there a reason why it wasn't done sometimes after the cease fire? What was the purpose of not signing a peace treaty with North Korea if the ...
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Why does Trump want a citizenship question on the census?
President Trump has recently stated that he may issue an executive order to place a question on the 2020 Census about US residents' citizenship status.
This comes after the Supreme Court has already ...
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Why does the US have laws that they don't enforce but they don't repeal?
The State of Utah appealed the ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Tenth Circuit. Oral argument was held on January 21, 2016. The
State of Utah was represented by Parker Douglas. The ...
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In 2019 is North Carolina gerrymandered?
User Dunk claims that North Carolina is not gerrymandered:
...people are ... ignorant to use North Carolina as some proof of gerrymandering. ... The republicans changed the boundaries into ...
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What is the role of private healthcare insurance industry in Medicaid?
In light of the concept of abolishing the private healthcare insurance industry advocated by some 2020 presidential candidates, one would expect that to impact the administration of Medicaid.
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