Thursday, November 8, 2012
District voters passed three ethics charter amendments that may have some holes.
District of Columbia voters approved three charter amendments on ethics reform that may do little to remedy the ethics of D.C. politics, though some say “It’s a start.” Get the latest local news in your inbox with our free daily email newsletter. Charter Amendment V allows for the city council to vote on the removal of a member exhibiting “gross misconduct.” Charters VI and VII call for lifetime resignation from current position for a council member or mayor convicted of a felony while holding office. The amendments were written by the council in response to recent federal investigations of former Councilmen Kwame Brown and Harry Thomas, Jr. regarding campaign finance violations and Mayor Vincent Gray's "shadow campaign" concerning a $653…
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Georgetown University political groups register a small number of students to vote in the upcoming election.
Georgetown University political groups have helped to register a small portion of the student body using TurboVote and Georgetown's DC Students Speak organization is relatively satisfied with the small number of students who registered in the District of Columbia. “It’s not where we want to be, but it’s a step in the right direction,” said Trevor Tezel, a Georgetown University sophomore involved Georgetown University student voter registration. Tezel is the Georgetown University chair of DC Students Speak and the Georgetown University College Democrats spokesperson. The Georgetown University College Democrats and Republicans and the school’s chapters of DC Students Speak and National Association for the Advancement of Colored People went …
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Rep. Paul Ryan and Vice President Joe Biden will talk domestic and foreign policy.
Vice President Joe Biden and Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan will discuss domestic and foreign policy at the vice presidential debate Thursday evening at Centre College in Danville, KY. Expectations are running high for this debate. Biden has been holding practice sessions and reading briefing books to prepare for Thursday night, The Washington Post reports. The pressure is on Biden after President Barack Obama’s lackluster performance at Wednesday’s first presidential debate. Reuters reports that Democrats are relying on Biden to deliver. Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus told the Washington Post that he expects Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan to do well, but Vice President Biden is a “…
