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Model Congress Has Its Host Weekend
Updated on 2/9/2011
From The Tide Long Beach Senior High School Long Beach, NY
Students fall in love with model congress. "Students that feel they don’t fit in anywhere else find they fit in at Model Congress" said Mr. Hartmann, the advisor for the club.
Model Congress is our
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Dream Act fails to pass in Congress
Updated on 2/4/2011
From The Viper Vibe Felix Varela Senior High School Miami, FL
Circa 65,000 youth live as outcasts in their own community. They are part of the 3,000,000 students who graduate from U.S. high schools each year; however, this minority is unable to be part of the “A
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Congress Woman's Surprising Recovery
Updated on 1/20/2011
From The Signet Pennsville Memorial High School Pennsville, NJ
Congress woman Gabrielle Giffords isd making an amazing recovery.
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It's the End of Congress As We Know It
Updated on 1/20/2011
From The Paw Print Clarion-Limestone High School Strattanville, PA
See how the Midterm Electins changed Congress! Statistics and an exclusive interview are included.
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Lame Duck Congress
Updated on 1/7/2011
From The Riptide Reader Manhattan Beach Middle School Manhattan Beach, CA
After America’s midterm election on November 15, Congress reconvened for the last time before the new Senators and Representatives are sworn into office. To let the new Congressmen and women start off
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Equal opportunity should be on Congress' agenda
Updated on 1/5/2011
From Insight Houston Chronicle Classroom Houston, TX
Congress, we all need to stop the procrastination on issues that need to be dealt with so that we can get back to the state we once lived in.
It is not in our wishes to go back to the days of segreg
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Congress votes to repeal military “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy: Big step in equal rights
Updated on 6/14/2010
From Cry of the Hawk North Harford High School Pylesville, MD
On May 28, Congress voted to repeal the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that prevents openly homosexual men and women from serving in the United States Armed Forces.
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Health Care Bill is passed through Congress
Updated on 5/7/2010
From The Viper Vibe Felix Varela Senior High School Miami, FL
“Tonight we proved that this government still works for the people,” said President Barack Obama after the Congressional Vote on March 21. (‘Time Magazine’)
On this day, the Health Care Reform Bill w
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Model Congress Legislates Solutions
Updated on 4/26/2010
From Argus Midwood High School at Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY
Model Congress
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Congress Passes Health Care Reform Bill
Updated on 4/8/2010
From Athens Oracle Athens Drive High School Raleigh, NC
After nearly fourteen months of heated debate, Congress approved a historic health care reform bill March 21.
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Congress fights for healthcare reform for all
Updated on 3/8/2010
From The Viper Vibe Felix Varela Senior High School Miami, FL
Since the presidential election two years ago, there have been countless goals President Barrack Obama has sought to accomplish during his four-year presidential term in office, one of which was to pr
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Understanding your student congress
Updated on 2/3/2010
From Baler Newspaper San Benito High School Hollister, CA
Student Congress is a branch of Associated Student Body, except that students who aren’t in ASB or class office get to attend these monthly meetings. In these meetings a person from every first block
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Congress Steps up to Homosexual Discrimination
Updated on 1/14/2010
From The Beacon Forest Hills High School Forest Hills, NY
On October 22nd 2009, Congress passed a bill issuing that physical attacks against homosexuals would now become a federal offense. The legislation expands not only to crimes against same sex orientati
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Congress takes up expansion of Troops to Teachers program
Updated on 11/9/2009
From Niwot South Paw Niwot High School Longmont, CO
Frank McBryde says there are plenty of parallels between serving in the U.S. military and teaching.
"You're not going to become rich, you need loyalty, and you need to be dedicated to a task," said
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Student Congress Attends State Meet in Bismarck
Updated on 11/6/2009
From The Chronicle Dickinson High School Dickinson, ND
Students debate issues at the Capitol
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Student Congress Prepares for State Competition
Updated on 10/16/2009
From The Chronicle Dickinson High School Dickinson, ND
Members of the Dickinson High Student Congress are sharpening their speaking skills to prepare for the state competition, which will be held Nov. 5 and 6 at the state capitol in Bismarck.
Senior
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Obama proposes healthcare plan: Bill faces partisanship battle in Congress
Updated on 9/30/2009
From Irish Eyes Grace King High School Metairie, LA
President Obama is planning to introduce health care reform that will add up to about $1.2 trillion to insure 37 million Americans by 2010.The plan would ensure that 97 percent of Americans would be e
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Human geography teacher makes a run for Congress
Updated on 9/10/2009
From Clear Creek HiLife Clear Creek High School League City, TX
Jeff Cherry, a teacher, former coach, and sponsor of the Academic Decathlon team, will be running for a spot in the U.S. House of Representatives for the Texas 14th Congressional District in 2010. He
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As Congress delays, Nevada seniors wait on health care reform
Updated on 7/23/2009
From Reynolds Reno ASNE Reynolds HSJ Institute at the University of Nevada-Reno Reno, NV
Lois Rathman and her roommate Donna Flower sat in the nearly empty waiting room of the Health Access Washoe Clinic Saturday, waiting to get flu shots. At that moment, more vexing to the two senior cit
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Congress approves a "plan B" for young women
Updated on 5/20/2009
From Tiger Review Tahlequah High School Tahlequah, OK
Let’s just face it: teenagers have sex. In a perfect universe, all young people would be responsible about their decisions, and would protect themselves sufficiently through use of condoms, birth cont
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