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When Will Congress Get its Sh*t Together?

Sexual Harassment in Congress One thing that can be agreed on(and if you don't agree, I suggest you check yourself and your morals) is that sexual harassment is a horrible thing that no one should ever have to encounter. We're all on the same page, right? Great. With all of the recent allegations against harassers - Bill O'Reilly, Harvey Weinstein, and Kevin Spacey to name a few- two female lawmakers have opened up about their experiences with Congressmen who engaged in sexual harassment. Congresswoman Jackie Speier has been long pressing for a stronger congressional anti-harassment system, but she has yet to see Congress act on this issue. There is absolutely no reason for Congress to not have acted upon this already. So what if it makes a little mess? The mess that is this country will cover it up just like an unnamed Congressman probably tried to do when he harassed a young female aide. The aide was met by the member at the door when he was just in a towel and he
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/showsknew/ The Man Who Knew The 90 minute video "The Man Who Knew" focuses on John P. O'Neill and his research and investigative work to uncover the terrorist acts planned by Al-Qaeda's members. It features interviews of his past colleagues, his son, and his long time girlfriend whom talk of his personal and professional life and how they coincided. It spans the acts of the bombings of the United States embassies in Africa all the way to the infamous plane crashes into the World Trade Center. The video starts with O'Neill and a description of how he was obsessed with Osama bin-Laden long before the world knew his name. It also mentioned how he went from being an FBI agent and then becoming director of security at the World Trade Center up until that tragic day of September 11th, 2001. It goes on to mention Ramzi Ahmed Yousef and his terrorist plots against various people and countries, also known as the Bojinka Plot. It
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9/7 DACA Repeal and What is Going On https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/09/05/trump-phases-out-daca-heres-what-means/633009001/ Basically what this article is saying is that DACA protected people will be having a very hard time trying to stay in the country. DACA was a safety blanket for about 800,000 people currently living in the United States. Without having their blanket, they're going to be faced with issues like keeping their jobs and paying for school and staying in the country. These people, also known as DREAMers, have been left with nothing. These people with jobs are left with the option of not telling their boss about their work visas expiring and hoping for the best, or dealing with the fact that their government is essentially abandoning them and going to a country they can't call home. Others have to deal with the issue of school. The Supreme Court ruled that all undocumented immigrants must be allowed to attend a public K-12 school, but what if
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