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Nancy Humphreys is one of those people who when you meet them, you wish you had met them many years before. When I first got the idea to create an institute to complement the Congressional Social Work Caucus, Betsy Clark suggested …
It is time to reinvest in social work and Senator Barbara Mikulski of Maryland plans to do just that as the nation faces a shortage of social workers. Senator Mikulski knows just how essential social workers are because she is …
It seems Congress hasn’t entirely sequestered. S. Res. 78 was introduced on March 18, 2013, “Supporting the goals and ideals of Professional Social Work Month and World Social Work Day.” The bill calls for the American people to recognize social workers and …
Military tuition isn’t the only thing on the line as sequestration cuts hits our defense budget. Although some aspects have been exempt, such as pay and health, many are finding that the budget is going to target their everyday lives, …
In nine days, automatic spending cuts known as a “sequester” will be enacted, forcing the government to cut back on $85 Billion in spending. The only problem is that Congress is on vacation at the moment. Democrats are blaming the Republicans for ignoring the looming …
Drones have become a household name in the past few years. Drone strikes seem to be the new face of modern warfare, allowing unmanned aircraft to eliminate determined threats without risk to military personnel. The Obama administration has become synonymous …
Jerry O’Neil, the Republican legislator from Montana is putting forth a bill requesting that corporal punishment comes back as an alternative to jail time. Now I know that all fashions eventually come back, and it’s only a matter of time …
The 113th Congress of the Unites States was sworn in earlier this week, and it is the most diverse in history. This is a key movement in the direction towards government reflecting the society which it represents, and the changing attitudes …
Nothing is more fun than taking the criteria for mental disorders and applying them to institutions. Given the recent dysfunction in Congress over the Fiscal Cliff and Sandy relief, I decided to take their recent behavior and dust off my …
Groundhogs day is upon us yet again, no not the one in February, the one where Congress waits to the last possible moment to try and compromise on legislation that will not cripple America and its people. There is no easy way to say this, Congress is failing …