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Reference Datasets and Historical Texts

The War Powers Act of 1973
U.S. Senate listing
The Writings of Thomas Paine
The Magna Carta
Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes, 1651
Various Link References

Articles

Five Steps to Better Voting
Why Bother Voting?
Why Write a Letter?
Speeches George Washington's Farewell Address
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Inaugural Address
William J. Clinton's Inaugural Address
George W. Bush's 2005 State of the Union Address
Democratic Rebuttal of of 2005 State of the Union Address
Mark Helprin's "Way out of the Wilderness" Speech (2001)
Links
Alaska
Alaska State Sitehttp://www.alaska.gov
Arizona
Arizona State Sitehttp://www.az.gov
Delaware
State of Delaware Sitehttp://www.de.gov
Illinois
State of Illinois Sitehttp://www.il.gov/
Kansas
State of Kansas Sitehttp://www.ks.gov
Kentucky
Commonwealth of Kentucky Sitehttp://www.ky.gov/
Louisiana
State of Louisiana Sitehttp://www.la.gov
Maryland
State of Maryland Sitehttp://www.md.gov
Michigan
Michigan State Sitehttp://www.mi.gov
North Dakota
State of North Dakota Sitehttp://www.nd.gov
Nevada
State of Nevada Sitehttp://www.nv.gov/
State Legislatures Listhttp://www.ncsl.org/public/leglinks.cfm
Ref sources: 13     Categories: 12     (* - URLs without active links are currently unavailable)

