his second term in the United States Senate after winning re-election in 2012 with 71% of the vote. The sixteen years he was in the House of Representatives makes him the longest-serving independent member of Congress in the American history. During his career, he has focused on shrinking the middle class, the growing income, and wealth gaps in the U.S. When he was the chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, in 2014 he passed legislation reforming the VA health care system. Sanders continues
Immigration: a controversial topic that continues to divide many a nation. An undocumented immigrant is an individual who resides in the United States without the proper legal permission. Undocumented immigration has been a staple in Republican political campaigns that often use fear-mongering tactics to scare the public into fearing these individuals. Controversy over immigration policies has been prevalent ever since the US government passed the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 -- the first instance
The National Cancer Act of 1971 Taylor Gunn 17 November 2014 Law of Healthcare Administration “We may never understand illnesses such as cancer. In fact, we may never cure it. But an ounce of prevention is worth more than a million pounds of cure” (Agus). Cancer has long been a fear of the American people and remains so today even after the 1971 bill was passed by Congress. The National Cancer Act of 1971 was a major step in understanding cancer to a greater degree. The National Cancer Act of 1971
The Progressive Era was a time of social activism and political reform in the United States that grew from the 1890s to the 1920s. During the new century, middle class reformers addressed many of the problems that had helped the social revolution of the 1890s. Journalists and writers uncovered the unsafe conditions of factory workers including women and children and how they were treated by the corrupt factory owners. Many people questioned the leading role of a big company boss in the American Society