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Congress and the nation / by Hosansky, David,editor.(CARDINAL)702628;

Includes index.Politics and national issues -- Economic policy -- Homeland security -- Foreign policy -- Defense policy -- Transportation, Commerce, and Communications -- Energy and environment -- Agricultural policy -- Health and human services -- Education policy -- Housing and urban aid -- Labor and pensions -- Law and justice -- General government -- Inside congress -- The Obama presidency.Chronicling the polarized partisan environment during the President Barack Obama's second term, Congress and the Nation 2013-2016, Vol. XIV is the most authoritative reference on congressional lawmaking and trends during the 113th and 114th Congresses. The newest edition in this award-winning series documents the most fiercely debated issues during this period, including: The unprecedented federal government shutdown, The strike down of the Defense of Marriage Act as unconstitutional, End of the filibuster for most executive and judicial branch nominees, Changes to the Dodd-Frank Act, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Pope Francis address joint sessions, Sexual Assault Survivors' Rights Act passed, overhauling rape kit processing and establishment of victim bill of rights, SPACE Act passed, allowing commercial exploration of space. No other source guides readers seamlessly through the policy output of the national legislature with the breadth, depth, and authority of Congress and the Nation. This is a landmark series is a must-have reference for all academic libraries and meets the needs of the full spectrum of users, from lower-level undergraduates through researchers and faculty.

Subjects: United States. Congress 2013-2015); United States. Congress 2015-2017); Legislation;

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37 words : Title IX and fifty years of fighting sex discrimination / by Boschert, Sherry,author.;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-358) and index.Strong - 1969 -- Complaints - 1970 -- Congress - 1970-1972 -- Implementation - 1972-1977 -- Sexual harassment - 1977-1980 -- Enforcement - 1975-1979 -- Backlash - 1980-1990 -- Christine, Jackie, Rebecca, Nicole, Alida, LaShonda - 1991-1999 -- Athletics - 1992-1999 -- Retaliation - 2000-2010 -- Sexual assault - 2000-2010 -- Acceleration - 2011-2014 -- Critical mass - 2015-2016 -- Backlash - 2017-2020 -- Fifty years -- The next fifty years."A sweeping history of the federal legislation that prohibits sex discrimination in education, published on the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX"--

Subjects: United States.; Educational equalization; Federal aid to education; Sex discrimination against women; Sex discrimination in education;

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Taking a stand : moving beyond partisan politics to unite America / by Paul, Rand.(CARDINAL)595491;

Includes bibliographical references and index.The long stand -- A medical history -- Health care: a doctor's opinion -- Getting to work -- A new kind of Republican -- Can you hear me now? -- On the road -- Waiting for Superman -- Government overreach -- Economic freedom -- The war on liberty -- The war on Christians -- Defending America -- Peace through diplomacy, trade, and financial solvency -- Libya: a jihadist's wonderland -- Tree hugger -- A look forward.Rand Paul has championed reforms of mandatory minimum sentencing, school choice, and the creation of enterprise zones for economically depressed areas. Now he presents his plan for an America where lower taxes and smaller government empower a muscular and expansive middle class; an America that doesn't engage in nation-building or fight wars where the best outcome is stalemate; an America that believes in constitutionally protected liberty and the separation of powers.

Subjects: Autobiographies.; Paul, Rand.; United States. Congress. Senate; Legislators; Presidential candidates;

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Lawless : the Obama administration's unprecedented assault on the Constitution and the rule of law / by Bernstein, David E.,author.(CARDINAL)373517;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Why so lawless? -- No justice at the justice department -- A leave of absence from the "republic of conscience" -- The assault on private property and freedom of contract -- "More czars than the Romanovs" -- Obamacare above all -- You can't say that! -- Antidiscrimination law run amok -- Conclusion."In Lawless, George Mason University law professor David E. Bernstein provides a lively but scholarly account of how the Obama Administration has undermined the Constitution and the rule of law. Lawless documents how President Barack Obama has presided over one constitutional debacle after another--from Obamacare to unauthorized wars in the Middle East to attempts to strip property owners, college students, religious groups, and conservative political activists of their rights, and much, much more. Violating his own promises to respect the Constitution's separation of powers, Obama brazenly ignores Congress when it won't rubberstamp his initiatives. "We can't wait," he intones when amending Obamacare on the fly or signing a memo legalizing millions illegal immigrants, as if Congress doing its job as a coequal branch of government somehow permits the president to rule like a dictator, free from the Constitution's checks and balances. President Obama has also presided over bold and rampant lawlessness by his underlings. Harry Truman famously said "the buck stops here." When confronted with allegations that his administration's actions are illegal, Obama responds, "so sue me." Lawless shows how President Obama has betrayed not just the Constitution but his own stated principles. In the process, he has done serious and potentially permanent damage to our constitutional system. As America swings into election season, it will have to grapple with the need to find a president who can repair Obama's lawless legacy. "--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Obama, Barack.; Constitutional history; Executive power; Rule of law;

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Don't tell me to wait : how the fight for gay rights changed America and transformed Obama's presidency / by Eleveld, Kerry,author.(CARDINAL)411213;