News Links

Alaska
Anchorage Daily Newshttp://www.adn.com/
The Bush Bladehttp://www.thebushblade.com/
Alaska Starhttp://www.alaskastar.com/
Daily News-Minerhttp://www.news-miner.com/
Homer Newshttp://www.homeralaska.com/
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Alabama
The Outlookhttp://www.alexcityoutlook.com/
Andalusia Star Newshttp://www.andalusiastarnews.com/
The Anniston Starhttp://www.annistonstar.com/
Atmore Advancehttp://www.atmoreadvance.com/
The Auburn Plainsmanhttp://www.theplainsman.com/
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Arkansas
Daily Siftings Heraldhttp://siftingsherald.com/
The Atkins Chroniclehttp://www.cswnet.com/~chronicl/
Arkansas Weeklyhttp://www.arkansasweekly.com/
The Beebe Newshttp://www.beebenews.com/
Weekly Vistahttp://www.recordtimes.com/weeklyvista/
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Arizona
Ajo Copper Newshttp://tabletoptelephone.com/~cunews/
San Pedro Valley News-Sunhttp://www.bensonnews-sun.com/
Bisbee Observerhttp://www.bisbeeobserver.com/
Bullhead City Beehttp://www.bullheadcity-bee.com/
Camp Verde Buglehttp://www.sedonaverdevalley.com/
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California
The Alameda Timeshttp://www.almadentimes.com/
Modoc County Recordhttp://www.modocrecord.com/
Brentwood Newshttp://www.brentwoodnews.com/
The Arcata Eyehttp://www.arcataeye.com/
Auburn Journalhttp://www.auburnjournal.com/
 First 5 of 160 listed    More...
Colorado
Valley Courierhttp://www.alamosanews.com/
Aspen Daily Newshttp://www.aspendailynews.com/
Aurora Sentinelhttp://www.aurorasentinel.com/
Republican and Fairplay Flumehttp://www.theflume.com/
Pine River Timeshttp://www.pinerivertimes.com/
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Connecticut
Connecticut Posthttp://www.connpost.com/
Bloomfield Journalhttp://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1650
The News-Timeshttp://www.newstimes.com/
Greenwich Timehttp://www.greenwichtime.com/
Clinton Recorderhttp://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1634
 First 5 of 36 listed    More...
District Of Columbia
Thee Advocatehttp://www.stamfordadvocate.com/
Roll Callhttp://www.rollcall.com/
 First 5 listed    More...
Delaware
Delaware Wavehttp://www.delmarvaheadlines.com/delawarewave/
Newzapshttp://www.newszap.com/
Delaware State Newshttp://www.newszap.com/
Cape Gazettehttp://www.CapeGazette.com/
Sussex County Newshttp://www.sussexcountyonline.com/news
 First 5 of 7 listed    More...
Florida
Apalachicola Timeshttp://www.apalachtimes.com/
Boca Beaconhttp://www.bocabeacon.com/
Basta Pinoyhttp://www.bastapinoy.com/
Bradenton Heraldhttp://www.bradentonherald.com/
Hernando Todayhttp://www.hernandotoday.com/
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Georgia
The Albany Heraldhttp://thealbanyherald.com/
Revuehttp://www.appnews.com/
Americus Times Recorderhttp://www.americustimesrecorder.com/
Athens Daily News-Banner-Heraldhttp://www.onlineathens.com/
Atlanta Business Chroniclehttp://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/
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Hawaii
Hawaii Tribune-Heraldhttp://www.hilohawaiitribune.com/
Downtown Planethttp://www.downtownplanet.com
HawaiiReporter.comhttp://hawaiireporter.com/
West Hawaii Todayhttp://westhawaiitoday.com/
MidWeek Magazinehttp://www.midweek.com
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Iowa
Albia Union-Republicanhttp://www.albianews.com/
Ames Tribunehttp://www.amestribune.com/
Independenthttp://www.belmondnews.com/
The Bloomfield Democrathttp://www.bdemo.com/
Burlington Hawk Eyehttp://www.thehawkeye.com/
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Idaho
Boise Weeklyhttp://www.boiseweekly.com/
The South Idaho Presshttp://www.southidahopress.com/
Challis Messengerhttp://www.challismessenger.com/
Coeur dAlene Presshttp://www.cdapress.com/
Wood River Journalhttp://www.wrjournal.com/
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Illinois
The Telegraphhttp://www.thetelegraph.com/
Amboy Newshttp://www.amboynews.com/
Gazette-Democrathttp://www.annanews.com/
Daily Heraldhttp://www.dailyherald.com/
Ashton Gazettehttp://www.ashtongazette.com/
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Indiana
Anderson Herald Bulletinhttp://www.heraldbulletin.com/
Auburn Evening Starhttp://kpcnews.com/
Today in Batesvillehttp://www.tbonews.com/
The Times-Mailhttp://www.tmnews.com/
Bloomington Independenthttp://www.indepen.com/
 First 5 of 60 listed    More...
Kansas
Abilene Reflector-Chroniclehttp://www.abilene-rc.com/
Altamont Journalhttp://www.taylornewspapers.com/
Andover Journal-Advocatehttp://www.andovernet.com/
The Arkansas City Travelerhttp://www.arkcity.net/
Atchison Daily Globehttp://www.atchisondailyglobe.com/
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Kentucky
Clinton County Newshttp://www.clintonnews.net/
The Daily Independenthttp://www.dailyindependent.com/
Mountain Advocatehttp://www.barbourvilleadvocate.com/
Kentucky Standardhttp://www.kystandard.com/
Tribune Courierhttp://www.tribunecourier.com/
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Louisiana
Abbeville Meridionalhttp://www.themeridional.com/
