The Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 amended much of the National Labor Relations (Wagner) Act of 1935, the federal law regulating labor relations in interstate…
Also known as the Wagner Act, the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 greatly expanded the federal government’s power to regulate interstate commerce by…
In 1996, after nearly three decades of gridlock, the stalemate over public assistance in the United States was dramatically broken when President Bill Clinton…
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) was the first comprehensive federal surface transportation bill enacted as completion of the interstate highway…
The Transportation Equity Act for the Twenty-first Century (TEA-21) was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1998. The bill authorized federal highway,…
The Contract with America and its chief architect, House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, became guiding forces for the 104th Congress when Republicans took…
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) represents a significant change in the federalism of welfare financing. It was enacted as part of the Personal…
The sectional conflict that led to the Missouri Compromise of 1820 again came to a head after the Mexican War. Two issues aroused bitter…
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 stated that “all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States shall be entitled to the full and…
is legislation by Congress in 1965 opened voting participation primarily in the American South after a century of legal and social restrictions. The federal…
Unfunded mandates are rules and constraints imposed by legislative, executive, or judicial actions of one level of government on other sectors in the economy.…
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions, drafted by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison respectively, were the first official acts to assert a right in the…
Drafted by Thomas Jefferson and passed under the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance of 1784 issued a plan for governing the public region…
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