http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27387370
A large debate in the United States is foreign policy. The country has gone through four phases of ideology towards foreign affairs. The first was Isolationism. After WWI, the United States believed that staying out of other countries' problems was the best option. However, Pearl Harbor and WWII changed the mindset of the American public. Citizens then believed in the Containment ideology. This meant controlling the other superpower 'bullies' such as the Soviet Union. Vietnam put the United States back into an isolationist ideology called Disengagement. The American people wanted to 'disengage' from problems that didn't involve the United States. The United States is now considered to have a Human Rights ideology. After the Serbians invaded and killed many Albanians, the American public started to believe that the United States should step in when the human rights of others are endangered.
The news story on the front cover of several news sites is the kidnapping of over 200 schoolgirls in Nigeria. Boko Haram, the terrorist organization that kidnapped the girls, have terrorized the Nigerian public for years in hopes of overthrowing the Nigerian Government and imposing an Islamic slate. When Americans heard about the tragedy of the Nigerian girls, the public was outraged. Social media sites of all types were trending the hash-tag '#BringOurGirlsBack" worldwide. Many Americans wondered when the United States was going to send troops in to aid the Nigerians in their search for the missing girls.
As of May 13, the United States, Great Britain, France, and China already have troops on the ground searching for any leads as to where the Nigerian girls are being held and an Israeli counter-terrorism team was currently on the way. The United States released a statement saying that they provided manned planes containing satellite surveillance. The goal is to locate and identify the location of where the more than 200 kidnapped girls are being held. An unnamed, senior administration official said, "We have shared commercial satellite imagery with the Nigerians and are flying manned ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) assets over Nigeria with the government's permission."
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Friday, May 2, 2014
Unit 5: House GOP reminded that health care policy is hard
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/house-gop-reminded-health-care
The government often uses public policies in order to address certain issues. These issues can range from popular subjects like gun control to less known issues like fisheries. Issues can be from any level of the government: local, state, or federal. Many of the issues that face public policy are brought about by individuals or interest groups. Government officials ultimately choose the issue or problem that the government is going to implement a public policy for.
A major public policy facing the United States today deals with the subject of health care. For many years, the United States government has been creating a new health care policy. The Affordable Care Act is arguably the most controversial public policy in the works right now. Republicans have been diligently working in order to create an alternative to 'Obamacare', but, thus far, they have been unable to do so. Representative Dennis Ross (Fla) stated, "“For the next six months, we’re going to go into an election knowing that we’re not going to do anything to address health care.”
Many of the Republican party are divided on the subject. Some House Republicans are convinced that creating a new conservative alternative, being called the 'Obamacare Accountability Project', for 'Obamacare' is the right thing to do. David Drucker, a senior congressional correspondent for the Washington Examiner, said, "[The] working group of about 35 GOP members, has written a “draft” proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, according to one House Republican familiar with the effort. But the group has not shared the draft with their colleagues and is engaged in an internal debate over whether their goal should be to simply introduce legislation, or also hold floor votes.The distinction is important.Rank-and-file Republicans are more likely to haggle over policy and face pressure from conservative groups if they have to vote on the proposal. Achieving consensus likely would be easier if the legislation is treated as a broad agenda to be tackled after the midterm elections.
This probably wasn’t intended to be funny, but I found it amusing anyway."
Rumors are also flying that the Republican party may put together a separate alternative to 'Obamacare' that actually will have no intention to be signed. This alternative will be used to make 'intra-party negotiations easier'.
The government often uses public policies in order to address certain issues. These issues can range from popular subjects like gun control to less known issues like fisheries. Issues can be from any level of the government: local, state, or federal. Many of the issues that face public policy are brought about by individuals or interest groups. Government officials ultimately choose the issue or problem that the government is going to implement a public policy for.
A major public policy facing the United States today deals with the subject of health care. For many years, the United States government has been creating a new health care policy. The Affordable Care Act is arguably the most controversial public policy in the works right now. Republicans have been diligently working in order to create an alternative to 'Obamacare', but, thus far, they have been unable to do so. Representative Dennis Ross (Fla) stated, "“For the next six months, we’re going to go into an election knowing that we’re not going to do anything to address health care.”
Many of the Republican party are divided on the subject. Some House Republicans are convinced that creating a new conservative alternative, being called the 'Obamacare Accountability Project', for 'Obamacare' is the right thing to do. David Drucker, a senior congressional correspondent for the Washington Examiner, said, "[The] working group of about 35 GOP members, has written a “draft” proposal to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, according to one House Republican familiar with the effort. But the group has not shared the draft with their colleagues and is engaged in an internal debate over whether their goal should be to simply introduce legislation, or also hold floor votes.The distinction is important.Rank-and-file Republicans are more likely to haggle over policy and face pressure from conservative groups if they have to vote on the proposal. Achieving consensus likely would be easier if the legislation is treated as a broad agenda to be tackled after the midterm elections.
This probably wasn’t intended to be funny, but I found it amusing anyway."
Rumors are also flying that the Republican party may put together a separate alternative to 'Obamacare' that actually will have no intention to be signed. This alternative will be used to make 'intra-party negotiations easier'.
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