Chase Martin's AP Government Blog

A recent poll gathered by CNN shows that more people care about getting the economy back in line than care about protecting the environment....

When Obama was running for president, his running opponent, John McCain was constantly calling for more offshore oil drilling in the United ...

It seems that in the near past any guidelines relating to student loans were completely ignored, as if they were being followed by pirates. ...

We just got done studying the Supreme Court in AP Government, and since then they have made a landmark decision that could effect thousands ...

Opponents of the recently passed health care bill are thinking twice about repealing it. The reason for this sudden decision against appeal...

Before Sunday's health care vote, popular support for the bill was quite low. However, since the positive vote, support for the bill ha...

It seems that whenever you turn on the television, the easily most outspoken person regarding anything that Obama is doing in the White Hous...

When a hacker broke into the private emails of the U.K.'s University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit, emails were made pu...

Obama recently said, "If this bill fails, the insurance industry will continue to run amok." This statement shows just how much O...

Tuesday will be an influential day for the Supreme Court. One of the biggest cases in many years will come in front of the justices, and the...

It is only February in the new year of 2010, but still almost no large decision has been made by Congress yet this year. The scary thing is...

The 2010 Census Can perhaps be considered one of the most important in recent history. With public support of President Obama well below 50...

One of the precedents set under the Miranda vs. Arizona case is the fact that a criminal has the right to know he has the right to an attorn...

In 1999, Paul Powell killed a 16 year old girl in the state of Virginia, but was only convicted of raping the girl's 14 year old sister ...

After Sarah Palin lost the 2008 election as the vice presidential candidate with Senator McCain, she resigned as the governer of Alaska. Ho...

A recent poll done by CNN revealed that most people in the United States are dissatisfied with the way that democracy is working in our coun...

This last year, the Democrats proposed a unique health care plan for the United States. The plan started out with a popularity that was ove...

On Tuesday the United States Supreme Court hears cases about the controversial Patriot Act, and whether or not it violates people's free...

As the government attempts once again to reform health care, President Obama made it clear recently that one thing should be included in the...

The last few months have been quite hard on Congress, and the Democrats in particular. Now, finally, the Democrats and the rest of Congress...