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DELANEY: Value Congressional Seats

DELANEY: Value Congressional Seats

By Chris Delaney October 29, 2020

If you are active in the digital world at all, you have probably seen a commercial, social media post or advertisement describing the importance of voting in the upcoming election. Get Out the Vote campaigns...

VIEWPOINT: Advocate for the DREAM Act

VIEWPOINT: Advocate for the DREAM Act

By Abel Flores July 19, 2020

In  August 2001, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) (SFS ’66, LAW ’69) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) introduced the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act in the U.S. Senate. The DREAM...

KEENAN SAMWAY FOR THE HOYA A long history of attempts to achieve statehood or voting congressional representation for D.C. precedes this bill.

House of Representatives Passes DC Statehood Bill in Historic Vote

By Clara Grudberg June 27, 2020

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to grant statehood to Washington, D.C., marking the first time that either chamber of Congress has voted to make the District a state. The bill, H.R. 51, was...

OCONNOR: Elect a Working-Class Congress

O’CONNOR: Elect a Working-Class Congress

By Trevor O'Connor February 14, 2020

Despite living in the richest country on earth, almost half of Americans lack the cash on hand to afford a $400 emergency. Wall Street celebrates as the stock market skyrockets to ever-higher levels,...

KEHOE: Reject Calls for Facebook Censorship

KEHOE: Reject Calls for Facebook Censorship

By Sam Kehoe January 17, 2020

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to have no friends. After giving a speech at  Georgetown University last fall advocating for “voice and inclusion,” pundits pounced on the executive...

Congress Should Strive Toward Deescalation in Iran, Panel Says

Congress Should Strive Toward Deescalation in Iran, Panel Says

By Yalda Zarrabi January 17, 2020

Congressional pushback on presidential foreign policies is essential to quelling the escalating tensions between Iran and the United States, Program Director of the Institute for Policy Studies Phyllis...

@ELEANORHOLMESNORTON/TWITTER | A bill introduced by Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) on March 28 would give Washington, D.C., more control over its judicial system. The bill is Nortons latest effort to grant the District more autonomy.

Norton Moves to Expedite District Judicial Nominations

By Erika Gebhardt April 5, 2019

Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D­-D.C.) urged the Senate to address the growing number of vacancies in Washington, D.C. courts and introduced legislation to allow nominees for local D.C. court positions...

REP. CAROLYN B. MALONEY/FACEBOOK | A national womens history museum would honor the untold stories of women throughout U.S. history, according to Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), who introduced a bill to establish a Smithsonian womens history museum in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 28.

Bills to Establish a Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Introduced in Congress

By Harrison McBride April 4, 2019

Bills proposing a new Smithsonian Institution museum that would highlight the contributions of women throughout U.S. history were introduced in both chambers of Congress on March 28. Sen. Susan Collins...

ROBERT MUELLER/FACEBOOK |  Special Counsel Robert Muellers investigation did not find that President Donald Trump or members of his 2016 presidential campaign conspired with the Russian government, according to a March 24 report by Attorney General William Barr.

GU Students, Professors Urge Release of Mueller Report

By Harrison McBride March 28, 2019

Georgetown University students and professors joined bipartisan calls for the full release of the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference after Attorney...

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Longtime Congressman Dingell Mourned by US Leaders

By Charlie Goetzman February 15, 2019

Prominent U.S. political leaders convened Thursday at Holy Trinity Catholic Church to commemorate the life of John Dingell Jr. (CAS ’49, LAW ’52), a former representative of Michigan and the longest-serving...

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY | In 2017, Georgetown’s religious leaders participated in a lobbying campaign to protect government programs for undocumented immigrants. University President John J. DeGioia continued the university’s public support Feb.4, by cosigning a  letter that calls for Congress to protect the recipients of the programs.

In Ongoing Show of Support for DACA, DeGioia Co-Signs Letter to Congress

By Taylor Kahn-Perry and Ashley Zhao February 14, 2019

Georgetown University President John J. DeGioia cosigned a letter urging Congress to safeguard the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Temporary Protected Status programs. DeGioia joined 400...

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GU Politics Fellows Look to Students for Learning Experiences

By Anya Howko-Johnson January 25, 2019

The Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service welcomed five new fellows to campus for the spring of 2019, including two political advisers, a journalist, a former congresswoman and a political...

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