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    Allegations against Minnesota Democratic Senator Al Franken, who apologized for kissing and groping a California radio host and model without consent in 2006, and Roy Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in Alabama has been accused of pursuing sexual relationships with multiple women when they were teenagers and he was in his early 30s. These allegations have brought up the allegations made against Trump last year, including the 2005 Access Hollywood tape where Trump brags about sexually assaulting

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    coming before the Senate is to drive them to the realization that Marcus Antonius and his actions are slowly breaking down the unity of the country. He praises Marcus Antonius for his fine speech, intentions, and promises, then points out the fallacies and unconstitutionality of Marcus Antonius’ actions. He reminds the Senators that “Nothing was done any longer through the Senate…” because measures were being passed without declaration or consent. The Senate and Caesar’s

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    What if you did not count as a person anymore? You would be denied of many rights and freedoms we take for granted today. This was the situation women faced in the past. Before 1929, women didn’t count as “persons”. Although they weren’t denied of all their rights, women weren’t allowed to become senators. Five women in Alberta decided to take action and formed the Famous Five. The Famous Five fought for the rights of women by winning the Persons Case and they’re the reason why women are considered

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    Elizabeth Warren, born Elizabeth Herring, is considered one of the country’s leading financial policy experts. Warren fights for lower and middle class families and works to protect them from large corporations and financial institutions. Originally she attended George Washington University, but she dropped out of college after two years to marry and follow her husband to Texas, where she finished her degree in speech pathology (Biography.com, n.d.). While a mother of three and working as a speech

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    The Grain of the Voice

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    The ‘Grain’ Cinema audience often finds the connection to a film by experiencing what actors or actresses are portraying, mainly through relating with the emotions being projected on screen. These emotions can be presented in many forms in the realm of acting, but the voice plays the biggest role in all of this. This could be the reason why many stars are being hailed for their voices throughout the history of film. When discussing about voices, one could only come to the conclusion of defining it

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    She was the first woman to hold the position of chairman in the committee. She is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and ranking member of the Subcommittee on Energy and Water. She is a member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and was the first woman to chair the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. Feinstein can provide assistance in the forms of purchasing flags

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    million children. This law encompasses families whose incomes are too high to qualify for Medicaid, but cannot afford the expense of private health insurance. CHIP is like Medicaid, it’s managed by the states, but different because it’s jointly funded by the federal government and by the states. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 retains the CHIP eligibility standards and extended CHIP funding until October 1, 2015. The Affordable Care Act also provides an additional $40 million in federal funding

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    When asked if the candidates supported free college education, Kander responded, “I disagree with those who say we should make it free. It is too expensive. Here is something we can do. We can make it where people who have student loans can refinance that student loan the same way they can a home loan or an auto loan. We can cap the interest that they pay. Those are concrete things we can do that would help a lot. I personally was amazed last year when Senator Blunt said something along the lines

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    reaching into the heavens, yet still pitiful in size to the massive central structure. Along the walls of the castle, estates hung in the open air, giant mansions, yet nothing but fleas on the Spire’s flank. In one of the larger buildings, the Allrian senate concluded a meeting regarding the borderlands to the west. In an elegant hall, two fighters sparred with gun and blade, twirling gracefully in a airy dance. In one of the shining windows, a lone figure stood, gazing out across the wretched streets

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    Equal pay for female workers has been a civil rights headline since around World War II. Women of all sorts of race have been fighting for this unfair wage gap to end for decades. Though fighting for the wage gap to vanish has been tough, women have continued to fight for their rights regardless of the punishment they could have faced. The Equal Pay Act signed by John F. Kennedy is the act that ultimately got everyone talking and it is also the Act that has helped the gap as a whole. The equal pay

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