Current Event (Abortion)

1. The House of Representatives, bill supported by New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith.

2. The House is expected to pass a bill that prohibits any tax paying dollars to be used for abortion services. People who use governments programs for their health insurance would not be able to buy any plans that cover abortion. 

3. January 28, 2014

4. The Republicans in the House of Representatives are trying to pass a bill that would keep billions in tax-payer dollars from funding any health insurance plans that cover abortion services. They are obviously against abortion and are not only pushing to ban tax dollars from being used for abortion, but also trying to make the first step towards making abortion itself illegal. The Democrats are not expected to take up the bill and the White House issued a veto threat for the bill as well. 

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Current Event (5th Amendment)

1) Who - Illinois high school teacher John Dryden and his employer, Jack Barshinger.
2) What - High school was docked pay and reprimanded for informing his students of their 5th amendment right not to incriminate themselves before taking a deeply personal survey.
3) Where - Batavia High School in Batavia, Illinois.
4) When - May 2013.
5) Why - Dryden was only informing his students about their constitutional rights but Barshinger said he broke the rules by influencing the students not to take the survey or lie on the survey, which defeated the survey's purpose of finding the students that needed help.


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