Details

Subject(s)

• World politics [Browse]
• United States—Politics and government [Browse]

Editor

• CQ Press [Browse]
• Kerrigan, Heather [Browse]

Issuing body

• CQ Press [Browse]

Series

Historic documents, 0892-080X

Summary note

Each volume in this series begins with an insightful essay that sets the year's events in context, and each documents or set of documents begins with an essay that discusses background history and context of the event covered and the document chosen.

Notes

• "Includes cumulative index, 2006-2010."
• "ISSN 0892-080X."

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on December 16, 2014).

Language note

English

Contents

• January
• Asian carp invade the Great Lakes: January 5, February 8, and December 16, 2010
• Earthquakes devastate Haiti and Chile: January 15 and 17, February 27, and June 2010
• Supreme Court on campaign contributions: January 21, 2010
• State of the Union address and Republican response: January 27, 2010.
• February
• President Obama establishes the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform: February 18 and December 1, 2010
• Federal hiring incentives bill signed: February 22 and 24, and March 18, 2010.
• March
• Iraq parliamentary elections: March 7 and 8, 2010
• Health care reform signed into law: March 21 and 23, 2010
• South Korean naval vessel sunk by torpedo: March 27 and May 20, 2010
• Race to the top education funds awarded: March 29 and August 24, 2010
• Moscow subway attacked by suicide bombers: March 29 and 31, 2010.
• April
• Federal court rules in net neutrality case: April 6, 2010
• The United States and Russia agree to new arms treaty: April 8, 2010
• Unrest in Kyrgyzstan: April 8 and 11 and June 15, 2010
• Polish president and top politicians killed in plane crash: April 18 and August 6, 2010
• Volcanic ash spreads across Europe: April 20, 2010
• Senate debates Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform legislation: April 22 and July 21, 2010
• Arizona passes nation's toughest immigration law: April 23 and July 6, 2010
• Deepwater horizon explosion and oil spill: April 27 and 30, 2010
• First U.S. offshore wind farm approved: April 28 and October 6, 2010.
• May
• Greek financial crisis: May 2, 2010
• Attempted bombing in Times Square: May 4, 2010
• Political crisis in Thailand: May 4, 6, and 23, 2010
• Elena Kagan nominated to U.S. Supreme Court: May 10 and June 28, 2010
• Power shift in the United Kingdom: May 12 and 20, 2010
• Supreme Court rules on life in prison without parole for underage offenders: May 17, 2010
• Midterm primary elections: May 19 and September 15, 2010
• Violence in Jamaica: May 23 and 25 and June 25, 2010
• U.S. Secretary of State tours Asia: May 25, 2010
• "Don't ask, don't tell" repealed: May 27, September 21, and November 30, 2010
• Israel raids Gaza flotilla: May 31, 2010.
• June
• Supreme Court rules on Miranda rights: June 1, 2010
• Supreme Court rules on material support of terrorist organizations: June 21, 2010.
• July
• The United States and Russia exchange spies: July 8, 2010
• South Africa assesses the success of the 2010 FIFA World Cup: July 14, 2010
• Changes in the publishing industry: July 19 and 22, 2010
• Wildfires impact Russia: July 30 and August 2, 2010
• China surpasses Japan to become the world's second largest economy: July 30, 2010.
• August
• Proposed Islamic cultural center sparks controversy: August 3 and 13, 2010
• U.S. district judge overturns California ban on gay marriage: August 4, 2010
• Last U.S. combat troops leave Iraq: August 19 and 31, 2010
• Violence in Somalia increases: August 24 and December 22, 2010
• Housing market hits 15-year low: August 24, September 23, October 25, November 23, and December 22, 2010
• Floods devastate Pakistan: August 26 and 27, 2010.
• September
• FBI report on crime in the United States: September 13, 2010
• Parliamentary elections held in Afghanistan: September 16 and December 12, 2010
• U.S. poverty level hits fifteen-year high: September 16, 2010
• France imposes ban on face veils and deports Roma gypsies: September 29 and October 7 and 19, 2010
• Ecuador in crisis: September 30, 2010.
• October
• UN releases report on war crimes in the Congo: October 1, 2010
• Brazilians elect first female president: October 4 and November 1, 2010
• Toxic sludge blankets Hungarian villages: October 5, 6, 7, and 9, 2010
• Guinea election sparks delays and violence: October 8 and 25, November 9 and 19, and December 3, 2010
• Chinese dissident awarded Nobel Peace Prize: October 9 and December 7, 10, and 11, 2010
• Thirty-three Chilean miners rescued: October 13, 14, and 18, 2010
• United Nations announces Rinderpest virus eradication: October 14, 2010
• Europeans protest austerity measures and EU monetary policy: October 21, 26, and 29, 2010
• U.S. officials on intercepted package bombs: October 29, 2010
• International collaboration on settlement of Nagorno-Karabakh region: October 29 and December 1, 2010.
• November
• Responses to the 2010 midterm elections: November 2 and 3, 2010
• National Cancer Institute on the link between CT scans and lung cancer deaths: November 4 and 26, 2010
• Pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi released: November 13, 2010
• EU and IMF help stabilize Ireland's banking system: November 28 and 29, 2010
• U.S. Department of State responds to Wikileaks: November 29 and December 1, 2010. European Union begins Google antitrust investigation: November 30, 2010.
• December
• Child nutrition bill signed into law: December 1, 2, and 13, 2010
• Violence increases after election in Côte D'ivoire: December 5 and 23, 2010
• U.S. Census Bureau releases 2010 American community survey and census data: December 14 and 21, 2010
• 9/11 first responder health bill signed into law: December 20 and 22, 2010.

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ISBN

• 1-60871-725-9
• 1-60871-777-1

OCLC

748242295

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