Author: David Almasi

The 2000 Census: Sampling or a Straight Count?

National Policy Analysis #210 /
Overview When the federal government undertakes its official count of the population of the United States in the year 2000, the Clinton Administration believes a process of estimation called "sampling" is best way to achieve an accurate count. Congressional Republicans ...
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Paycheck Protection Promotes Union Integrity

National Policy Analysis #197 /
In 1996, Teamsters union members across America gave up to $195,000 to the campaign to legalize marijuana use in California. This money did not come from members who supported the ballot initiative, but from mandatory union dues earmarked for political ...
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Paycheck Protection: Cheap for Business, Good for Unions

National Policy Analysis #192 /
Labor union leaders are having a difficult time organizing opposition in California to Proposition 226, the "Campaign Reform Initiative." Unable to convince a majority of members that they should continue to allow unregulated union use of a portion of their ...
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Mad About the Sprewell Case? Blame Labor Unions

National Policy Analysis #187 /
Basketball all-star Latrell Sprewell, fired by his team and suspended from play for a year by the NBA for choking his coach, had his sentence reduced and contract reinstated by the ruling of a union-mandated arbitrator. While the sporting world ...
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How Jury Duty Convinced Me That We Need a Moral President

National Policy Analysis #190 /
It was a mystery to me how Bill Clinton enjoys such high approval ratings in light of all of the scandals surrounding his presidency. Jury duty helped put things in perspective. I spent last week at the District of Columbia ...
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Despite Criticism, Drudge Delivers

National Policy Analysis #181 /
As much as the establishment media hates to admit it, freelance journalists using the internet are beating them on cracking some of the biggest news scoops of our time. Accusations that President Bill Clinton covered up an affair with former ...
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Campaign Finance Laws Need a Tune-up, Not an Overhaul

National Policy Analysis #182 /
If you were asked to guess how many of the 535 member of Congress filed complete reports with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) for the 1996 elections, how many would you guess? All of them? A respectable 90%? Are you ...
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While Congress Debates, Citizens Legislate Campaign Finance Reform

National Policy Analysis #176 /
Grassroots activists are proving more successful than Congress in bringing about campaign finance reform. While the Senate is deadlocked amid squabbling over the spending caps and donor restrictions of the McCain-Feingold bill, crusaders outside the Beltway have already enacted measures ...
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A Recess Appointment of Bill Lann Lee May Send Republicans to the Head of the Class, by David Almasi and Roderick Conrad

National Policy Analysis #178 /
A showdown is brewing between President Clinton and Senate Republicans over civil rights. Even if Clinton wins, it may hurt Democrats at the polls. After Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee made clear their intention to block the nomination of ...
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Stop Segregating Black History Month

ConservativeBlog.org /
Stacy Swimp, a member of the National Center’s Project 21 black leadership network, notes the origin of “Black History Month” is rooted more in fostering “unity” among all Americans regardless of race. But that’s not the way it is usually ...
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