Dream Act
A bill known as the Dream Act has been recently rejected by the New York State Senate. Although the vote passed 30 to 29, the New York State Senate rules require that you have to have 32 votes, a majority of the 63 sitting senators. However the bill was doomed from the start because when they called the vote for the bill, they were aware that the lone Republican who had said he would support the bill left to Albany that morning. The bill was suddenly called in that afternoon knowing that there were not enough supporters for the bill. The Dream Act would have affected about 8,000 college- age immigrants who were brought to the United States as kids by their parents. According to Juan Gonzalez, who wrote a piece in the New York Daily News, the Dream Act would have provided tuition assistance by the state to undocumented immigrant college students in the country. Many students were upset that the bill did not pass. In fact, students protested the vote in New York City on the night of March 19. They were upset that there was not enough support for the bill when it was voted out. In addition, the governor has not pushed for the bill to be passed. He has made other issues a priority but nothing about the Dream Act has come up.
http://www.democracynow.org/2014/3/20/dream_act_narrowly_fails_in_ny
Toyota Fined $1.2B for Safety Violations in Cars
Recently, Toyota has been fined a record breaking 1.2 billion dollars. They were fined to resolve the safety defects in its cars. The penalty consists of Toyota misleading customers about the problem that forced the cars’ to accelerate even as drivers tried to slow down. According to Attorney General Eric Holder, this fine is the largest in the history of the United States. He also thinks fining Toyota is an appropriate action because of the amount of trickery that was involved in this case. Toyota’s actions displayed a total disregard for the systems and laws put in place for the protection of consumers. Toyota admitted to protecting its own brand instead of its customers. By Toyota making this statement, it reflects that they knew exactly what they were doing and abused the trust of public. Attorney General Eric Holder also stated that this case could serve as a model for other car safety cases such as General Motors who had a recall on millions of vehicles because of a faulty ignition switch.
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