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President Theodore Roosevelt originated a foreign policy idea that he characterized as to “speak softly and carry a big stick.” In other words: Presidential rhetoric in the foreign policy realm was to be clear and concise and never vitriolic. But along with the controlled messages, Presidential policy towards aggressive nations carried with it the implied…

For those of us here at I Vote My Vote, the function of our Congress, both the House of Representatives and the Senate, is an issue of the greatest importance. It is for this reason that a reading of the February 21 online article in Roll Call entitled “One plan to modernize Congress? A coworking…

In an ironic turn of events, several European governments are warning of the danger of terrorism arising as a result of refugees from the Middle East stemming from the war in Gaza.1 Terror plots have recently been thwarted in several European countries including Germany, Italy and Sweden. The warnings are ironic because frequently over the…

Saturday, March 23rd, President Biden signed into law the latest 1.2 trillion dollar, ‘Continuing Resolution’ (CR). This makes the 6th CR the Congress has already passed in fiscal year 2024 and continues the futility of efforts by the Congress to pass a sound budget that reins in unrestrained spending by its members in the Senate…

A few days ago, Mr. Rahul Gandhi, Indian National Congress Party candidate for Prime Minister, visited Assam and while there, offered a biscuit (‘cookie’, in US English) to a supporter’s dog. The dog refused the cookie, so Gandhi offered it to the man and he took it. The man then gave it to his dog…

From its inception, the US Senate in the Congress was to be the more deliberative body.1 Created in 1787 at the Constitutional Convention, the Senate was crafted to “…give advice and consent to presidents on nominations and treaties, to serve as a court of impeachment, and to have an equal say with the House of…

Representative Cori Bush is a Democrat Party member and ‘serves’ the First Congressional District of Missouri. She represents a district that includes most of the city of St. Louis. St. Louis ranks as the worst city for violent crime in the US.1 St. Louis violent crime eclipses Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, Baltimore…the list goes…

Those are the words of Frederick Douglass, a courageous and brilliant man. In his own life he became a free man because knowledge freed him. When he realized that fact he said “From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom.”1 Douglass originally meant this to reveal the pathway to freedom from slavery…

In the 20th century the Congress voted to raise the debt ceiling 90 times.1 According to Time, since 1960 the ceiling has been raised 78 times.2 It’s been raised two more times since that Time article was written. Here are the dates that the debt ceiling has been raised over the past decade: September 8,…