The Timeshttp://www.timesofacadiana.com/
Alexandria Daily Town Talkhttp://www.thetowntalk.com/
Amite Tangi Digesthttp://www.amitetangidigest.com/
The Gonzales Weeklyhttp://www.gonzalesweekly.com/
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Massachusetts
Amesbury Newshttp://www.townonline.com/amesbury/
Andover Townsmanhttp://www.andovertownsman.com/
The Belmont Citizen-Heraldhttp://www.townonline.com/belmont/
The Sun Chroniclehttp://www.thesunchronicle.com/
Worcester Phoenixhttp://www.worcesterphoenix.com/
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Maryland
The Capitalhttp://www.capitalonline.com/
Baltimore Sunhttp://www.sunspot.net
The Carroll County Timeshttp://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd
Diamondbackhttp://www.inform.umd.edu/News/Diamondback/
Life Goes Onhttp://www.lifegoeson.com
 First 5 of 31 listed    More...
Maine
Capitol Weeklyhttp://www.zwire.com/news/newslist.cfm?brd=1469
Bangor Daily Newshttp://www.bangornews.com/
Bar Harbor Timeshttp://www.zwire.com/news/newslist.cfm?brd=1465
The Republican Journalhttp://www.zwire.com/news/newslist.cfm?brd=1466
Journal Tribunehttp://www.journaltribune.com/
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Michigan
Daily Telegramhttp://www.lenconnect.com/
The Allegan County Newshttp://www.allegannews.com/
Ann Arbor News (Mlive)http://www.mlive.com/
The Huron Daily Tribunehttp://www.hdtinfo.com/
Bay City Timeshttp://bc.mlive.com/news/
 First 5 of 94 listed    More...
Minnesota
Nobles County Reviewhttp://www.noblescountyreview.com/
Albany Enterprisehttp://www.albanyenterprise.com/
Albert Lea Tribunehttp://www.albertleatribune.com/
Annandale Advocatehttp://www.annandalearea.com/
Austin Daily Heraldhttp://www.austindailyherald.com/
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Missouri
Star-Heraldhttp://www.thestar-herald.com/
Republican-Clipperhttp://www.bethanyclipper.com/
The Blue Springs Examinerhttp://www.examiner.net/
Bolivar Herald-Free Presshttp://www.bolivarmo.com/bhfp/
Boonville Daily Newshttp://www.boonvilledailynews.com/
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Mississippi
The Sun Heraldhttp://www.sunherald.com/
Daily Leaderhttp://www.dailyleader.com/
The Bolivar Commercialhttp://www.bolivarcom.com/
Delta Democrat Timeshttp://www.ddtonline.com/
Greenwood Commonwealthhttp://www.gwcommonwealth.com/
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Montana
Yellowstone Net Newspaperhttp://www.yellowstone.net/newspaper/
Big Fork Eaglehttp://www.bigforkeagle.com/
Billings Gazettehttp://www.billingsgazette.com/
Bozeman Daily Chroniclehttp://www.gomontana.com/
The Montana Standardhttp://www.mtstandard.com/
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North Carolina
Courier-Tribunehttp://www.courier-tribune.com/
The Asheville Citizen-Timeshttp://www.citizen-times.com/
The Mountain Timeshttp://www.mountaintimes.com/
Times-Newshttp://www.times-news.freedom.com/
Island Gazettehttp://www.islandgazette.com/
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North Dakota
The Bismarck Tribunehttp://www.bismarcktribune.com
Burke County Tribunehttp://www.cndnews.com/bct/
Devils Lake Daily Journalhttp://www.devilslakejournal.com/
The Dickinson Presshttp://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=2165
In-Forum Fargo/Grand Forkshttp://www.in-forum.com
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Nebraska
The Alliance Times-Heraldhttp://www.alliancetimes.com/
Arapahoe Public Mirrorhttp://www.arapahoe-elwoodonline.com/
Arthur Enterprisehttp://www.nebnet.net/arthur/
Beatrice Daily Sunhttp://www.beatricedailysun.com/
The Enterprisehttp://www.enterprisepub.com/
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New Hampshire
Bedford Bulletinhttp://www.neighborhoodpub.com/bulletin%20news.html
Bow Timeshttp://www.neighborhoodpub.com/bownews.html
The Eagle Timeshttp://www.eagle-times.com/
The News and Sentinelhttp://www.colbsent.com/
Concord Monitorhttp://www.concordmonitor.com/
 First 5 of 25 listed    More...
New Jersey
Atlantic Heraldhttp://www.ahherald.com/
Independent Presshttp://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1848
Bridgeton Newshttp://www.bridgetonews.com/
The Courier-Newshttp://www.injersey.com/c-n/
Star and Wavehttp://www.starandwave.com/
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New Mexico
Alamogordo Daily Newshttp://www.alamogordonews.com/
The Albuquerque Tribunehttp://www.abqtrib.com/
Sangre de Christo Chroniclehttp://www.sangrechronicle.com/
News-Bulletinhttp://www.news-bulletin.com/
Carlsbad Current-Argushttp://www.currentargus.com/
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Nevada
Nevada Appealhttp://www.tahoe.com/appeal/
The Nevada Appealhttp://www.nevadaappeal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
Elko Daily Free Presshttp://www.elkodaily.com/
Ely Daily Timeshttp://www.elynews.com/
Record-Courierhttp://www.tahoe.com/recordcourier/
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New York
Albany Times Unionhttp://www.timesunion.com/
The Recorderhttp://www.recordernews.com/
Citizenhttp://www.auburnpub.com/
Baldwin Heraldhttp://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1611
