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  • Rethinking Welfare-to-Work: A Microsimulation Exploring the Impact of a Working Families Tax Credit on Oregon Poverty

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    Richards, Jaxon
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    The State of Oregon possesses a tumultuous relationship with the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and currently experiences one of the lowest participation rates in the country despite attempting several policy reforms. The State of Washington has exhibited a comparatively similar relationship. However, it has adopted a distinctive policy supplementation...
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    candidate, Hillary Clinton, received supermajorities from Black and Hispanic communities, both more likely

  • Tweets that Unite? An Exploring the Establishment of First Lady Identity Through Twitter

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    Kolozsvari, Brooke R.
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    American first ladies have long used the media to promote their image. Michelle Obama, the first lady of the @FLOTUS Twitter account, used this government controlled platform to communicate, campaign and bring attention to important White House events. Using Chang Wan Woo et al. rhetorical purpose(s), this study conducts a...
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    , Jacqueline Kennedy, Pat Nixon, Rosalynn Carter, and Hillary Clinton all used strategies to boost their

  • Cultural Theory and Healthcare Policy Preferences

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    Butler, Cyrus M.
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    This study examines healthcare policy preferences of Oregon State University students through the lens of Political Culture Theory, as pioneered by Mary Douglas and Aaron Wildavsky in the 1980’s. The primary goal of this study is to examine the impact of cultural traits as described by Political Culture Theory on...
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    disadvantaged should have to make their own way in the world. 1.917 c. We are all better off when we compete

  • The Women of the Court: Gender Shaping the U.S. Senate Confirmation Process

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    Clairmont, Kimberly
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    Since underrepresented nominees began filling U.S. Supreme Court seats, political scientists have examined the possibility of existing biases towards potential judges based upon their identities or innate characteristics. Some scholars have identified that the gender identification and ethnic affiliations of candidates have affected the behaviors displayed by those involved in...
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    . al 1992). Starting during the Clinton administration, delay became a common tactic for members of

  • Title VII and Employment Discrimination in the LGBTQ+ Communities of Texas and Oregon

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    Melancon, Trystan D.
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    The primary goal of this study is to illuminate the voices of LGBTQ+ individuals in Oregon and Texas who were victims of workplace discrimination due to their LGBTQ+ status in order to highlight the necessity of LGBTQ+ inclusive employment discrimination legislation. This study used qualitative research methods to gather data...
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    corporations over the plaintiff (Dale, 2011). In 1995 Bill Clinton issued Executive Order # 12968 which

  • Reforming the Land of Opportunity: Reframing Citizenship for the Deserving Poor in 1996 U.S. Welfare Policy Reform

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    Montgomery, Ian M.
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    In his July 31, 1996 remarks on welfare reform, President Clinton signaled his intent to sign into law the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA), bipartisan legislation aimed at reforming federal welfare policy. During the press conference, Clinton framed welfare as necessary but ultimately temporary relief, stating its...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Trischa Goodnow In his July 31, 1996 remarks on welfare reform, President Clinton signaled his

  • Family Communication Patterns and Intention to Vote in 2020

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    Couvrette, Monica Adele
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    The primary goal of this study is to look at the influence of family communication patterns on behavior and beliefs, specifically in the context of electoral behavior. In order to effectively influence potential voters and increase the likelihood that they intend to vote in federal elections in the long-term, we...
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    race between George Bush Jr and Al Gore and the 2016 race between Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton

  • A Review of Microfinance: What do we know?

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    Lumianski, Erica
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    Microfinance boomed as a development trend in the early 2000s as it was appealing to varying political perspectives and was also seen as a major innovation in poverty reduction policy. Starting with the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh in 1976, microfinance spread to Latin America in the 1980s, and later to...
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    Faith Fund. In 1986, Muhammad Yunus visited Arkansas to meet with governor Bill Clinton with the

  • Influence of Political Liberalism on Contracting Prison Health Care

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    Yarnall, Robert G.
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    Studies on prison contracting have typically focused on the privatization of entire facilities and carceral services offered to inmates. There has been limited research, however, as to how political ideology influences the extent to which state prisons contract out health care services. There also appears to be a need for...
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    failing to provide them with adequate medical care (F. C. United States Court of Appeals, 1975). And

  • Trouble on the High Seas: An Analysis of Congressional Speech Patterns regarding Sea Level Rise in the 115th Congress

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    Fuller, Joshua A.
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    When running for a political office, a candidate’s platform is important for the voter to understand what the that individual believes. Candidates do not always lay out a concrete platform and tend to stay away from salient issues, such as climate change and its effects, and run on platforms that...
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    ://journals.linguisticsociety.org/elanguage/pragmatics/article/download/175/175- 457-1-PB.pdf Hamilton, L. C. (2010, December 14