Pat Toomey and Katie McGinty are both smart and experienced people to be part of the U.S. Senate. They hold many different positions in today’s Pennsylvanian economy . I believe that they will both hold a good place in the senate‚ but some opinions are accepted differently as we have seen in the U.S. presidential race. Pat Toomey and Katie McGinty have different life’s growing up to the 53 year old‚ 54 year old man and women they are today. Katie McGinty was born in Philadelphia on May 11‚ 1963
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Abolish Animal Abuse Imagine a city with three times the population of Tokyo‚ Japan. That number is just shy of how many animals are killed annually in the United States alone‚ due to animal testing . Many of these animals final hours consist of physical and mental distress and trauma. Such a costly‚ wasteful‚ and merciless method of testing could be wiped out and replaced with alternatives. Animal testing should be banned because of its inhumane motives and science forward alternatives.
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FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC) OF THE PHILIPPINES First Regular Session SENATE S. B.No. - 332 Introduced by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago EXPLANATORY NOTE The Constitution‚ Article 11‚ Section 25‚ provides: The State shall ensure the autonomy of local governments. A local government unit is a political subdivision of the State‚ which is constituted by law and possessed of substantial control over its own affairs. Remaining to an intra sovereign subdivision of one sovereign nation‚ but
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Washington is the story of an honest man‚ Jeff Smith‚ who is appointed to the senate when a senator from his state dies. Jeff is honest‚ patriotic‚ and nave. He soon learns that Washington is a dirty place where graft is the golden rule‚ and congressmen take orders from greedy money-men. Jeff tries to keep his integrity‚ but soon he is framed by the richest man in his state‚ Taylor. Jeff fights Taylor on the floor of the senate until he is triumphant. One theme that is clearly present in Mr. Smith
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Drilon v De Venecia Topic: Commission on Apointments Facts: In August 2007‚ both the Senate and the House of Representatives (HOR) elected their respective representatives to the Commission on Appointments (CA). The contingent of the Senate for the CA is composed of 1 from KAMPI‚ 1 UNO‚ 3 Lakas-CMD‚ 2 PMP‚ 1 NPC‚ 1 LP‚ and 1 PRP. The contingent of HOR is 6 Lakas-CMD‚ 2 KAMPI‚ 3 NPC‚ and 1 CIBAC Party List. Because of the non representation of LP‚ who have 20 elected member at the HOR‚ to the contingent
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a movie from 1939 about a governor of an unnamed state has to pick a new Senator because Senator Sam Foley had passed away. The governor’s children want him to pick Jefferson Smith the head of the Boy Rangers‚ and by flipping a coin he chooses Jefferson as the new Senator. Smith comes up with bill that would allow the federal government loan to buy some land in his home state for a national boys camp‚ and to be paid back by youngsters across America. But the campsite
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Abolish Death Penalty Although death penalty is a fair punishment‚ I am against it because it is another form of murder which is an inhumane act. Capital punishment or the death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime. As far back as the Ancient Laws of China‚ the death penalty has been established as a punishment for crimes. Death penalty decreases crimes for the reason that people fear nothing more than death. By executing
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In theory the Senate was a purely advisory body‚ but in practice it became a governing body in Rome. It was the legislature‚ executive and judiciary‚ all rolled into one. It was a permanent body with ultimate control in Rome and it governed Rome until 133 B.C.‚ virtually unchallenged. The Senate had been able to obtain this enormous power because of the policy of greedy imperialism pursued by Rome‚ resulting in vast territorial expansion and a consequent shameful exploitation of the provinces.
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The Electoral College Before the tense and puzzling presidential election in 2000‚ many people thought the Electoral College was a place of education. Most people now know that it is not a place‚ but a process of how the President of the United States of America is elected. The Presidential Election of 2000 helped inform Americans that our President is not elected by the popular vote‚ but through the process of the Electoral College (Ballaro). The Electoral College has existed since the beginning
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Sources of Roman Law” 3). The constitution consisted of three major elements: Magistrates‚ the senate and the legislative assemblies of the Roman people. The senate was the prevailing element. The approval and support of the senate was required to carry out the functions of both the magistrates and the legislative assemblies (Mousourakis‚ “The Historical and Institutional Context of Roman Law” 70). The senate began with approximately 300 chosen members; exclusively patricians. Later the occupants of
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