Many of the people in Congress have learned to adapt to the ways of social media, and a large number of them use it to express their viewpoints on issues in the government. ... This means that more African American MCs used social media for that distinct issue than white MCs. At the same time, if the other minority MC's post/tweets about an issue are higher than 5.7% that means they used social media more than both white and black MCs. ... The software also showed that defense, education, and immigration were the issues where the other minority MCs used social media more than the other t...

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Economists insist that the social security program will be tapped later this year to pay the government's bills despite Bush and Daschle's promises. ... In years to come it seems as though social security will be abolished. ... The people that are paying social security now, where is their check going to be. ... No matter how taxes were lowered or whatever was going on in the economy, the social security surplus would never be touched. ... They voted for the money instead of the issues....

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The Social Inequality of Race "Bush Opposes Diversity Policy at University" by By Edwin Chen and Nick Anderson, L.A. ... Kennedy issued Executive Order 10925 which established the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. ... The issue has increased awareness of unfair practices and prejudice within various social institutions. ... The complexities of the issue become exacerbated when anti- affirmative action proponents argue the opposing viewpoint that "merit" should be the main criteria and candidates selected on a "qualification basis" in social institutions. ... T...

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Essay 3: Social/Political Document Analysis Political editorials are notorious for the use of persuasive techniques. ... These are the issues that the title suggests, but the article itself is a "hopscotch" of political inquiries. ... Somehow the issue becomes side-tracked once again to a discussion on the market of processing equipment and software. The author is all over the place with political issues, attempting to make them all relate back to the same topic. Not only does the author refuse to focus on the issue, he also does not offer any factual material for support. ...

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The central issue in the Election of 1912 was the rise of cooperate power. ... He believed the challenges of the evolving corporate economy should be adjudicated according to existing law a precedent in order to maintain the social order, not as unsolved social issues that needed trailblazing legislative solutions. ... Taft saw corporate power as primarily an economic issue. ... Wilson Approached the issue of trusts and corporations from, a social angle, concerned less with the economic system itself than with the society shaped by economic conditions. ... He also proved able to expand specifi...

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In Chapter 20, we focus on the interaction of the political, economic, and social forces within American society during the Gilded Age. ... Combined with a conservative Supreme Court, weak presidential leadership, and political campaigns that focused on issues of personality rather than issues of substance, these factors caused the postponement of decisions on major issues affecting the nation and its citizens. ... Southern blacks, who lived under the constant threat of violence and who remained economically dependent on whites, had to endure new forms of social oppression in the form of dis...

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We are hastily revising all our social conceptions. ... This comment by Walter Weyl reflects the mammoth social and political changes that emerged during the turn of the previous century. ... The major cause of these changes was the American people responding to the social and economic impacts of industrialism. ... The glaring social, political, and economic issues of the day would be the force that drove this American president. ... Roosevelt knew that crippling these monopolies would not be enough to solve some of the more prominent social issues facing American society. ...

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Wilson succeeded economically and socially because he granted women the right to vote. ... The "Progressive" presidents succeeded in dealing with economic issues but failed to aid reformers and their fight to end social injustice. During the "Reform Era" multiple issues caused by the industrial revolution were brought to America's attention but were not necessarily fixed. ... From the 1900s to 1920s America's economy progressed, but social justice suffered because of reformers' lack of influence in national government. ... Throughout this era, the United S...

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Seeding the idea of government as guarantor, the New Deal established a collection of agencies to focus on various economic and social issues. ... FDR implemented the Securities Act and the Securities Exchange Act to regulate the issuance and management of publicly traded stocks. ... Balancing the welfare state with capitalism, under the New Deal government regulation of business and industry, spending to aid the poor and the promotion of social justice all increased. ... Long's approach to resolving the issues of the Great Depression, called "Share Our Wealth" clubs, was the estab...

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There are many issues in the country today that Congress have to deal with. ... The party also believes that social security is an important issue with America's working citizens. ... Basically, anyone that receives social security should not be affected by the changes. The privatization of social security has been a promising argument for the Republican party. ... However, the Republican party stands by the President in this issue. ...

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This deviation from traditional American Foreign Policy occurred due to shifts in the social demands of American's. ... Moravcsik writes "Representation is a key determinant (alongside the basic nature of social demands themselves) of what states want, and therefore what they do. " (Moravcsik, 238) The decision to not intervene in Syria can be explained by elected representation reacting to changing social demands in the United States. ... The only way that Liberalism could have successfully predicted Obama's inaction, would have been to question every American on the issue, assumin...

