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Questions relating to the government or the politics of the United States of America
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COVID-19 in US healthcare: who pays for testing?
The CDC covers the cost of testing itself, however, this may not be the only type of cost incurred.
A recent New York Times article presents a case study of exactly the sort of scenario described in …
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Why is Election Day still the most common day to vote with early voting available?
I can answer with reasons that apply to me personally and are consistent with reasons I've heard from others.
Election day at my polling place is never crowded and never has long lines at the time I …
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Is there a difference between a tie-breaker and a regular vote?
The biggest difference is that by forcing the VP to vote only in case of a tie, there is no way a VP's vote can create a tie. This is a pretty substantial practical difference. If it were an ordinary …
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High crimes and/or misdemeanors
Historically, "high crimes and misdemeanors" is a set phrase by itself; you cannot really decompose it into linguistic parts and it has a historical (though somewhat vague) meaning in English law.
Im …
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Can vice president/security advisor or secretary of state be chosen from the opposite party?
As mentioned in comments, the Vice President was originally the runner-up in the Presidential Election; this practically guaranteed that (until this was changed) the Vice President would be of a diffe …
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Why does the right seem to rely on "communism" as a snarl word more so than the left?
Communism is considered a far-left ideology:
Communism (from Latin communis, 'common, universal')[1][2] is a left-wing to far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the soci …
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Ballot Secrecy - is it a Voter's Privilege or a Voter's Obligation?
Both.
Ballot secrecy is a voters' privilege that prevents others from threatening harm for failing to vote a certain way. No one can know how they voted for sure so they cannot do them harm based on h …
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How can a single member of the House derail a Congressional bill?
The US house (and other systems) allows for expedited voting via "unanimous consent" - without a proper vote where each member's position is noted, the Speaker simply asks for a voice vote and motions …
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Is Treason the right term to describe making a secret deal with a foreign government for per...
In the U.S. Constitution, Article 3 Section 3 reads:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort …
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Why are there no polls of Tom Steyer yet?
If you look at the date ranges on those "most recent polls" (at the time this question was asked) you will find that they almost all started before July 9th.
The Hill/Harris X poll started July 12th. …
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Why would the Senate not confirm a SCOTUS nominee?
Mostly, it's a threat that if POTUS nominates someone too ideological or unqualified, they won't get confirmed. It's a mistake to think that every "liberal" justice will rule the same or every "conser …
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Why are states easily won by Bernie Sanders in 2016 not supporting him in 2020?
There are more candidates at this point in the race, so votes are going to be more split. Expecting % differences to remain constant doesn't make much sense when at least 4 candidates got non-negligib …
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Why are Democratic presidential candidates promising free health care for Illegal Immigrants?
Skeptical answer
One could give a skeptic's answer for any form of this question in the context of a political campaign: presumably the candidates feel this answer will be more likely to get them nomi …
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Did the FBI seize former US president's current passport in the Mar-a-Lago raid? If so, did ...
Yes, the passports were located in a drawer where classified documents were stored and taken under the terms of the search warrant.
About a week after the search, investigators contacted Trump's lawye …
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How does a "delivery of military aid" play out in practice?
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These are internal US budget allocations, to spend money on US equipment and services for the intended benefit of another country (Ukraine). Money moves between accounts the same way as …
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