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Richard M. Nixon became the first president to resign his office, Democrats netted 49 new House seats in the November 1974 congressional elections, a tidal wave that opened the way for a burst of post-Watergate reforms.
New limits on campaign contributions, the Ethics in Government Act, the Presidential Records Act, the creation of a legal framework for special prosecutors all these and more burst out of Congress between 1974 and 1978. Not all those laws succeeded, but many of their provisions continue to set limits on elected officials more than four decades later.
Democrats and some former Republicans hoped for a similarly sweeping election victory this year, believing that
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Ivanka Trump to campaign with David Perdue, Kelly Loeffler in Georgia Follow Us
Question of the Day By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times - Friday, December 18, 2020
Ivanka Trump plans to stump next week in Georgia on behalf of Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, seeking to bolster the GOP’s chances of defending the seats in crucial runoff races.
Ms. Trump, a daughter and senior adviser to President Trump, will be sharing the spotlight Monday with Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris, who is slated to campaign with Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock.
Ms. Trump has three stops penciled in and, according to the press release, she plans to “highlight the historic accomplishments of the Trump Administration with the help of the Republican Senate Majority, along with the importance of voting in the Georgia runoff elections.”