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For many years, sociologists have studied that certain Governments use criminal punishment as a way for social control for certain ethnic groups in particularly lower-class communities. ... I would evaluate that in response to the injustice brought on some African American prisoners, activist movements began to develop in order to face the political issues brought from the American government. ... From page 47, the author mentions a conservative revolution that took place in the 1960's, and how disadvantaged blacks became afflicted from the social changes within the higher classes of so...

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During the time period between the 1820's and 1830's the Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves at the guardians of political, social, and economic prosperity. They stayed very true to their views of themselves although they faltered when it came to social issues due to them abusing their powers in order to alienate minorities. ... Going against the Supreme Court proved that Jackson would do anything to uphold his beliefs on social issues even if it meant he would be going against the constitution. ...

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Howard Dean is putting health care reform and opposition to the Iraq war agianst Bush's decision as his primarily top issues. ... Howard Dean is also against raising the age of medicare and social security any higher than 67 age limit. He is concerned with issues such as environmental strategy, homeland security, rural strategy, reserving family farmer...pay attention to ranching and farming communities...circle of protection, circle of preparation and response, and circle of prevention. ...

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They have two major political parties, the Democratic Action and the Social Christian Party. ... The Venezuelan people have a lot of individual liberty because their government protects civil and human rights issues. ...

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This paper will briefly discuss and present information on possible causes of the American Civil War other than the commonly believed slavery issue. ... President Abraham Lincoln never really addressed the slavery issue until support of the war started dwindling in the north. ... One such statement was recorded on September 18, 1858: "I will say then that I am not, nor have I ever been in the favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races . . . ...

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Filled with stifling detail, intense political drama, and great social/economic analysis, The Reckless Decade by H.W. ... The Reckless Decade concentrates on the many social, economical, political, and technological developments and struggles that defined the essence of America in the 1890s. ... Brands also states that protests and court battles against racial segregation of blacks from whites and racism made the public more aware of such issues the end result was the decision that segregation was not a legal matter but a social one. ...

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The Jacksonian Democracy also expanded democracy beyond political aspects to include social and economical aspects as well. ... As President, Jackson came over the issue of tariff and nullification. This conflict concealed the greater issue of states rights. ... Jackson refused to tolerate this and overruled it, but the tension created by the tariff issue eventually led to the Civil War. ...

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In Jensen and Mahajan's article the basis for every argument made is that of their personal opinion on the issues. ... Stephen Hedges addresses this issue at the end of his article. ... ZNet is the site it came from and right next to their name is their slogan which reads "A community of People Committed to Social Changes." ... The reason these words came up so often is because the current issues deal with these terms. ... In the case of the Znet article Jensen and Mahjan are writing for a group of people who are going to be looking for articles about social change. ...

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Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Movement Progressivism was a period of American history in which improving working conditions, improving the way of life, exposing corruption, expanding democracy and making reforms were the issues of this period. Also, the expansion of the federal government's powers, competition and economic distribution of wealth, and the social welfare of American citizens concerned many leaders during this time. ... Roosevelt stepped in and ended the strike; he appointed a commission to rule on the issues. ... Roosevelt also involved himself in many import...

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Thirdly, there is a large political focus on issues such as pay equity and abortion rights. ... He says, "White men today are the most anti-government sector of the electorate and least likely to support social welfare policies." ... There are certain areas and issues of politics that the gap is more apparent. A main issue that comes to debate is gun control. ... It is in the nature of woman and men to think differently on certain issues. ...

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Programs that were of a more radical nature were now being issued by the Democratic administration. ... The Social Security Act set up care for the elderly, the unemployed, dependent mothers and children, and the handicapped. Social Security was initially met with quite a bit of adversity. ... His programs mostly served those people who were mentioned in the Social Security program. ... Socially, Roosevelt's New Deal had a huge impact. ...

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This class has really taught me a lot about the social aspects of individuals and I am going to apply it to this situation during our next meeting as an organization. To conclude, this class has really opened my eyes to many social issues and self interest that people have. ...

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Sicat, the economic legacy of Marcos is organized along 4 major lines: government reform; infrastructure investment; social and people-oriented reform and; economic and industrial reform. ... In social and people-oriented reform, Marcos paid careful attention to the issue of labor welfare, making major efforts to protect workers' welfare during the turbulent period of 1970s. ...

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The three presidents dealt with issues in distinctly different manners. ... The issue concerning the standard of living was addressed during their terms of office. ... When focus on other nations dwindled, each president began a series of social reforms. ...

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