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Too Quick to Pronounce Trump Budget Dead on Arrival

Poverty & Policy

Some Republicans may balk at some details, but the major thrusts replicate those in budgets the House has passed ever since Republicans gained control in 2010. If the House and Senate can then agree on a resolution, the actual spending and/or tax cuts need only a majority vote in the Senate. Government 101 than perhaps any of you need.

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A Slice of the Trump Budget’s Shrunken Pie for the Needs of Low-Income People

Poverty & Policy

The Coalition on Human Needs chose 185 such programs and tracked their funding from 2010, the year before Congress passed the Budget Control Act, through the budget the federal government’s operating under now. Meanwhile, we do have ways we can support the defensive campaigns that will give Congressional Republican pause.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

Not surprisingly, there is growing scholarly interest in the mediation of activism and political campaigning. Further, as protest movements grow more diverse, so must our theoretical framework and investigations of the nature of protest movements in online spaces (Earl, 2010; Earl, J. Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube Platforms in Brief.