On August 19, 1992, in Houston, Texas, during the Republican National Convention, Mary Fisher, a blonde woman from a Republican household, gave the speech "A Whisper of AIDS." The speech was delivered at a time when AIDS and HIV were murdering a lot of people in the United States and...
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The Crisis Surrounding the Repeal and Replacement of Obamacare The scenario surrounding the repeal and replacement of Obamacare has reached crisis proportions. The present administration is unable to garner enough support to fulfill its commitment to repeal the current health-care law. Indeed, a number of political issues are impeding the repeal...
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The Two-Party Structure in the United States The two-party structure in the United States has resulted in two major parties that control the legislature. Though other minor parties exist, the Republican and Democratic parties in the United States have both of the advantages needed to promote the public's rights (Berg, John...
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On March 6, 2017, the Republican Party unveiled a policy framework for reforming and restoring the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare (Spitalnic, 2017). The Republican Party described the bill's position as a step toward fulfilling the Republican Party's pledge to Americans to dismantle and replace the Affordable Care...
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The Role of Political Parties in the United StatesThe United States of America, according to Bardes, Barbara A., Mack C. Shelley, and Steffen W. Schmidt (256), has a democracy dominated by a two-party structure. The two main political parties in the United States are the Democratic Party and the Republican...
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Classic American republicanism Classic American republicanism is a liberal philosophy upon which the United States of America's constitution is based. The liberal philosophy states that people have unalienable liberties and human rights. The philosophy is built on the need to eradicate the supremacy created by an aristocracy, dictatorship, and hereditary power...
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In the United States, a two-party system is used. It is a structure in which only two powerful political parties have a good chance of winning the general election. We have Democrats and Republicans in the United States. For there to be a winner in the two-party system polls, one...
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The National Policy Process and the 115th Congress The national policy process is becoming more complicated, and developing a congressional platform has become more difficult than ever. The 115th Congress will undoubtedly be a watershed moment. Furthermore, the Republicans maintained their majority in both the House and the Senate. Furthermore, the...
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The Republican Party The Republican Party, or GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States today. It was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which would have allowed chattel slavery to expand into the western territories. The party's principles and Constitution...
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