Just over a week after President Obama announced that the Affordable Care Act, more commonly known as Obamacare, is here to stay, the President made an announcement from the White House Briefing Room that enrollment numbers have topped 8 million sign ups. This figure comes as a surprise to many, especially Republican critics of the […]
Following the pattern of all the recent talks on budget proposals and spending plans by both parties, House Budget Committee Chair, Paul Ryan has presented another budget spending proposal for the next ten years that the House has passed along partisan lines, just a few days ago. This proposal comes with much attention being placed […]
As March came to a close, the Obamacare insurance exchange hit their 7 million person sign-up goal this week, prompting supporters to tout the law’s seemingly growing numbers, while opponents highlight the struggles of the law to attract the real numbers necessary to become sustainable and the many glitches with the exchange website and the […]
In the wake of Russia’s continued aggression in the region of Crimea and their unwillingness to listen to western calls to exit the region, President Obama announced that he, and the other 6 countries of the former G-8 would not be attending the economic summit in Sochi, Russia this year. The G-8 is a forum […]
With all the attention on the recent budget proposal by President Obama for this fiscal year, it is important to understand the details of this budget so the American people are aware of its impact, and more importantly, where their money is being spent. President Obama recently proposed a $3.9 trillion blueprint for spending that […]
With the United States and the world facing a multitude of problems from crisis in Ukraine and Venezuela, to looming healthcare bills and rising oil prices in the United States, we take this blog post to discuss the work of our leaders in Washington and how they are responding at such a testing time. Ukraine: […]
It is evident that Ukraine, the Eastern European country that is home to 46 million people, has been all over the news, as images of protests and violence have surfaced, in the past few weeks, displaying the country’s dire situation. It is important for the average American citizen to understand the situation as it has […]
Venezuela. This Latin American country often goes not talked about in the United States, as it has not been a large security risk, economic threat, or important area of trade and for that matter a country of tremendous interest in U.S. politics. If it is mentioned, its often due to their mostly anti-American stance of […]
In today’s society, we are constantly bombarded with advertisements for competing companies ranging everywhere from laundry detergents to potato chips to breakfast cereals, as companies look to capture the attention of consumers and encourage them to by their products. The same can be said about the monopoly in America regarding news sources. In a world […]
In President Obama’s most recent State of the Union address, he made a call to action for Congress to, “give America a raise.” This meant of course raising the minimum wage from the current $7.25 an hour to his proposed $10.10 an hour. In the aftermath of this proposition, economists analyzed the effects introducing this […]
In his latest State of the Union address President Obama made the comment that this year, if Congress was unwilling to act, he would utilize “the pen and the phone” to push legislation through. What the president is referring to here is of course his use of executive action to enact legislation that he feels […]
The midterm elections are fast approaching in November 2014; and, their potential impact is already being felt throughout Washington. It is already evident that both parties want to be on the “right” side of popular issues so as to ensure their reelection and party control in both houses of Congress for the next two years.Democrats […]
This past week marked an important landmark in Internet legislation as The D.C. Court of Appeals struck down the FCC’s ruling that prohibited Internet providers, like Verizon and AT&T, from blocking any legal information or access on their network. This notion is based on the concept of open Internet rules, which demand that providers remain […]
It’s pretty safe to say that 2013 caught a lot of voters by surprise. I mean, I think we expected the usual partisan gridlock in Washington, but I don’t think ANY of us expected this to be literally the most unproductive Congress in the history of the country. Yeah… like, ever… and it wasn’t even […]
This Thanksgiving, WE at Follow My Vote would like to extend our deepest thanks to all of our friends, family, fans, and followers! Since the day our company was founded (July 4, 2012), WE have been working tirelessly to get to where we are at today and would like to sincerely thank you for helping […]
Calling all those that wish they had the power to truly make a difference in the world… WE need YOUR help! Follow My Vote is a new start-up working hard to build a mobile app to empower “We the People” of the United States of America to hold our elected officials accountable. We’d like to […]
Gobblerfest 2013, which took place on September 6, was a super-charged event where Follow My Vote had the opportunity to educate the people about who we are and what we hope to accomplish in the future! We registered a ton of users for our mobile app that should hit the major app markets this December! […]
Today, we are excited to announce the launch of our crowdfunding campaign, one we hope will be a great success! Yesterday marked the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘I Have A Dream’ speech, a speech that changed the world…forever! To commemorate his historic speech, which took place on August 28th, 1963, thousands […]
Follow My Vote is extremely proud to announce that we have just become an official sponsor of Virginia Tech’s Gobblerfest, which will take place on Friday, September 6, from 4-8pm EST. We will also have a booth setup at the event. So, if you will be in the area, be sure to come by and show […]
Follow My Vote was born on the 4th of July in 2012, founded on the principles of freedom, as a tribute to the Founding Fathers of The United States of America. Since then, we’ve been hard at work laying the foundation on which to build our business. Although we aren’t ready to launch our app […]