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Elbridge Gerry

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Name: Elbridge Gerry

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Today in history: May 16

In 1868, the Senate fell one vote short of convicting President Andrew Johnson after he was earlier impeached by the HouseA facsimile of the ticket of admission to the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.Library of CongressMay 16On this day. 1797: ... [Published The Week Magazine - May 16 2013]

Entities: Andrew Johnson, Elbridge Gerry, Impeach

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Frank A. Weil: No Labels? A New Force in Congress?

In the last year a new 'thing' has appeared on the scene in Washington called "No Labels." It is a response to the political gridlock as well as personal antipathies that have stymied virtually all the crucial current legislation necessary to addressing ... [Published Huffington Post - May 14 2013]

Entities: Elbridge Gerry, Thomas Jefferson, Leadership

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

GUEST VIEW: Almost losing our Bill of Rights

“A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference.” — Thomas Jefferson, U. S. President, 1801- 1809As the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention recessed in 1787, ... [Published Logan Banner - May 07 2013]

Entities: George Mason, Elbridge Gerry, James Madison

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 1 reports

Letters to the Editor for April 24, 2013

Rebuttal on background checks Im writing this because the editor of the Baker City Herald made a grievous mistake in his April 19 column: Sad, perplexed watching Newtowns survivors. After saying he was a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment he goes ... [Published Bakercityherald.com - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Second Amendment, Piers Morgan, First Amendment, Federal

First reported Apr 22 2013 - Updated Apr 22 2013 - 1 reports

Delaware General Assembly

The future should be now: Rethinking redistricting

_ The partisan bickering and gridlock in Congress, which has frustrated so many citizens, has been attributed to several causes. One significant reason offered for this dysfunctional mess is the lack of competition for Congressional seats, caused in part ... [Published Delaware Online - Apr 22 2013]

Entities: Delaware General Assembly, Elbridge Gerry, Gerrymandering

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

Of guns and gerrymanders

RICHMONDThere are those who could say that what's going on now with the gun business (it definitely qualifies as a business) is our own fault, a Massachusetts invention that has turned our country from a democratic entity into a squabbling mess that can't ... [Published Berkshire Eagle - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Steve Stockman, Ronald Reagan, Ted Nugent, Salamander

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Freedom and the Second Amendment

by Dustin Howes The March on Washington for Gun Control in Washington D.C., on January 26. (Flickr/Elvert Barnes) Yesterday, the United States Senate defeated efforts to modestly regulate the sale and purchase of guns. Often, those of us who support ... [Published Waging Nonviolence - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Second Amendment, Religion, Elbridge Gerry, Whiskey Rebellion, Gun Control

First reported Feb 05 2013 - Updated Feb 05 2013 - 1 reports

The GOP vs Representative Democracy

Sam Wang recently tackled gerrymandering: The great gerrymander of 2012 came 200 years after the first use of this curious word, which comes from the salamander-shaped districts signed into law by Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts. Gov. ... [Published The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan - Feb 05 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Elbridge Gerry, Democracy

First reported Jan 27 2013 - Updated Jan 27 2013 - 1 reports

New GOP Strategy: Gerrymander the Road to Victory

There are a couple ways to react when you lose an election. You can step back and reflect on your policies, who you represent and how you can improve next time around. Or you can give up on appealing to voters and try to change the game so there's no ... [Published Burnt Orange Report - Jan 27 2013]

Entities: Republican Party (US), Ken Blackwell, Elections, Elbridge Gerry

First reported Jan 10 2013 - Updated Jan 10 2013 - 1 reports

The Redistricting Process Undermines Democracy

The First Article of the Constitution states that members of the House of Representatives shall be elected every two years, provides the qualifications for these offices, and how the number of Representatives each state elects shall be apportioned ... [Published The Moderate Voice - Jan 10 2013]

