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fulfilled its job of protecting the interests of the public. On January 3rd, 1996 during the 104th Congress; President Bill Clinton approved the Telecommunications Act of 1996 with the primary goal of removing regulatory barriers to entry in order to open up the markets to competition. This paper will evaluate the effect that the Telecommunications Act of 1996 had on the industry as well as the advancement of media cross ownership whilst also using the insights of Jeremy Rifkin and…

still present today is the Federal Housing Administration. This agency makes it easier for American citizens to own their own property by granting anyone the ability to receive loans from their bank. During Roosevelt’s time, this aided in creating jobs for construction workers and allowed the United States to be a country of home owners as opposed to one of renters. Along with these major players in the United States’ economy also came other agencies such as the Federal Communications Commission…

as all college students know, will fail as last minute solutions are always terrible. The sources are credible as the come from the victims themselves and thus is a primary source. The only solution is to try to budget time and request that the federal government will reevaluate its…

debate or on Fox News, you probably have heard a lot about her. On the other hand, not everyday do we hear about her fellow Democrat running, Bernie Sanders. What distinguishes Sanders from all other candidates is that he refuses to accept large campaign contributions from large corporations. This allows him to remain uninfluenced by corporate interests. Other candidates may find it difficult to ignore requests for special treatment when they have accepted large sums of money that helped to…

Clinton also had a Congress, which according to Hager and Pianin, “regretted their role in unleashing such big deficits” in the Reagan era, and was ready to work with him to reduce the deficit (Hager and Pianin 199). With the help of Republican Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan, Clinton convinced the markets that he was serious about deficit reduction, which caused the economy to improve. The legislation of the budget agreement would turn out to be the toughest part of 1993 for Clinton, as…

James Knox Polk is regarded as the first dark horse president and was considered the last of the Jacksonian president to sit in the White House. He is regarded by many as the last strong president until the Civil War. James K Polk was born on November 2, 1795 in rural North Carolina where his family had moved from Pennsylvania. He was the oldest of ten children and his father always groomed him to take over the family farm but he proved too sickly and weak to handle the strenuous work. In 1806,…

social media has had a positive influence to change the societies views from politics, laws that govern society, education, and healthcare reform. During the 2008 electoral campaign, President Barrack Obama announced to the world that he was a fellow Twitter user and that anyone can blog his or her concerns which won his election on social media. Celebrities, athletes, and politicians are using social media to engage with his or her followers to have online relationships to address concerns…

The unanimous decision, that took two years to decide, is one that should act as a model for all Courts thereafter as to the resolute need for a depolarized Court. A two-year deliberation followed by a unanimous decision would not have been the case if the Roberts Court…

his article that the new forms of voting are belittling democratic traditions, which should be prioritized and idolized. The flaws surrounding these forms of voting include the pressure and increase cost imposed on electoral campaigns, and the deterioration of the actual act of going out to vote. In connection to Groke’s article, Hershey’s article discusses factors that affect turnout rates. The most prominent reasons being socioeconomic class and level of education; others include state imposed…

the dynamic of American lives, creating the rise of big business and masses of new workers and people. From this, emerged new issues that sought resolution in the coming age. During the Progressive Era from 1900-1920, Progressive reformers and the federal government fostered moderate reforms in corporate regulation, labor reform, and extending suffrage. However, the persisting continuity of limited legislation and hands-off government did not culminate in the radical changes needed to address…