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Name: **Brian Kingure__The Reason you should vote for my bill:__** The reason you should vote for my bill is my bill will help diminish the hate crimes in the USA. The Anti-Hate Crimes Program will do its best to enforce the hate crime laws, and to make sure that no hate crimes are comitted. The pennalty for committing a hate crime will go up and depending of the type of crime, it is. The AHCP is going to be paid for by the people through their taxes, and through social groups. If this bill passes, it will make America a better place, because there will be less descrimination due to the fact that the people who commited the hate crimes would be in jail if they were caught. State: **Nebraska** Political Party: **Moderate** Politician: **Ben Nelson** __**Shared Views between Ben Nelson and I:**__ Ben Nelson and I both agree that we need to strengthen our economy and reduce debt. The more debt that is reduced, the better the economy will be and the more it would improve. Debt has a very big impact on our economy. We also agree that jobs are important to the economy improving as well. The more people that have jobs, the better off everyone will be. __**5 Interesting Facts on Nebraska:**__
 * 1** Kool aid was invented in Nebraska in 1927.
 * 2** Nebreaska was one of the first states to provide the state with educational television in 1963.
 * 3** Nebraska is the only state in the union with one house legislature.
 * 4** The Sand Hills in central and North Central Nebraska consist of grass covered sand dunes asnd cover over one-quarter of the state.
 * 5** The swing in Hebron, Nebraska is claimed to be the biggest porch swing in the world, long enough to fit eighteen adults, or twenty-four children.

__**5 Facts on the State:**__ __**3**__ The government gives the power to the people(Voting). __**4**__ The government has programs that help Americans if they have a debt or problem that could be resolved easily resolved. __**5**__ The government does the good by doing bad(FBI,CIA,taxes). __**3 Issues:**__ __**Health Care:**__ In Nebraska, the government wants to remove health care, but Nebraska wants to keep it. Health care is very important to everyone. However its purpose was not originally meant for everyone. It was meant for special groups such as the military and other governmentally funded groups. Another form of health care was the SCHIP or the State Childrens' Health Insurance Program. In 2010 the Patient Protection Act was passed, it is a version of health care that was created to bring down the cost of health care. Health Care is the treatment for illnesses and the help for ill people. The government is very secretive about many things. An example is the FBI. The government monitors phone calls so they can try and intercept plans for terrorist attacks. This way, they can stop them before they happen. This is an unlawful secrecy, and is a violation of every American’s liberties and freedom’s. Now we must understand that the National Security Agency (NSA) does require secrecy, but not like this. This use of their power is unjust and unlawful. The government has been abusing their power like this since after World War Two and the Cold War. The FOIA or the Freedom of Information Act allowed citizens to request the release of some government information, but there are some exemptions to the nation’s security. The government does after all keep a lot of things classified from the public.
 * 1** The State bird is the Western Meadowhawk.
 * 2** The state animal is the white tailed deer.
 * 3** The state flower is the Goldenrod.
 * 4** The state insect is the honey bee.
 * 5** The state tree is the cotton wood.
 * __5 Issue Related Facts:__**
 * __1__**The government is responsible for a lot of useful programs(Health Care, taxes,environmental activism, etc.)
 * __2__** The government uses tax dollars to keep the military in order so that they can protect us and keep our nation free.
 * __Government Secrecy:__**

__**Tax Reform:**__ Some say that the United States was built from tax reform efforts, and in a sense, it was. We have taxes on just about anything that we purchase today. An example of a major tax reform would be the Stamp Act. No taxation without representation. Now, laws do require that taxes be drawn from varoius places. (Income, sales, property, inheritance, and coperate/city gains) Most of the time our tax dollars go to programs sponsored by the government, like the military or the the Red Cross. But as we all know, taxes can cause major problems in times of war. Taxes go up because of expenses, services, and the availability of a product. An example would be gasoline. __**Resources Used/Bibliography:**__ __**1.**__ United States. Stanford University. //Google//. Ed. Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Larry Page, 4 Sept. 1998. Web. 06 Apr. 2011. []. __**2.**__ Boehm, Eric, Ron Boehm, and Becky Snyder. //Www.abc-clio.com//. Eric Boehm, 1953. Web. 7 Mar. 2011. [|http://www.abc-clio.com]. //__**3.**__//Gruener, Garret, David Warthen, and Dough Leeds. //Ask.com - What's Your Question?// Unknown, 1996. Web. 06 Apr. 2011. []. **//__4.__//**//Johanns, Mike. Mike Johanns.com/Senator. Web. 06 Apr. 2011.// [|//http://johanns.senate.gov/public/?p=PressReleases//] __**5.**__Nelson, Ben, //Ben Nelson, U.S. Senator for Nebraska//. Web. 06 Apr. 2011. []. __**6.**__ Yang, Jerry, and David Filo. //Yahoo!// Internet Computer Software, 1 Mar. 1995. Web. 06 Apr. 2011. []. // **__7.__** Msnbc.com - Breaking News, Science and Tech News, World News, US News, Local News- Msnbc.com //. Ed. NBCUniversal/Microsoft. NBCUniversal/Microsoft, 1996. Web. 06 Apr. 2011. . //**__8.__**// Turner Broadcasting System Inc., 1 June 1980. Web. 06 Apr. 2011. [|http://www.cnn.com]. **__9.__** //Bing//. Ed. Microsoft. Microsoft, 3 June 2009. Web. 06 Apr. 2011. []. **__10.__**Unknown, Unknown. "Nebraska." //History, Geography// (Unknown): 1. Print. []