A Moratorium On Federal Funding

In the words of former First Lady Nancy Reagan: “Embryonic stem cell research has the potential to alleviate so much suffering. Surely, by working together we can harness its life-giving potential.” Stem cell research shows so much promise to help people by treating diseases and other problems through therapy. While it seems as though the clear answer is that we should study stem cells as soon as possible, this is sadly not the case. Stem cell research is an ongoing controversy within politics and

American Energy and Conservation Act of 2016, which called for increased drilling and increasing the revenue cap to Gulf States from $500 million to $750 million. The details of the distribution of the funds were detailed through numerous state and federal programs, seemingly ignoring the people that suffer the most during these events. Even with the proposed increase in revenue with this program, Sen Cassidy included additional Atlantic States in the equation. This would naturally decrease the revenue

The Cost of the Subterfuge Covert for-profit colleges cost the public by misleading consumers, dodging taxes, and evading regulations that apply to Education Department financial aid. Further, their actions, and the failure of the federal government to address the problem, seriously undermine the integrity of the system of oversight of colleges and universities, as well as of charitable organizations as a whole. Shortchanging Consumers Colleges emphasize that they are public or nonprofit because

al., 2008). Never has a single tool been this disruptive to the field of biology, with many opponents of CRISPR/ Cas9 in fear that, any further developments will promote non-therapeutic treatments. This has lead some scientists to argue that a moratorium should be placed on all future studies, as it is both dangerous and ethically unacceptable (Lanphier et al., 2015). But this reasoning is flawed, as there is no accurate method to judge technologies affects on future generations. Take for example

The United States Environmental policy within the last 25 years has changed considerably due to events and politics. Things such as global warming, air pollution, water pollution, etc... has gotten the attention of more and more American citizens as well as celebrities and has created numerous environmental activist groups. These drastic changes have also brought about movies being made and telling the tale of how these changes will affect humans and the environment in the long term. One of the changes

Planned Parenthood is a widely known nonprofit organization. They are the health care provider for millions of people within our nation. When people hear the words Planned Parenthood they automatically assume abortion. Yes, abortion is a service that they offer yet, they deliver much more than that. They deliver and educate us about birth control, cancer, men and women’s sexual health, pregnancy, sexual orientation and offer the Morning-After Pill (emergency contraception) and sexually transmitted

because not every time someone gives a lobbying group money are they guaranteed to receive anything in return. One of Cassidy 's clients were the president at the University of Dallas, and what probably took place is that they did not get the federal funding at one of the universities in the state and now the accountant or comptroller begins to wonder why public universities are giving a lobbying group in Washington so much money and getting nothing back, so she pulls the plug on allowing them to

Bill H.R.3134 Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 was introduced by Rep. Diane Black (R-TN-6) in the House. This bill calls to call to prohibit for a year the availability of federal funds for Planned Parenthood, and it was passed in the House, but failed to do so in the Senate. Remarkably, Steve King (R-IA-4) voted present, and Charlie Dent (R-PA-15), Robert Dold (R-IL10), and Richard Hanna (R-NY-22), all Republicans voted against the bill. On the other hand, only 2 members of the Democratic

Globalization of water resources in Canada As a signatory of the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, the government has given French utility giants such as Suez and Veolia the right to sue Canadian municipalities who have already privatized their private services to not be able to re-establish municipal control. CETA contains an "investor state" provision similar to NAFTA's that allows foreign corporations to sue the government of another CETA signatory if they believe its laws

only a 2% recovery rate since it enactment (Why is U.S. Recovery Rate (2%) for Endangered Species So Low?). Many critics and politicians have been calling for a reformation of the act for years. The ESA is in need of a change in the following areas funding distribution, time it takes to list a species on the endangered species list, and habitats on private land. The conservation of animals has been going