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Rep. French Hill (R-AR): Former Inmates Need Education — Not $35.00 And a Change of Clothes
Recently, DailyClout took a bus to Washington D.C., for an exclusive interview with Representative French Hill (R-AR). It was our first invitation to meet with a member of Congress on Capitol Hill. We were drawn by the innovation of Rep. Hill’s proposed “Shift Back to Society Act of 2017.” This …
What Was Really in President Trump’s Healthcare Bill? And an Intriguing Maine Alternative
Mindblowing! What was really in President Trump’s healthcare bill? And an intriguing Maine alternative. The following video was streamed live from DailyClout’s Facebook page. https://youtu.be/UOuaz7Pnpas
Maine State Senator Joins the Healthcare Fray With a Bill of His Own
Mother and daughter with doctor in doctor’s office This week, President Trump’s administration has been pushing hard to get support for the repeal of Obamacare. The President’s goal is to replace the Affordable Care Act as quickly as possible and is supporting a specific bill, The American Health Care Act of 2017 …
Are Assault Weapons Are Unconstitutional? A Federal Appeals Court in Maryland Says Yes
single rifle bullet on paper target for shooting practice On Tuesday, February 21st, a decision a by Federal Appeals Court upheld Maryland’s ban on forty-five different kinds of assault weapons, as the Huffington Post reported. In his decision, Judge Robert King, a Judge who had helped uphold the Maryland ban on assault weapons, wrote that weapons such as M-16s are “most …
California Assemblywoman Won’t Stop Fighting to Remove the Tampon Tax; Tax Drinks Instead
Last year, California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia introduced and passed a bill to remove the tax on tampons and other menstrual products in California. California Governor, Jerry Brown, however, vetoed the bill, saying that his state had too many budget problems and so could not afford to get rid of the tax. “Tax breaks are the …
Is President Trump’s Continued Family Control of his Business Violating the Part of the Constitution that Forbids Presidents from Taking Bribes from Foreign Powers?
When President Donald Trump was elected, he promised that he would “drain the swamp” of corrupt politicians in Washington D.C. As it turns out, however, the President’s currently-maintained ties to the Trump Organization, his business empire, may be more than just a potentially corrupting conflict of interest — they might in …
Your Bank Must Make Your Deposited Funds Available to You — Federal Reserve Confirms
Hi DailyClout Community, Four alarm posting! Please share! We spoke on the Naomi Wolf Facebook page yesterday about how US banks are hiding the notices they are legally forced to post, of the limits on them around holding back the availability of funds from your deposited checks. As I noted yesterday, millions and millions …
Who Is Luther Strange? — Alabama’s Mysterious Unelected Senator
Did you know that we have a Senator sitting in the Senate who was hand-picked by a Governor — and who who has never actually been elected? That’s the unexpected case with Luther Strange — a Republican Senator who now represents Alabama, though he was never voted by Alabamans. More than that: some people think …
Commemorating Muhammad Ali — An African American Muslim Who Refused to Be Silenced
On January 17th, 2017 Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-UT) introduced a Federal bill that, if it passes, will order coins to be minted in commemoration of an African American Muslim who played a significant role in our country’s cultural history — Muhammad Ali. Ali – who was an American professional boxer and an activist known for …
Should the Government Pass Laws that Prohibit Cyberbullying?
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Autistic Children and Alzheimer’s Patients Who Wander — Do Need Help. But Does it Require the State to Install a Tracking Device in People Against their Will?
In 2008, after wandering from his home. Kevin Curtis Wills, nine years old, jumped into Iowa’s Raccoon River and drowned. Six years later, after having left school, 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo drowned in the East River of New York City. Both of these boys were autistic. In honor of these children …
Six Million Americans Celebrate Kwanzaa — But Did You Miss it?
Did you celebrate Kwanzaa this year? According to the NPR, citing the National Retail Association, two per cent of Americans did so — six million of your friends and neighbors. But did you miss it altogether? A new bill proposed by a Pennsylvania Democrat might make sure that residents of her state, …
Cyberbullying Crackdown?
Has anyone by now not been the victim of online harassment and bullying at some point? The issue of online bullying is endemic, now that kids grow up with their social lives essentially online. Bullying that used to be confined to the schoolyard, now tracks children, teenagers and adults in cyberspace. And …
What the Heck Is An “Executive Order”? — Everything You Need To Know…But Were Afraid to Ask
Since his inauguration in late January, President Donald Trump has already signed seven Executive Orders, including an initiative to prevent refugees from entering the country and one to build a wall between the United States and Mexico. Whether or not you support Trump’s actions, it’s important to know exactly how much power his Executive Orders actually …
HUGE NEWS: Executive Orders Are NOT Binding Laws
Wow! There is no specific mention of Executive Orders in the Constitution… the power to issue an Executive Order is implied, Presidents argue, by Article 2 of the Constitution: ‘the executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States’ is one quote they cite. ‘The President shall be …
Obama’s Final Bill Invites Silicon Valley Innovators Into Unelected Government Positions — Under the Trump Presidency
Last week, mere hours before Donald Trump’s Inauguration, President Barack Obama signed, while he was still President of the United States, one final bill into law. Again: this was Pres. Obama’s very last bill. The bill, known rather obscurely as the TALENT Act of 2017, is a last-minute codification of an existing program called the “Presidential Innovation …
Fourteen Connecticut Representatives Propose 14 Different Bills to Remove the Same Unpopular CT Tax on Health Centers
This month, fourteen different Connecticut lawmakers proposed fourteen different bills, all set to accomplish, if passed, essentially the same thing. These bills, sponsored by both Democrat and Republican lawmakers, are each only a sentence long, and all aim to either repeal or to phase out a tax on ambulatory …
Obama Signs Last-Minute “Civil Rights Crimes” Bill. “Cold Cases” Warm At Last?
Just before leaving office, President Obama has made a statement for civil rights and on that, supporters of it would say, honors the many lives lost on the road to achieving them for all Americans. The Emmet Till Bill — or “The Emmet Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Reauthorization Act …