In November, 2000, the presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore resulted in a controversial result that remains a source of cynicism more than a decade later. One of the contentious issues was that while Gore won ... deal of energy on foreign policy, however. The speech implied that his plan was that the outside world could be kept at arms length because his perspective was that American power was so great that it would need to be involved only on a limited basis with the international community. He expressed that freedom and democracy was not the sole property of ... that h...

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... useful if future policy making requires the Senate to ratify a treaty, although these resolutions are an exercise of the advice function instead of the consent function. The Constitution assigns the power "to declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Capture on Land and Water" to Congress, but realistically it has been the President acting as ... policy formulation, Trust is the ethical dimension within which the two branches function, Executive initiative of foreign policy is the general pattern, but the congressional power to propose, delay and shape ...

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... reached 6% of the workforce by early 2003. The Democrats had hoped to make the economy, and the jobless recovery, the central issue of the 2004 presidential campaign. But by the end of 2003, the economy appeared to be back on track, with an annualised growth rate of 8.2% and falling unemployment. ... double the number earlier in the year. The economy continues to be the top issue that voters are interested in, with 25% saying they think the presidential candidates should talk about jobs and the economy, compared to 14% who consider Medicare and health issues important, and only 7% the war...

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... a strong religious tilt, including leaders of black denominations, an Episcopal bishop, several Roman Catholic officials, and representatives of Jewish and Muslim groups. The marriage amendment would withdraw from states the power to permit same-sex marriages even if 100% of the voters and legislators of some state wanted to allow it. A conservative supreme court will not "overturn current laws and put ... . DOMA is already in effect in 34 states, thus the country is already 75% of the way towards a national ban. In October of 1999 the Baptist Press reported that five presidential candid...

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