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A majority of Americans now view the federal tax system as unfair, including similar shares of Republicans and Democrats. But partisans differ in their concerns about the tax system.
Changes in the dynamics of power in Washington have registered with members of both political parties.
Americans used President Obama’s “We the People” online petitioning system to address health care, veterans’ issues and illnesses among other issues. But the impact of petitions was modest and varied.
In September 2011, the Obama administration announced the creation of an electronic petitioning system called “We the People.” According to the original statement, the platform was meant to give “all Americans a way to create and sign petitions on a range of issues affecting our nation.” “Throughout our history,” the announcement continued, “Americans have used […]
In the nearly five years that “We the People” has existed, 268 petitions have reached the signature threshold to require a response from the White House. The White House has written 227 different responses, although three more were pending as of the time data for this report were collected.[7. numoffset=”7″ Since that time, the White […]
