April 2, 2015: Why Washington Despises You and Your Money
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Picture credit: White House, Sheep on Lawn. Date: between 1916 and 1919. Library of Congress. Retrieved from: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/hec2008007638/.
April 4, 2015: What Are the Worst Words Obama Can Use?
1. The White House. Weekly Address: Reaching a Comprehensive and Long-Term Deal on Iran’s Nuclear Program. April 4, 2015. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/03/weekly-address-reaching-comprehensive-and-long-term-deal-iran-s-nuclear-, retrieved April 4, 2015.
2. Ibid.
3. Ibid.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
April 5, 2015: Business, Religion, Sex, and Fools Don’t Mix
1. The White House. Remarks by the President at Signing of Executive Order on LGBT Workplace Discrimination. July 21, 2014. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/07/21/remarks-president-signing-executive-order-lgbt-workplace-discrimination, retrieved April 5, 2015.
April 9, 2015: Nationalists Should Thank Obama for This
1. The White House. Remarks by the President on Middle Class Economics. March 26, 2015. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/03/26/remarks-president-middle-class-economics, retrieved April 9, 2015.
2. The Library of Congress. American History. James Madison and the Federal Constitutional Convention of 1787. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/madison_papers/ mjmconst.html, retrieved April 9, 2015.
April 11, 2015: Honest Lives, Whether Black or White, Matter Longer
1. Donald M. Payne Jr. Payne Co-Hosts Congressional Black Caucus Special Order Hour: “50 Years From Selma: Where We Were, Where We Are, Where We’re Headed.” February 11, 2015. http://payne.house.gov/video/congressman-payne-jr-co-hosts-congressional-black-caucus-special-order-%E2%80%9C50-years-selma-where, retrieved April 11, 2015.
2. OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/ JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05261. December 09, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
3. OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/qa05104.asp?qaDate=2012. Released on December 16, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
4. OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/crime/ JAR_Display.asp?ID=qa05261. Op. cit.
5. Interim Report of the President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing. March 2015. p. 58. http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/pdf/taskforce/interim_tf_report.pdf, retrieved April 11, 2015.
6. Ibid., p. 57.
7. Ibid., p. 58.
8. Ibid., p. 14.
9. Ibid., p. 61.
April 16, 2015: Marijuana Laws: Legal Weed is a Great Tea Party Cause
1. The Tax Foundation. Henchman, Joseph. Taxing Marijuana: The Washington and Colorado Experience. August 25, 2014. http://taxfoundation.org/article/taxing-marijuana-washington-and-colorado-experience, retrieved April 16, 2015.
2. Blumenauer, Earl and Polis, Jared. The Path Forward: Rethinking Federal Marijuana Policy. Citing CRS Report R41535 and CATO Study: “The Budgetary Impact of Ending Drug Prohibition.” September 27, 2010. p. 5.
3. Office of National Drug Control Policy. Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Marijuana. https://www.whitehouse.gov/ondcp/frequently-asked-questions-and-facts-about-marijuana#taxing, retrieved April 16, 2015.
4. Executive Office of the President of the United States. What America’s Users Spend on Illegal Drugs: 2000-2010. February 2014. p. 3.
5. Ibid., p. 58.
April 18, 2015: Death Penalty: Kill This Terrorist or Give Up
1. Stephen Lynch. Statement of Congressman Lynch on Attorney General Holder’s decision to seek the death penalty in the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. January 30, 2014. http://lynch.house.gov/press-release/statement-congressman-lynch-attorney-general-holders-decision-seek-death-penalty-case, retrieved April 18, 2015.
2. U.S. Department of Justice. Snell, Tracy L. Capital Punishment, 2013 – Statistical Tables. Revised December 19, 2014. p. 1.
3. Ibid., p. 2.
4. Pedro Pierluisi. Letter to AG Holder regarding Federal Death Penalty. December 29, 2009. http://pierluisi.house.gov/media-center/letters/letter-to-ag-holder-regarding-federal-death-penalty, retrieved April 18, 2015.
April 19, 2015: Everyday Average American Won’t Fight for 15
1. Hillary for America. https://www.hillaryclinton.com/, retrieved April 19, 2015.
2. The White House. News Conference by the President. July 23, 2009. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/News-Conference-by-the-President-July-22-2009/, retrieved April 19, 2015.
3. Alma Adams. Congresswoman Alma S. Adams Statement on The Passage of The Republican Budget. March 25, 2015. http://adams.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/congresswoman-alma-s-adams-statement-passage-republican-budget, retrieved April 19, 2015.
4. Congressional Progressive Caucus. Progressive Caucus Stands with Striking Fast Food Workers. September 4, 2014. http://cpc.grijalva.house.gov/hot-topics/progressive-caucus-stands-with-striking-fast-food-workers1/, retrieved April 19, 2015.
April 25, 2015: Blame Islamic Terror, Not U.S. for Drone Deaths
1. John Boehner. Speaker Boehner on Hostages Killed in Counterterrorism Operations. April 23, 2015. http://www.speaker.gov/press-release/speaker-boehner-hostages-killed-counterterrorism-operations, retrieved April 25, 2015.
2. John Boehner. Boehner, Hoekstra Release Web Video Asking, “Do You Feel Safer?” April 29, 2009. http://www.speaker.gov/general/poll-public-confidence-free-fall-over-administrations-approach-terrorist-threat, retrieved April 25, 2015.
3. The White House. Statement by the President on the Deaths of Warren Weinstein and Giovanni Lo Porto. April 23, 2015. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/23/statement-president-deaths-warren-weinstein-and-giovanni-lo-porto, retrieved April 25, 2015.
4. Ibid.
April 30, 2015: A Great Society Demands Respect
1. Congressional Black Caucus. Judy Chu (CA-27), Tri-Caucus Chairs and Ranking Member Scott Push for Stronger Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Bill. April 14, 2015. https://cbc-butterfield.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/tri-caucus-chairs-and-ranking-member-scott-push-for-stronger-elementary, retrieved April 30, 2015.
2. The White House. Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Abe of Japan in Joint Press Conference. April 28, 2015. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2015/04/28/remarks-president-obama-and-prime-minister-abe-japan-joint-press-confere, retrieved April 29, 2015.
3. Ibid.
4. The United States Department of Justice. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Statement on the Ongoing Situation in Baltimore. April 29, 2015. http://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-loretta-e-lynch-statement-ongoing-situation-baltimore, retrieved April 29, 2015.
5. The White House. Remarks by President Obama and Prime Minister Abe of Japan in Joint Press Conference. Op. cit.
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