To what extent are the two chambers of Congress equal in power (15 marks) One factor which could be seen to imply that the two chambers of Congress aren’t equal in power is the contrast in importance of the political decisions they get to vote on – and for this reason the Senate can be seen as superior. Senators hold exclusively the ability to ratify treaties as well as confirming the President’s nominees for position such as Supreme Court justices and leading roles within the government‚ and they
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How do members of congress decide to vote (45 Mark) Congress decides how to vote due to a number of factors such as influence‚ this influence can come from members of the party and administration itself‚ other influence can come from pressure groups. A vote in congress is very important as it decides the fate of legislation‚ an important historic legislation is the emancipation proclamation. Every vote in congress counts so many people will try to influence as much as they can. Other factors are
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Article 1 in the Constitution governs how the legislative branch will be operative. The main focal point of Congress is to create laws. It created a bicameral legislative branch which is a governmental body with two houses‚ known as the United States congress. The framers of the Constitution thought that having two houses would limit the amount of preposterous submissions that came through Congress. The two houses that make up the legislative branch are the House of Representatives and the Senate. Although
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Since the First United States Congress meeting in 1789 to Current meetings in Capital building there has been speculation about how functional Congress is. