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2013
Dec. 17, 2013, 12:52 a.m.
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Dec. 12, 2013, 8:12 p.m.
On November 21, 2013, the Senate voted 52-48 to amend the rules regarding confirmation of executive and judicial nominees.
Nov. 6, 2013, 1:22 a.m.
It's Election Day! Well, for many of you it is.
Oct. 11, 2013, 12:40 a.m.
Ted McConnell, the Director for the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools and about to be one of Vote Smart's new board members sent me the following information about a critically important report issued yesterday.
Oct. 10, 2013, 3:16 p.m.
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Aug. 6, 2013, 6 a.m.
Take a look at what Manonh had to say about her internship...
June 18, 2013, 1:15 a.m.
Vote Smart first partnered with the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life in 2011, and they have graciously housed our office at the University of Texas, Austin since then. Our partnership has been going so well that, for the first time, we have been able to establish an intern program during the summer months, where college students can experience our Key Votes Department through researching bills and compiling voting records.
April 26, 2013, 6:25 p.m.
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April 26, 2013, 4:59 p.m.
What comes to mind when you think of Minnesota? Hockey? Lakes? Maybe the movie “Grumpy Old Men”? How about Hotdishes?
April 23, 2013, 6:13 p.m.
As of this morning, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont.,has joined an increasingly long list of senators that will not seek reelection in 2014.
April 22, 2013, 6:32 p.m.
We here at Project Vote Smart often lament the lack of civility in Congress and in state legislatures across this nation.
April 19, 2013, 10:31 p.m.
After Wednesday's vote in the Senate on President Obama's proposed gun bill, the Internet was rife with mixed emotions.
March 29, 2013, 3:28 p.m.
The Keystone XL Pipeline: it's been dominating headlines for what seems like forever...
March 29, 2013, 3:19 p.m.
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March 8, 2013, 11:27 p.m.
For over a decade Vote Smart worked at various methods of building the Voter’s Self-Defense System.
March 7, 2013, 10:55 p.m.
Vote Smart exists to help citizens and organizations trying to provide citizens with easy access to abundant, accurate, relevant information about those who govern or those who wish to replace those who do.
March 1, 2013, 10:09 p.m.
The “Fiscal Cliff” and how it relates to our most recent financial conundrum, “The Sequester.”
Feb. 28, 2013, 4:27 p.m.
Immigration: it's an issue that's been on the minds of a lot of prominent people involved in politics lately.
Feb. 27, 2013, 7:27 p.m.
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Feb. 26, 2013, 5:09 p.m.
Six days after Jesse Jackson Jr. pleaded guilty to the misuse of campaign funds, voters in his long-held district go the polls to begin the process of finding a replacement.
Feb. 18, 2013, 11:52 p.m.
Mike Johanns, the republican senior senator from Nebraska, won't seek reelection in 2014.
Feb. 14, 2013, 10:36 p.m.
New Jersey's senior senator, Frank R. Lautenberg decided today that he will not seek reelection.
Feb. 14, 2013, 3:37 p.m.
Article II, section 3 of the United States constitution lays is out clearly: “Every year the president shall give a really big speech the whole country will watch, half of them eagerly, half of them angrily.” Well, not exactly.
Jan. 31, 2013, 5:56 p.m.
Recently, something called an “assault weapons ban” has been making major news.
Jan. 28, 2013, 6:40 p.m.
With new technology comes new debates and in 2012 many state legislatures attempted to regulate a relatively new industry they did not know much about.
Jan. 25, 2013, 7:05 p.m.
Throughout the past decade there has been a national trend of legislation on bullying.
Jan. 24, 2013, 4:28 p.m.
In August 2011, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued an interim final rule concerning contraception.
Jan. 16, 2013, 11:34 p.m.
States across America considered legislation in their most recent sessions that would change voting and voter registration requirements.
