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+====Congressional GOP will lose because of Trump; Obama’s record is critical to down-ballot Dems==== |
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+**Tracy 10/24** (Abigail, staff @ Vanity Fair, "TRUMP IS TANKING—AND OBAMA WANTS TO TAKE THE G.O.P. DOWN WITH HIM", http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/10/donald-trump-barack-obama-election-2016) |
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+As Donald Trump lurches toward defeat, cocky Democrats are turning their attention to Congress |
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+AND |
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+much he’ll take the G.O.P. down with him. |
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+====Obama’s actions on nuclear energy prove that pro-nuclear is key to 2016, it’s the kind of reach across the aisle moderate view that grabs votes.==== |
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+**Street 14** CHRISS W. STREET. Obama Triangulates, Okays some Nuclear Power. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/10/29/obama-politically-triangulates-in-favor-of-nuclear-power/ |
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+After a two-year suspension in issuing nuclear power plant licenses, the U |
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+AND |
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+eliminating some contentious Obamacare issues, and modestly cutting the corporate tax rate. |
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+====Senate control key to CTBT – That stops prolif==== |
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+**Hastings 16** (Sam, 8/19, staff @ Joplin Independent, "Easy solution for ridding gridlock", http://www.joplinindependent.com/ display'article.php/hastings1471634838) |
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+The US Senate is up for grabs. Republicans hold 54 seats but 34 senate |
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+AND |
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+would sign), the single easiest and verifiable way to stop nuclear proliferation. |
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+====Norm erosion coming; causes escalatory nuclear use – Only CTBT solves==== |
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+**Robinson 9/1** (Kathy, Senior Public Policy Director for the WAND Education Fund, a national nonprofit that educates public and opinion leaders about the need to reduce violence and militarism, "Senate should support efforts against nuclear tests", http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/294087-senate-should-support-efforts-to-against-nuclear-tests) |
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+In this geopolitical environment, we cannot afford to be unclear about the global norm |
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+AND |
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+when thinking of a particular example, like India and Pakistan for instance. |
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+====Women uniquely want a ban on nuclear testing—impacts their entire way of life and the fight against testing is intimately tied unequal power relations between men and women. That turns the aff—gender marginalization is inevitable if nuclear testing can occur. ==== |
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+**Rolls 14** Sharon Bhagwan Rolls. FemLINKPACIFIC: Women building a more peaceful Pacific. BANNING NUCLEAR WEAPONS A PACIFIC ISLANDS PERSPECTIVE. 2014. |
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+Generations of Pacific island women have voiced concern about the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons |
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+AND |
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+media, public demonstrations and civil disobedience – peace is on its way. |