National Agenda 2019: Direction Democracy featuring Chris Christie
Donald Trump will be impeached by the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, Chris Christie told a packed Mitchell Hall audience on Wednesday night, Nov. 7. But he won’t be removed by the Senate, he added. With trademark candor, sharp humor and a palpable pride for his alma mater, the former New Jersey governor and presidential hopeful, a 1984 graduate of the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke as part of the National Agenda Speaker Series on “Deciphering Political Power.”
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Delaware Debates 2018: U.S. House of Representatives
Just 20 days before the 2018 elections, which some political observers see as potentially the most significant midterms in decades, candidates for the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives met to debate at the University of Delaware. The pair of debates on Wednesday evening, October 17, in the University of Delaware’s Mitchell Hall featured the major-party candidates for one of Delaware’s Senate seats and for its only seat in the House. In each race, an incumbent Democrat is seeking re-election against a Republican challenger.
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National Agenda 2018: “Midterm Matters” featuring Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan
NOVEMBER 14 – The final installment of the National Agenda speaker series featured award-winning Washington Post journalists Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan. Their talk focused on the idea that “Facts Matter” as people navigate what some have deemed a “post-truth” world.
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