Month: August 2009

. Senators Feinstein and Cardin Introduce Measure to Ban Inhumane Practice of Allowing Hunters to Shoot Wildlife from Aircraft In 1971, Congress banned aerial hunting of wildlife after gruesome images of the cruel practice were...

Cross-Posted to Project Vote’s Voting Matters Blog State and federal law outlines, protects, and facilitates the voting rights of citizens. Under ideal circumstances, these laws make voting equally accessible to all...

The vote to confirm Sonia Sotomayor is happening now. CSPAN predicts a vote of 69-31. That means, I think, that only nine Republicans are voting for her. That’s less than I predicted. Update [2009-8-6 15:15:32 by BooMan]:...

On April 8th, 1913 the 17th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, providing for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people. But it also allowed for the governor of each state to appoint an interim senator when...

Today is not only the birthday of Lucille Ball, Alfred Tennyson, and Andy Warhol, it’s the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. What else has happened on this day? In 1787, the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia...