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FOSSIL FUELS - CAN ALTERNATIVE ENERGY EFFECTIVELY REPLACE FOSSIL FUELS? 4 ANIMAL TESTING - SHOULD ANIMALS BE USED FOR SCIENTIFIC OR COMMERCIAL TESTING? 5 BANNED BOOKS - SHOULD PARENTS OR OTHER ADULTS BE ABLE TO BAN BOOKS FROM SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES? 6 BIG THREE AUTO BAILOUT - SHOULD THE BIG THREE CAR MANUFACTURERS BE BAILED OUT BY THE US GOVERNMENT? 7 BINGE-WATCHING - IS BINGE-WATCHING GOOD FOR YOU? HEALTH & MEDICINE Medical Marijuana Euthanasia & Assisted Suicide Vaping E-Cigarettes Vaccines for Kids Milk - Is It Healthy? OTC Birth Control Abortion Vegetarianism Obesity a Disease? Obamacare Right to Health Care Prescription Drug Ads 8 BORN GAY? - IS SEXUAL ORIENTATION DETERMINED AT BIRTH? 9 BOTTLED WATER BAN - SHOULD BOTTLED WATER BE BANNED? 10 CELL PHONE RADIATION - ARE CELL PHONES SAFE? 11 CHURCHES AND TAXES - SHOULD CHURCHES (DEFINED AS CHURCHES, TEMPLES, MOSQUES, SYNAGOGUES, ETC.) REMAIN TAX-EXEMPT? 12 CLIMATE CHANGE - IS HUMAN ACTIVITY PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE? 13 COLLEGE EDUCATION - IS A COLLEGE EDUCATION WORTH IT? EDUCATION School Uniforms Standardized Tests Tablets vs. Textbooks College Education Worth It? Teacher Tenure Student Loan Debt School Vouchers Corporal Punishment Banned Books Homework Free College D.A.R.E (archived 6/3/13) 14 COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS - SHOULD COLLEGE FOOTBALL REPLACE THE BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (BCS) WITH A PLAYOFF SYSTEM? 15 CONCEALED HANDGUNS - SHOULD ADULTS HAVE THE RIGHT TO CARRY A CONCEALED HANDGUN? 16 CORPORAL PUNISHMENT - SHOULD CORPORAL PUNISHMENT BE USED IN K-12 SCHOOLS? 17 CORPORATE TAX RATE & JOBS - DOES LOWERING THE FEDERAL CORPORATE INCOME TAX RATE CREATE JOBS? 18 CUBA EMBARGO - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES MAINTAIN ITS EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA? 19 DACA & DREAMERS - ARE DACA (DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS) AND THE DREAM ACT GOOD FOR AMERICA? 20 DAKOTA PIPELINE - SHOULD THE DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE BE COMPLETED? 21 D.A.R.E. - IS THE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM GOOD FOR AMERICA'S KIDS (K-12)? 22 DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES KEEP DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME? POLITICS Death Penalty Drinking Age - Lower It? Illegal Immigration Gun Control Recreational Marijuana Mandatory National Service ACLU - Good for America? Concealed Handguns Sanctuary Cities Under God in the Pledge DACA & Dreamers Dakota Pipeline WTC Muslim Center (archived 6/3/13) 23 DEATH PENALTY - SHOULD THE DEATH PENALTY BE ALLOWED? 24 DRINKING AGE - SHOULD THE DRINKING AGE BE LOWERED FROM 21 TO A YOUNGER AGE? 25 DRONE STRIKES OVERSEAS - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES CONTINUE ITS USE OF DRONE STRIKES ABROAD? 26 DRUG USE IN SPORTS - SHOULD PERFORMANCE ENHANCING DRUGS (SUCH AS STEROIDS) BE ACCEPTED IN SPORTS? 27 EUTHANASIA & ASSISTED SUICIDE - SHOULD EUTHANASIA OR PHYSICIAN-ASSISTED SUICIDE BE LEGAL? 28 ELECTION DAY NATIONAL HOLIDAY - SHOULD THE ELECTION DAY BE MADE A NATIONAL HOLIDAY? 29 ELECTORAL COLLEGE - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES USE THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS? SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Animal Testing Cell Phone Radiation Alternative Energy vs. Fossil Fuels Climate Change Net Neutrality Police Body Cameras Bottled Water Ban Zoos GMOs 30 FELON VOTING - SHOULD FELONS WHO HAVE COMPLETED THEIR SENTENCE (INCARCERATION, PROBATION, AND PAROLE) BE ALLOWED TO VOTE? 31 FIGHTING IN H0CKEY - SHOULD FIGHTING BE ALLOWED IN HOCKEY? 32 FREE COLLEGE - SHOULD PUBLIC COLLEGE BE TUITION-FREE? 33 GAY MARRIAGE - SHOULD GAY MARRIAGE BE LEGAL? 34 GMOs - SHOULD GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS (GMOs) BE GROWN? 35 GOLD STANDARD - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES RETURN TO A GOLD STANDARD? 36 GOLF - IS IT A SPORT? 37 GUN CONTROL - SHOULD MORE GUN CONTROL LAWS BE ENACTED? 38 HOMEWORK - IS HOMEWORK BENEFICIAL? ELECTIONS & PRESIDENTS 2020 Presidential Election Felon Voting Electoral College Lowering the Voting Age to 16 Election Day National Holiday Voting Machines Ronald Reagan Bill Clinton 2008 Presidential Election (archived 1/19/09) 2012 Presidential Election (archived 1/22/13) 2016 Presidential Election (archived 1/21/17) 39 ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION - WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA? 40 INSIDER TRADING BY CONGRESS - SHOULD INSIDER TRADING BY CONGRESS BE ALLOWED? 41 ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT - WHAT ARE THE SOLUTIONS TO THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT? 42 MANDATORY NATIONAL SERVICE - SHOULD THE UNITED STATES HAVE MANDATORY NATIONAL SERVICE? 43 MEDICAL MARIJUANA - SHOULD MARIJUANA BE A MEDICAL OPTION? 44 MILK - IS DRINKING MILK HEALTHY FOR HUMANS? 45 MINIMUM WAGE - SHOULD THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE BE INCREASED? 46 NATIONAL ANTHEM PROTESTS - IS REFUSING TO STAND FOR THE NATIONAL ANTHEM AN APPROPRIATE FORM OF PROTEST? 47 NET NEUTRALITY - SHOULD NET NEUTRALITY BE RESTORED? 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