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Kristi Lynn Noem (/ n oʊ m / NOHM; [1] née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician who has served since 2019 as the 33rd governor of South Dakota.A member of the Republican Party, she was the U.S. representative for South Dakota's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2019, and a member of the South Dakota House of Representatives for the 6th district from 2007 to 2011.
President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law on March 23, 2010, in the East Room before a select audience of nearly 300 people. He stated that the health reform effort, designed after a long and acrimonious debate facing fierce opposition in the Congress to expand health insurance coverage, was based on "the core principle that everybody should have some basic security ...
Although the CDC was one of the first government agencies to study gun related data, in 1996 the Dickey Amendment, passed with the support of the National Rifle Association of America, states "none of the funds available for injury prevention and control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention may be used to advocate or promote gun ...
In addition, most employees in the legislative branch of the federal government are excepted service employees. Until the Civil Service Due Process Amendments Act of 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101-376, 104 Stat. 461), employees in the excepted service who did not have veteran's preference did not have the right to appeal adverse actions to the United ...
Jeffrey Martin Landry (/ ˈ l æ n d r i / LAN-dree; [1] born December 23, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served since 2024 as the 57th governor of Louisiana.A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th attorney general of Louisiana from 2016 to 2024 and as the U.S. representative for Louisiana's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2013.
Ronald Dion DeSantis (/ d ɪ ˈ s æ n t ɪ s, d iː-/; born September 14, 1978) is an American politician serving since 2019 as the 46th governor of Florida.A member of the Republican Party, he served as the U.S. Representative from Florida's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2018.
Roy Asberry Cooper III (/ ˈ k ʊ p ər / KUUP-ər [1] [a]; born June 13, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving since 2017 as the 75th governor of North Carolina.A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 50th attorney general of North Carolina from 2001 to 2017, and in the North Carolina General Assembly, in both the House, from 1987 to 1991, and the Senate, from 1991 ...
Joshua David Shapiro [1] (born June 20, 1973) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2023 as the 48th governor of Pennsylvania.A member of the Democratic Party, he was the attorney general of Pennsylvania from 2017 to 2023 and served on the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners from 2012 to 2017.