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Thousands Flock for a Chance at Loan Relief

The homeowners started lining up at 4 a.m. yesterday, some, like Patricia Ephraim, coming for a second or third day.

Democrats Ask Labor to Forgo 'Secret Rule'

Congressional leaders demanded yesterday that the Labor Department withdraw an eleventh-hour rule proposal that would make it more difficult to set industry limits on the amount of dangerous chemicals that U.S. workers are exposed to on the job.

Obama Working to Ensure Jewish Vote

Before embarking on a sprawling international trip that would take him to seven countries, two continents and two war zones, Sen. Barack Obama and his campaign staff fixated on a speck on the globe that is slightly smaller than New Jersey: Israel.

The Trail

Barack Obama has bought $5 million in national advertising on NBC and its cable channels during their broadcast of the Olympic Games, the network said Wednesday night.

Berlin Rally Is Off-Limits for Embassy Workers

The U.S. Embassy in Berlin has instructed Foreign Service personnel stationed there not to attend Sen. Barack Obama's public rally today, which the State Department this week labeled a "partisan political activity" prohibited under its regulations for those serving overseas.

GovEdWeb News

GovEdWeb Joins Forces with NE Bar Foundation

(8.09.05)

Over thirty high school teachers came to the campus of the University of Nebraska at Omaha in June to participate in the nationally-recognized program, We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution. The program was sponsored by the Nebraska State Bar Foundation and the UNOmaha Department of Political Science.

We the People is designed to promote civic competence and responsibility among the nation’s elementary, middle, and high school students. The Citizen and the Constitution focuses on six units of study, which are listed below. Following the study of these six units comes simulated congressional hearings with student testimony. Through this study and exercise, students demonstrate their understanding of constitutional principles and have opportunities to evaluate and take and defend positions on relevant historical and contemporary issues.

Twelve students from the Institute also took part in PSCI 8150, Seminar in Public Law. The products of their efforts -- book reviews and lesson plans -- are available here on the GovEdWeb site.