This summer, I was fortunate enough to get an internship on a local U.S. Congress campaign. I live in the Pennsylvania 8th district and worked on the campaign of Kathy Boockvar, Democratic challenger to Republican incumbent Mike Fitzpatrick. I was able to meet many interesting people and clarify my own political ideals, but most importantly I got to learn about campaigns and the election process.…
Steve Russell receives monetary contributions from groups such as from Bancfirst, Devon Energy, and Majority Cmte PAC. The sectors he receives the most money from are the Single-Issue, Real Estate, and Energy/Natural Resources. What surprises me is that he receives a large amount of money from real estate groups. How this could be the case is that since he is a business owner, he could deal with a lot of real estate companies to expand his business. The industries where Russell receives the most monetary contributions are Leadership PACs, Oil & Gas, and Retired people. I am not surprised that Oil & Gas are one of his biggest supporters because he is a representative in Oklahoma and Oil & Gas is the biggest companies in the state.…
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The NRLC Political action committee claims to be the single most effective prolife political action committee in the country. They were created in 1979 with the goal of having a say political. Which they have being involved in every federal election since Ronal Reagan was victorious over Jimmy Carter in 1980. So with being involved with politics The NRLC hopes to be supported by as many politicians as possible so they have a better change in stopping abortion. It’s hard to say if they are meeting their goals because it’s currently still a huge problem with people being for abortion and against abortion. Yes they have achieved certain goals just not the main one yet. I don’t feel like this goal will be achieved anytime soon, so yes and no to…
Human services organizations have a mission to help improve the quality of life for those who need their services. If congress passes the bill to regulate the terms and conditions in which certain environment standers that makes human services organization run effectively and efficiently will cause the delivery of service to be complex and bureaucratic and will potentially reduce the quality…
In the Senate Appropriations Committee there are a total of 30 members. There are 16 majority members led by Chairman Barbara Mikulski, senator of Maryland and 14 minor members led by ranking member Richard Shelby of Alabama. The Committee, chaired by Barbara Mikulski (D-Maryland), writes the legislation that allocates federal funds to the numerous government agencies, departments, and organizations on annual basis.12 subcommittees are tasked with drafting legislation to allocate funds to government agencies within their jurisdictions. These subcommittees are responsible for reviewing the President's budget request, hearing testimony from government officials, and drafting the spending plans for the coming fiscal year. Their work is passed on to the full Senate Appropriations Committee, which may review and modify the bills and forward them to the full Senate for consideration. They control all legislative spending in the senate and control all jurisdictions for it. This is also known as a standing committee.…
Super PACs or Super Political Action Committees are “a type of independent political action committee which may raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions, and individuals but is not permitted to contribute to or coordinate directly with parties or candidates” –Oxford Dictionaries…
In fiscal year 2008, there were 11,524 earmarks totaling $16,501,833,000 for appropriations accounts. A Congressional earmark is a provision that directs funds to be spent on specific projects. Congressional earmarks should be banned and the unused money should be returned to the citizens.…
In the world of politics, a politician’s actions are not taken very lightly. For example, politicians would have to be cautious of how they communicate to the community. They also have to be aware of the way they convey their expressions through oral speeches and through the written language. In the Senate, senators communicate through speeches and debates. When senators speak or debate, there will be some senators that would occasionally agree and disagree with other senators. When one who does not accept the idea of another, may begin what is called a filibuster.…
When the wording of a statute is not clear and explicit, then it is difficult to know how a particular statute should be applied. Supreme Court Justice Scalia wrongly clams that legislative history should not be used when interpreting an ambiguous statute’s meaning. He is wrong to state that it is undemocratic to use legislative history because legislators, staffers, and lobbyists are all a part of the process of the creation of statutes. Legislators often intentionally write a statute ambiguously, so that a compromise can be reached. Therefore, judges should use the floor reports, presidential messages and committee reports when trying to interpret ambiguous statues. Additionally, Scalia states that those who are in favor of legislative history are trying to make legislative history the law. Legislative history is merely a tool to be used when interpreting ambiguous statutes. Scalia himself utilizes legislative history when dealing with ambiguous statutes as seen in Pierce V. Underwood and Green V. Bock. Ultimately, legislative history adds a great deal of value to judicial interpretation, so not using it, as Scalia suggests, would be a mistake.…
By working in partnership with professional colleagues, can help to overcome perceived boundaries between services and organisations,…
The other obligation of the Permanent Representative is to report all United Nations meetings to the State Department and the President at National Security Council meetings. The United States Department of State was originally founded in 1916 with the goal of, “… [shaping and sustaining] …a peaceful, prosperous…democratic world and foster conditions for stability…for the benefit of the American people and people everywhere” (US Department of State, Mission Statement). The State Department is concerned with numerous objectives, however, one of the most prominent one is in creating a stable environment for American interests and economics (U.S. Department of State-USAID FY 2014–2017 Joint Strategic Plan 1-40). To create a stable environment…
The legislative power of congress is to edit the laws or completely make up new ones. The non-legislative powers include choosing a president, approving presidential appointments, amend the constitution, impeach or remove officials from the branch, and investigate the problems that interfere with the legislative duties.…
One interesting part of campaign finance is that there's no limit on what a candidate can contribute to his own campaign. Wealthy presidential hopefuls Ross Perot and Steve Forbes donated substantial chunks of their own fortunes. Mitt Romney, a candidate in the presidential race, has been the largest donor to his own campaign by a wide margin.…
The legislative tasks and the overall role of the judiciary in shaping public policy was that the legislative branch main task is to create laws. All laws, regulations, and policies are designed by, voted upon by, signed by, and enacted by the federal legislature and the chief execute. They apply a variety of subdivisions to collect information in order to decide what the effects of bills will be and if it is a reasonable explanation to the problems. The judicial branch outlines public policy through court cases. Class-Action Suits are mainly effective for determining public policy because they affect a great number of people. Technically, a distinct court case can change public policy forever, such as Brown v. Board of Education, which put an end to school segregation in 1954., 1999)…