Category Archives: Elections 2014

1 in 30 U.S. Children Homeless, while Billions spent on election cycle

http://www.homelesschildrenamerica.org/mediadocs/280.pdf. America’s Youngest Outcasts is a November 2014 report issued by The National Center on Family Homelessness organization indicating there are 2.5 million children left homeless each year in this country. In plain English that means that 1 out of every … Continue reading

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Ballotpedia – An interactive almanac of U.S. politics.

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When You Vote Tuesday Are You Voting For The Right Reason?

By Patricia L Johnson The future of this country will be in the hands of the voters on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 and the question that each and every one of us must ask ourselves is 1. Are we voting … Continue reading

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What Does Religious Liberty Mean to You?

  Opinion:  Patricia L Johnson The first day of the annual Values Voter Summit began on Friday, September 26, 2014 with leading Republicans getting together to speak at a gathering of evangelical conservatives. Their theme for the day was ‘Religious … Continue reading

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The U.S. Deficit as a Percentage of GDP

By Patricia L Johnson The U.S. deficit has been a major topic of discussion, especially when it gets close to an election.  The opposing party has continually used the deficit as a topic of conversation to indicate how poorly the U.S. … Continue reading

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Rep. Michael Grimm (R-NY) Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Michael G. Grimm, the Republican Representative for the 11th (formerly 13th) Congressional District in New York surrendered to federal authorities Monday, April 28, 2014. The grand jury indictment indicating the charges against Representative Grimm was unsealed on Monday, April 28, … Continue reading

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So, Where ARE the Jobs?

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath The question that keeps repeating itself over and over again by the Republicans is “Where ARE the Jobs?” Speaker of the House, John Boehner (R-OH) asked the question again on January 10, … Continue reading

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2014 Mid-Term Elections

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE     REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE PRESIDENT (elected for a four-year term) Barack Obama (D) Incumbent, next election 2016). U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (elected for a two-year term) Total (435) U.S. House Members will be up for election to … Continue reading

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WANTED – Everything!

By Patricia L Johnson While in the middle of researching for a new article, I saw a headline that caught my attention simply due to the geographic location of the site and decided to read the accompanying story. When I … Continue reading

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U.S. National Debt – Cause and Effect

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Each year the CBO, Congressional Budget Office, releases a report titled The Budget and Economic Outlook with their projections for the period beginning the year it’s released and containing projections for the … Continue reading

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Republicans at Work – NOT Taking Care of Business

By Patricia L Johnson and Richard E Walrath Following is an excerpt from a letter written February 7, 2014 to John A. Boehner, Speaker of the House from Department of Treasury Secretary, Jacob J. Lew. “As you know, the Continuing … Continue reading

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