Is there any Congressional rule preventing Dems from finding 6 willing Republicans and all voting together for a centrist Republican speaker? (www.reddit.com)
Before Roe v Wade is overturned, what is stopping the current Democrat-controlled Congress from passing a law to enshrine abortion rights? (old.reddit.com)
The USA and Australia have lost almost every war (or at least failed to meet war objectives) we've been in since World War 2. Should I expect our global influence to nosedive? (old.reddit.com)
Why are countries allowed to settle disputes by killing each other, but two individuals are not allowed to settle disputes by killing each other? (old.reddit.com)
Russia keeps getting banned from the Olympics due to state-sponsored doping. Why do they continue to have a doping program if they keep getting caught and banned anyway? (old.reddit.com)
Yesterday thousands of Cubans demonstrated over economic conditions caused in part by sanctions put in place last year by Donald Trump. Why does Biden keep the sanctions in place? (old.reddit.com)
The US constitution is the oldest active constitution in the world. So why has it not been rewritten and why is it sill so important today? (old.reddit.com)
What are some of the simpler changes the United States government could do to help better the quality of life for the Middle and Lower Class? (old.reddit.com)
Can Democrats pass smaller piecemeal infrastructure bills with Republicans now, and pass a bigger one later after 2022 if they win more seats? (old.reddit.com)
The district court of The Hague ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut its global carbon emissions by 45% by the end of 2030. Is this really as significant as it sounds? (old.reddit.com)
Is there a large group of Israelis that support Palestine, and/or are not Zionists, and/or believe in peaceful solutions to the conflict? And if so, do they have any voice in government? (old.reddit.com)
Since Washington D.C. is only the size of a city, why would it become its own state instead of being absorbed into the bordering states of Virginia and Maryland? (old.reddit.com)
The Judiciary Act of 1869 would consist of Supreme Court justices and 9 Circuit Courts. Each Supreme Court justices was assigned a Circuit Court. Historically up to 1869 there had been the same number of Supreme Court justices and Circuit Courts. (old.reddit.com)
Why hasn't there been any military interventions in Myanmar by the international community in order to stop the human rights abuses going on for decades? (old.reddit.com)
Hello, I am from Greece and am very intered in how the electoral college in America works. Can someone explain it to me like I am a 5 year old? Thank you and sorry if this question does not belong on this sub. (old.reddit.com)
People keep thanking Trump for the vaccines and Operation Warp Speed. How much of these successes are attributable to him? And how much is attributable to Biden? (old.reddit.com)
(Voting question) How would the United States defend against the worst kinds of populism (or extremism) if it got rid of the Electoral College? (old.reddit.com)
Minimum wage debate question: if studies say minimum wage should be set to about 60% of the median wage, would this be a self driving upward force on the median wage and thus on the minimum? Would it eventually even out? (old.reddit.com)
Ted Cruz has recently been scrutinized for traveling to Mexico while the state of Texas is experiencing infrastructure issues due to snow storms. Is it deserved? (old.reddit.com)
If the federal minimum wage were raised to $15 or anything else, who would it directly apply to and who wouldn't it apply to? Also, could individual states still set their own minimum wage higher or lower than the federal one if they wanted to? (old.reddit.com)
Why are there more ideological conservatives than liberals in the US but Democrats make up a larger share of the population compared to Republicans? (old.reddit.com)
I just read past US presidents still get access to classified intelligence, is that true? If so, why is that if they no longer have a "need to know"? (old.reddit.com)
Is it true that the USA's Democrat party are not actually as left as the UK's Labour and actually closer to the right-wing Conservatives? (old.reddit.com)