Obama faces emboldened conservatives, tax cuts, interest-group concessions, and deficit spending. This budget deal might be a win for Obamacare.
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The Graduate Journal of American University's School of Public Affairs
Kyle Hayes
How Policy Will Trip Up Outsiders Like Carson and Trump
Policy often plays a negligible role policy plays in elections, with debates and speeches doing little to encourage candidates to detail their proposals.
How Carly Fiorina’s Super PAC Made Her the Feminist Candidate
Would a gender-based rationale help Carly Fiorina gain support to secure the nomination? Her Super PAC and Donald Trump may determine the fate of her candidacy.
Five Things to Know About Human Trafficking
According to the U.S. State Department, more than 20 million men, women, and children around the world are victims of human trafficking.
Recapping the Midterms: The Obama Brand Sucks
Obama used the midterms to remind voters that this policies were on the ballot, but it was the Obama brand that sealed the fate for Democrats on Tuesday.
President Obama Just Bet on Black Voters To Win the Midterms. Here’s Where That Bet Just Might Pay Off
Voter turnout is first on the minds of both Democrats and Republicans. As a result, President Obama has made one of his most dramatic moves of the Midterms.
How Obamacare Saves Hospitals $5.7 Billion (and How It Could Save Almost $3 Billion More)
The Affordable Care Act was built largely on the premise that the current health care system in the United States is broken. One piece of that brokenness is embodied in the way in which the uninsured received health care. Given the high cost of care, in most...
Lessons From Pennsylvania’s Medicaid Expansion
Pennsylvania is the latest Republican-led state to accept Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion after negotiating flexibility from the Obama administration.