The Daily Newshttp://www.batavianews.com/
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Ohio
The Ada Heraldhttp://www.adaherald.com/
Leader Onlinehttp://www.akron.com/
Ashtabula Star-Beaconhttp://www.starbeacon.com/
The Athens Newshttp://www.athensnews.com/
Bainbridge Banterhttp://www.bainbridgebanter.com/
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Oklahoma
The Ada Evening Newshttp://www.adaeveningnews.com/
Altus Timeshttp://www.altustimes.com/
The Daily Ardmoreitehttp://www.ardmoreite.com/
Cherokee Observerhttp://www.cherokeeobserver.org/
Chickasha Daily Expresshttp://www.chickashanews.com/
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Oregon
Albany Democrat-Heraldhttp://www.dhonline.com/
The Ashland Daily Tidingshttp://www.dailytidings.com/
The Daily Astorianhttp://www.dailyastorian.com/
The Bulletinhttp://www.bendbulletin.com/
Curry Coastal Pilothttp://www.currypilot.com/
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Pennsylvania
The Morning Callhttp://www.mcall.com/
The Main Line Timeshttp://www.mainlinetimes.com/
The Valley Heraldhttp://www.valleyherald.com/
Beaver County Timeshttp://www.timesonline.com/
Blairsville Dispatchhttp://www.blairsvilledispatch.com/
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Rhode Island
East Bay Newspapershttp://www.eastbayri.com/
East Greenwich Pendulumhttp://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1716
Senior Timeshttp://www.seniortimes.com/
Newport This Weekhttp://www.newportthisweek.com/
The North Kingstown Standard Timeshttp://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1715
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South Carolina
Aiken Standardhttp://www.aikenstandard.com/
Anderson Independent-Mailhttp://www.andersonsc.com/
The Beaufort Gazettehttp://www.beaufortgazette.com/
Marlboro Herald Advocatehttp://www.heraldadvocate.com/
Chronicle Independenthttp://www.chronicle-independent.com/
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South Dakota
Aberdeen American Newshttp://www.dnn.com/
Alcester-Hudson Newshttp://www.a-h-enews.com/
Belle Fourche Posthttp://post.bhcn.com/
Brookings Registerhttp://www.brookingsregister.com/
Lawrence County Centennialhttp://lcc.bhcn.com/
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Tennessee
Your Community Shopperhttp://ycsonline.com/
The Daily Post-Athenianhttp://dpa.xtn.net/
Business Journalhttp://www.bjournal.com/
The Chattanooganhttp://www.chattanoogan.com/index.asp
The Leaf-Chroniclehttp://www.clarksvilleinfo.net/leafchronicle.html
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Texas
Abilene Reporter-Newshttp://www.texnews.com/
The Community Newshttp://www.community-news.com/
The Allen Americanhttp://www.allenamerican.com/
Alpine Avalanchehttp://www.alpineavalanche.com/
Amarillo Daily News/Amarillo Globe Timeshttp://www.amarillonet.com/
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Utah
The Beaver Presshttp://www.utahpress.com/beaverpress/
The Blue Mountain Panoramahttp://www.utahpress.com/panorama/
Davis County Clipperhttp://www.clippertoday.com/
Box Elder News Journalhttp://www.benewsjournal.com/
Emery County Progresshttp://www.ecprogress.com/
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Virginia
Floyd Presshttp://www.floydpress.com/
News Journalhttp://www.newsjournal.org/
USA Todayhttp://www.usatoday.com/
Coalfield Progresshttp://www.coalfield.com/
Bland County Messengerhttp://www.blandnews.com/
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Vermont
The Times Argushttp://www.timesargus.com/
Barton Chroniclehttp://www.bartonchronicle.com/
Bennington Bannerhttp://www.benningtonbanner.com/
Journal Opinionhttp://www.jonews.com/
Brattleboro Reformerhttp://www.reformer.com/
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Washington
Daily Worldhttp://www.thedailyworld.com/
Anacortes Americanhttp://www.goanacortes.com/
Bainbridge Island Reviewhttp://www.bainbridgereview.com/
The Reflectorhttp://www.thereflector.com/
Eastside Journalhttp://www.eastsidejournal.com/
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Wisconsin
Tribune-Phonographhttp://www.centralwinews.com/tribune/
Kewaunee Enterprisehttp://www.kewauneeenterprise.com/
The Daily Presshttp://www.ashlandwi.com/
Barron News-Shieldhttp://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?brd=1132
Daily Citizenhttp://www.citizenol.com/
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West Virginia
Register-Heraldhttp://www.register-herald.com/
The Morgan Messengerhttp://www.morganmessenger.com/
Bluefield Daily Telegraphhttp://www.bdtonline.com/
The Charleston Gazettehttp://www.wvgazette.com/
The Clarksburg Exponent/Telegramhttp://www.cpubco.com/
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Wyoming
Casper Star Tribunehttp://www.trib.com/
Wyoming Tribune Eaglehttp://www.wyomingnews.com/
Cody Enterprisehttp://www.codyenterprise.com/
Douglas Budgethttp://www.douglas-budget.com/
Gillette News Recordhttp://www.gillettenewsrecord.com/
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News sources: 2634     Categories: 51     (* - URLs without active links are currently unavailable)

