President Trump released a presidential memorandum directing the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) to expedite approval for the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and to consider rescinding the Notice of Intent to Prepare a full Environmental Impact Statement released in the final days of the Obama…
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Effects of the Budget on Foreign Policy
The White House published their first budget document on March 16th, and it detailed many cuts and increases for the 2018 budget. President Trump’s “skinny budget” only includes changes to discretionary spending, like a 28.7% cut to the State Department’s budget. President Trump plans to slash almost 2.5 billion dollars…
Trillion Dollar Infrastructure Plan
Trump has proposed that he will roll out a trillion-dollar public-private infrastructure project to fix the country’s aging highways. During his address to a joint session of Congress, he said: “Crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with new roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and railways gleaming across our beautiful land…
Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorist Entry
This executive order is the revised version of a controversial January 27, 2017 order, similarly placing a 90 day stay on the entry of nationals of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Syria in order to thwart the entry of terrorists in the United States and thus ensure national security. Iraq is not included in the new act – it is stated…
Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements
The stated purpose of this executive order is to thwart threats to national security and public safety that emerge from the United States’ southern border. This is done by invoking existing laws such as the Secure Fence Act and the Immigration and Nationality Act and aiming to redouble efforts to execute them. Most significantly…
Trans-Pacific Partnership
On January 23rd, 2017, President Trump signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in order to institute his “America First Trade Policy” and enforce a “bilateral basis in negotiating future trade deals.” TPP was an agreement made by the Obama Administration which…
School Choice
By combining $20 billion in federal funds with $110 billion from the states, President Trump plans to install a nationwide school voucher program that would provide students living in poverty with $12,000 to put towards a school of their choice. School options would include public, private, charter, magnet, religious or home…
Proposed State Laws That Threaten to Criminalize Protests and Demonstrations
Proposed Legislation from various states Proposed in January/February 2017 Summary Ever since the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump numerous states have introduced bills that have the potential to curb mass protests and demonstrations. The bills aim to toughen...
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