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If You're Looking For A Link To the Mueller Report, Look No Further
Editor's Note:
We're not downloading the entire Mueller report, but here is the Justice Department URL to read the report at:
Report On the Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Election, Vol I and II; Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III
https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf?_ga=2.80421777.744576135.1555603755-461170982.1555603755
Mueller received the following military awards and decorations:
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Bills Introduced and Hearings: Examining Sexual Abuse by UN Peacekeepers and Pricing of Fetal Tissue
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA) introduced a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the US should support and protect the right of women working in developing countries to safe workplaces, free from gender-based violence, reprisals, and intimidation. Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) A bill to place limitations on the possession, sale, and other disposition of a firearm by persons convicted of misdemeanor sex offenses against children. Sen. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) A bill to provide more effective remedies to victims of discrimination in the payment of wages on the basis of sex. more »
In This Election Year, The Belmont-Paul Park Site: Force-feeding and Imprisonment Could Not Stop Suffragist Alice Paul
"The Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument contains the most complete collection of women's suffrage and equal rights movement documents and artifacts in America. These resources help tell the story of women in America and one that will now be told by the best storytellers in the business — the National Park Service." more »
Get Ready, Political Fans: Convention Facts for the GOP
Fasten your seatbelts, its going to be a bumpy night! as Bette Davis says in All About Eve: To become the Republican nominee, a candidate must secure the votes of a majority of the 2,472 delegates at Convention. A candidate that receives the vote of 1,237 delegates or more wins the nomination. Every delegate has only one vote and a majority of delegates will be "bound" to vote for a certain candidate on the first ballot.
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Congressional Hearings and Bills Introduced: Opioid Abuse, WASPs' Burial Bill; INSPIRE Act, Training and Counseling to Women Entrepreneurs
A bill seeks to reauthorize and modernize the Small Business Development Centers, Women's Business Centers (WBCs), and Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) programs. Another bill would authorize the National Science Foundation to "encourage its entrepreneurial programs to recruit and support women to extend their focus beyond the laboratory and into the commercial world." And A bill to revise the crime of sexual assault under Article 120 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice to include committing a sexual act upon another person by using position, rank, or authority to obtain compliance by the other person. more »