Bibliography

Bibliography

The following bibliography lists various sources used throughout the VoterSpeak site, whether by direct citation or as a general reference. Please note these texts are for reference only and their listing here does not suggest an endorsement of any kind. (Frankly, some of them were so bad we were encouraged to start VoterSpeak...)
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
   Author: 9/11 Commission (Kean, T., Chair)
   ISBN: 0-393-06041-1 		   Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York (2004)
Right Conduct: theories and applications (2nd ed)
   Author: Bayles, M., Henley, K.
   ISBN: 0-394-38060-2 		   Publisher: Random House, New York (1989)
Power and Terror: Post 9/11 Talks and Interviews
   Author: Chomsky, N. (Ed: Junkerman, J. Masakazu, T.)
   ISBN: 1-58322-590-0 		   Publisher: Seven Stories Press, New York (2003)
Progress and Paradox: The Patton Years, 1995-2003
   Author: Ellers, Fran
   ISBN: 1-884532-56-x 		   Publisher: Butler Books, Louisville (2003)
The Bill of Rights: original meaning and current understanding
   Author: Hickock, Eugene W., Jr.
   ISBN: 0-8139-1336-5 		   Publisher: The University Press of Virginia, Virginia (1991)
Mass communication law and ethics
   Author: Moore, Roy
   ISBN: 0-8058-0240-1 		   Publisher: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Hillsdale, NJ (1994)
Republic of Plato
   Author: Plato (MacDonald, Francis, Ed.)
   ISBN: 0-19-500364-0 		   Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, NY (1941)
A Short History of Philosophy
   Author: Solomon, R., Higgins, K.
   ISBN: 0-19-510196-0 		   Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York (1996)
The Political Writings of St. Augustine (Ed. H. Palucci)
   Author: St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
   ISBN: ISBN 0-89526-941-4 		   Publisher: Kampmann & Co. Inc., New York (1987)
The Encyclopedia of World History
   Author: Stearns, P. (Gen. Ed.)
   ISBN: 0-395-65237-5 		   Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, New York (2001)
Ed. Note: Apologies to the various bibliographic citation hawks (former teachers, department chairs, etc.) out there, you will sadly find no consistency to the citations above. The sources came to us in various forms and continue to do so. Whenever possible, we attempted to list author, title, publisher and the ISBN. If you have specific inquiries on an entry, please let us know.

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