Includes bibliographical references and index.The inaugural insult -- Losing the religion -- A brief intervention -- Courage is just a lack of options -- Getting equal -- Lame duck -- The legal advance -- New York state of mind -- The evolution -- Conclusion."As a candidate in 2008, Barack Obama distanced himself from same-sex marriage, saying he believed marriage was "a sacred union" between a man and a woman. In 2012, he did just the opposite, proclaiming it was "important" for him to affirm the right of same-sex couples to marry. This dramatic about-face put the most powerful man in the world at the front of the battle for gay rights, giving LGBT Americans and their advocates an invaluable ally in their struggle for freedom. Just one year later, the Supreme Court would strike down key provisions of the Defense of Marriage Act, and no Democratic presidential nominee would ever again shun marriage equality. As former Advocate journalist Kerry Eleveld shows, Obama's support transformed the issue of gay rights from a political liability into an electoral imperative, and in Don't Tell Me to Wait she offers a boots-on-the-ground account of how gay rights activists pushed the president to this political tipping point. Obama's "evolution" on marriage equality was not the result of a benevolent politician who entered the Oval Office with a wealth of good intentions. Rather, pressure from lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender activists changed the conversation, issue by issue. As a result of the protests and outcry following the passage of California's same-sex marriage ban, Obama realized that overturning the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy was the one 2008 campaign promise he couldn't ignore. While pledges to other progressive constituencies fell apart during Obama's first two years in office, the LGBT rights movement protested the administration's fecklessness early and often. By the time the sun set on the 111th Congress, the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" repeal had become the sole piece of major progressive legislation to become law. The repeal's overwhelming success and popularity paved the way for other LGBT advances, including the president's eventual embrace of the freedom to marry. With unprecedented access and unparalleled insights into this hot-button issue, Don't Tell Me to Wait captures a critical moment in LGBT history and demonstrates the power of activism to change the course of a presidency--and a nation. "--Provided by publisher.

Subjects: Obama, Barack; Gay people; Gay rights; Homosexuality; Presidents; Same-sex marriage; Gay rights.; Homosexuality.; Homosexuals.; Same-sex marriage.;

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A woman called Moses [videorecording] / by Jones, Ike,television producer.; Jaffe, Michael(Producer),television producer.; Wendkos, Paul,1922-2009,television director.; Elder, Lonne,screenwriter.(CARDINAL)202255; Tyson, Cicely,actor.(CARDINAL)842444; Geer, Will,actor.; Hooks, Robert,1937-actor.; Williams, Dick Anthony,actor.; Wainwright, James,actor.(CARDINAL)431993; Rhodes, Hari,actor.(CARDINAL)266061; Welles, Orson,1915-1985,narrator.(CARDINAL)138862; Hauser, Robert B.,1919-1994,director of photography.; Beal, Ray,art director.; Frazen, Stanley,editor of moving image work.; Mazzola, Frank,1935-2015,editor of moving image work.(CARDINAL)344670; Perkinson, Coleridge-Taylor,composer (expression); Television adaptation of (work):Heidish, Marcy.A woman called Moses.; Xenon Pictures,presenter,film distributor.; I.K.E. Productions,production company.; Henry Jaffe Enterprises,production company.;

Cicely Tyson, Will Geer, Robert Hooks, Dick Anthony Williams, James Wainwright, Hari Rhodes.Narrator, Orson Welles.Director of photography, Robert B. Hauser; art director, Ray Beal; editors, Stan Frazen, Frank Mazzola; music, Coleridge Taylor Perkinson.The life of Harriet Tubman, an important part of the anti-slavery movement during the final days of slavery in the United States.

Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Television mini-series.; Fiction television programs.; Made-for-TV movies.; Feature films.; Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913; African Americans; Slavery; Underground Railroad;

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A watchman in the night : what I've seen over 50 years reporting on America / by Thomas, Cal,author.(CARDINAL)147677;

In A Watchman in the Night, Cal Thomas takes the reader on a "road trip" through over fifty years of journalism and American life, serving as a "watchman" on culture and politics and seeking to conform it to a standard that never changes. A watchman "keeps guard over a building at night, to protect it from fire, vandals, or thieves." Thomas is a believer that certain values and principles never change and has critiqued misbehavior and wrong-headedness by people on "his side" from the start. "If values and Truth mean anything," Thomas says, "they must be applied equally. Hypocrisy and heresy cannot be ignored no matter the source." In the book, Thomas does not stigmatize labels, such as "conservative" and "religious," because Thomas says: "It allows people to define me and others by their perception of those labels. Ask me a question and I will give you my answer. For over fifty years in journalism, Thomas has offered incisive, humorous and often corrective commentary to our social, political, and religious conversations. An early commitment to addressing publicly what he sees has marked Thomas' entire career. Cal has always called both parties, both sides of the American political divide, to account, to take the high road and to honor our civic and religious ideals with compatible behavior to the very best of our ability. This increasingly "radical" approach to public life has won him many friends on both sides of the political aisle, hundreds of thousands of faithful readers of his columns, and a continuous barrage of accolades and "hate mail," much of it charming when it is not too foul to repeat. Cal came to the Christian faith while a young journalist at a dinner led by Dr. Richard Halverson, Pastor at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, MD, and later, Chaplain of the United States Senate. This experience informed the rest of Cal's life as he hosted his own private dinners for members of the press and members of Congress from both parties leading to deep friendships with Senator Ted Kennedy and many others, friendships which became a hallmark of Cal's life despite wide political differences. For over two decades, Cal has hosted the National Prayer Breakfast Media Dinner as a continuation of his commitment to the reality that a relationship with Jesus Christ can change a person's life and ultimately change a nation, and that things of such import are best discussed over dinner. The book includes tones about faith, but focuses on American social, cultural and political currents. A Watchman in the Night: What I've Seen Over 50 Years Reporting on America is a living history of our times, of who we were then and who we are now and who we might become (for better or worse) in the future, and a remarkable chronicle of modern American life.--

Subjects: Thomas, Cal; Journalism;

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