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In 1969, Democrats and Republicans united to get rid of the electoral college. Here's what happened
It turned out to be a bipartisan effort.
In 1969, Republican President Richard Nixon supported a push in Congress to abolish the electoral college. So too did his rival in the presidential race a year earlier, Democrat Hubert Humphrey.
The reason both united in support: Former Alabama Gov. George Wallace.
Wallace — who had famously said, “Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever” — stoked racial animosity as the candidate of the American Independent Party. He won five Southern states and netted 46 electoral votes.
Even before the 1968 election, there was fear that Wallace would win some electoral votes and possibly cause a tie between Nixon and Humphrey. Under the Constitution, the House of Representatives would then select the president and the Senate the vice president.
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http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-electoral-college-history-20161219-story.html
Spoiler: You can guess which region's Senators blocked the amendment.
Hey Trumpers- This is what unfettered capitalism leads to
Highways shut, flights grounded as smog blankets China's Tianjin
By Norihiko Shirouzu and Natalie Thomas | BEIJING
Authorities in Tianjin grounded dozens of flights and closed most highways on Sunday after severe smog blanketed the city, one of more than more than 40 in China's northeast to issue pollution warnings in the past 48 hours.
Air quality index (AQI) readings at some monitoring stations in Tianjin, a port and industrial city southeast of Beijing, peaked above 400, state-run news agency Xinhua said. Anything above 300 is considered hazardous by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
China's environmental watchdog issued a five-day warning on Friday about choking smog spreading across the northeast and ordered factories to shut, recommended residents stay indoors and curbed traffic and construction work.
Pollution alerts have become increasingly common in China's northern industrial heartland, especially during winter when energy demand - much of it met by coal - skyrockets.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-pollution-tianjin-idUSKBN1470C4
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