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BP Oil Spill - 0 views

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NSA warrantless surveillance (2001-07) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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      chris ferrari on 25 Sep 13
       
      NSA "accidentally" intercepts domestic (US citizens) communications for surveillance
  • Congress passed the Patriot Act, which granted the President broad powers to fight a war against terrorism. The George W. Bush administration used these powers to bypass the FISA court and directed the NSA to spy directly on al-Qaeda in a new NSA electronic surveillance program. Reports at the time indicate that an "apparently accidental" "glitch" resulted in the interception of communications that were purely domestic in nature
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Republicans Announce Welfare Reform Act of 2011 - Press Releases - Press Office - Mike ... - 1 views

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  • Over the past two decades the growth in means-tested welfare spending (292%) has outpaced the combined growth of Medicare and Social Security spending (213%) as well as the growth in education (143%) and defense spending (126%). The Welfare Reform Act of 2011 would save $2.43 trillion by 2021 by gradually reducing the costs of the 77 existing welfare programs as unemployment decreases.
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      sara schafer on 27 Sep 13
       
      Republicans purposed an act in 2011, called Welfare Reform Act of 2011. The republicans want to cut the funds for welfare and put more money into Medicare and Social Security. 
  • “We don’t help Americans by making them dependent on Washington for a handout, we need more Americans empowered to stand on their own with a job in a vibrant economy.
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      sara schafer on 27 Sep 13
       
      Senator DeMint
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Education Week: 'Sequester' Impact Felt on Special Education Aid - 0 views

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  • Cutting professional development and assistive technology, freezing open positions, and shifting money from general education are among the ways that districts are coping with the $600 million that across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration have carved out of the nationwide budget for special education so far.
    • sara schafer
      sara schafer on 02 Oct 13
       
      The federal government is taking 600$ million dollars out of special education, and putting that money into general education. They are prohibiting schools to hire special education teachers.  Teachers that are currently working are not getting trained on how to teach/help the children in the special ed programs. 
    • sara schafer
      sara schafer on 02 Oct 13
       
      Although the Federal government is cutting the funds for Special Education, they are not saving the real problem (their budget).  "stopgap measures can only last so long."
  • Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that don't allow dramatic reductions in special education funding, other educational programs eventually could bear a heavier weight from the reduction in federal support, setting up what could be seen as a damaging competition for resources.
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  • the $600 million that across-the-board federal spending cuts known as sequestration have carved out of the nationwide budget for special education so far.
  • And because of provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that don't allow dramatic reductions in special education funding,
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US Patriot Act Section 215 - 0 views

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      chris ferrari on 25 Sep 13
       
      This makes it possible for FBI,CIA,NSA etc. To get anything they want without a required warrent under sectoion 215 of the patriot act and section 501 of the patriot act
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      chris ferrari on 25 Sep 13
       
      can get what they want for the "protection of the homeland"
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      chris ferrari on 25 Sep 13
       
      can get what they want for the "protection of the homeland"
  • `SEC. 501. ACCESS TO CERTAIN BUSINESS RECORDS FOR FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM INVESTIGATIONS.
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  • (a)(1) The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation or a designee of the Director (whose rank shall be no lower than Assistant Special Agent in Charge) may make an application for an order requiring the production of any tangible things (including books, records, papers, documents, and other items) for an investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities, provided that such investigation of a United States person is not conducted solely upon the basis of activities protected by the first amendment to the Constitution.
  • shall specify that the records concerned are sought for an authorized investigation conducted in accordance with subsection (a)(2) to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities.
  • No person shall disclose to any other person (other than those persons necessary to produce the tangible things under this section) that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has sought or obtained tangible things under this section.
  • produces tangible things under an order pursuant to this section shall not be liable to any other person for such production.
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Clean Air Act Requirements and History | Air Pollution and the Clean Air Act | US Envir... - 0 views

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  • Congress established much of the basic structure of the Clean Air Act in 1970, and made major revisions in 1977 and 1990. Dense, visible smog in many of the nation's cities and industrial centers helped to prompt passage of the 1970 legislation at the height of the national environmental movement.  The subsequent revisions were designed to improve its effectiveness and to target newly recognized air pollution problems such as acid rain and damage to the stratospheric ozone layer.
  • tates are required to adopt enforceable plans to achieve and maintain air quality
  • States are required to adopt enforceable plans to achieve and maintain air quality meeting the air quality standards.   State plans also must control emissions that drift across state lines and harm air quality in downwind states.
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  • ates are required to adopt enforceable plans to achieve and maintain air quali

Americans with disabilities Act - 5 views

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