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Reagan is reelected in a 49-state landslide victory over liberal Democrat Walter Mondale. [144] 1986. September: Associate Justice William Rehnquist is confirmed as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. [145] Reagan chooses Rehnquist in a deliberate effort to move the Court to the right, knowing he has the conservative constitutional agenda ...
The Liberal Democrats called for a full judicial inquiry into Britain's involvement in CIA black sites and extraordinary rendition since the 11 September attacks. [222] They also called on the UK government to suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and condemned the Saudi-led coalition's attacks targeting civilians in Yemen.
Resigned January 27, 1981, to become Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Maryland 5: May 19, 1981 Gladys Spellman: Steny Hoyer: Incapacitated since last Congress and seat declared vacant February 24, 1981. Ohio 4: June 25, 1981 Tennyson Guyer: Mike Oxley: Died April 12, 1981. Mississippi 4: July 7, 1981 Jon Hinson: Wayne Dowdy ...
New York City barely averted bankruptcy in 1975; it was rescued using state and federal money, along with strict state control of its budget. [5] [6] Meanwhile, conservatives, based in the suburbs, the rural areas, and the Sunbelt railed against what they identified as the failures of liberal social programs, as well as their enormous expenses.
In 2017, Senate Democrats introduced the Raise the Wage Act which would raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2024. [184] In 2021, Democratic president Joe Biden proposed increasing the minimum wage to $15 by 2025. [185] In many states controlled by Democrats, the state minimum wage has been increased to a rate above the federal minimum wage ...
Democrat Roy Cooper was elected governor of North Carolina in 2016 and won re-election in 2020. Southern Democrats saw some additional successes in 2019, as Andy Beshear was elected governor of Kentucky and won re-election in 2023. As of February 2024, Democrats control the governorships of Kentucky, North Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware and ...
With a stated goal of reducing crime and homicide, the Democratic Party has introduced various gun control measures, most notably the Gun Control Act of 1968, the Brady Bill of 1993, and Crime Control Act of 1994. However, some Democrats, especially rural, Southern, and Western Democrats, favor fewer restrictions on firearm possession and ...
[14] [15] He graduated from Bishop Miege High School in 1999, where he played on the baseball team [16] and was a nationally competitive debater who won two state championships. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] He attended American University in Washington, D.C., where he studied political science .