Entities: REDISTRICTING, Republican Party (US), Democracy

First reported Dec 28 2012 - Updated Dec 28 2012 - 1 reports

Institutions Matter: Just Look at the Congress

Doug Mataconis is correct: to understand congressional behavior, especially within the Republican Party at the moment, the issue is not a case or irrationality, but of fairly typical behavior for politicians. That is: the main motivating factor ... [Published Outside The Beltway | OTB - Dec 28 2012]

Entities: Democracy, Debt Ceiling, Elections

First reported Dec 28 2012 - Updated Dec 28 2012 - 1 reports

Congressional Gridlock And The Disappearing Swing District

Gridlock has been an issue in Congress many times in America’s past, but even to causal observers of politics it seems like it’s become far more of an issue in recent years than it has in the past. Reflecting our political culture as a whole, Congress, ... [Published Outside The Beltway | OTB - Dec 28 2012]

Entities: Nate Silver, Boston Gazette, Democratic-Republican Party, Landslide, Elbridge Gerry

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Today in history: May 16 [Published The Week Magazine - May 16 2013]
Frank A. Weil: No Labels? A New Force in Congress? [Published Huffington Post - May 14 2013]
Praying the Names of God - May 8 [Published Crosswalk - May 08 2013]
GUEST VIEW: Almost losing our Bill of Rights [Published Logan Banner - May 07 2013]
Morton: Forgotten King one America's most influ... [Published Northwest Herald - Apr 29 2013]
Letters to the Editor for April 24, 2013 [Published Bakercityherald.com - Apr 25 2013]
The future should be now: Rethinking redistricting [Published Delaware Online - Apr 22 2013]
Of guns and gerrymanders [Published Berkshire Eagle - Apr 21 2013]
Freedom and the Second Amendment [Published Waging Nonviolence - Apr 18 2013]
Gun rights in the 1780s and today [Published MinnPost - Apr 17 2013]
The GOP vs Representative Democracy [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Feb 05 2013]
New GOP Strategy: Gerrymander the Road to Victory [Published Burnt Orange Report - Jan 27 2013]
Redistricting Gone Haywire:Independent Panels N... [Published The Moderate Voice - Jan 16 2013]
The Redistricting Process Undermines Democracy [Published The Moderate Voice - Jan 10 2013]
Institutions Matter: Just Look at the Congress [Published Outside The Beltway \| OTB - Dec 28 2012]
Congressional Gridlock And The Disappearing Swi... [Published Outside The Beltway \| OTB - Dec 28 2012]
Campaigning Through the Ages [Published PBS - Aug 10 2012]

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Freedom and the Second Amendment [Published Waging Nonviolence - Apr 18 2013] by Dustin Howes The March on Washington for Gun Control in Washington D.C., on January 26. (Flickr/Elvert Barnes) Yesterday, the United States Senate defeated efforts to modestly regulate the sale and purchase of guns. Often, those of us who support ...
The GOP vs Representative Democracy [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - Feb 05 2013] Sam Wang recently tackled gerrymandering: The great gerrymander of 2012 came 200 years after the first use of this curious word, which comes from the salamander-shaped districts signed into law by Governor Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts. Gov. ...
New GOP Strategy: Gerrymander the Road to Victory [Published Burnt Orange Report - Jan 27 2013] There are a couple ways to react when you lose an election. You can step back and reflect on your policies, who you represent and how you can improve next time around. Or you can give up on appealing to voters and try to change the game so there's no ...
Redistricting Gone Haywire:Independent Panels N... [Published The Moderate Voice - Jan 16 2013] By Scott Crass To the victors go the spoils. Politically, that saying has persevered through the ages. And few quarrel with the legitimacy of the concept: stretching partisan fruits as far as the eye could see. But when does it become excessive? When ...
The Redistricting Process Undermines Democracy [Published The Moderate Voice - Jan 10 2013] The First Article of the Constitution states that members of the House of Representatives shall be elected every two years, provides the qualifications for these offices, and how the number of Representatives each state elects shall be apportioned ...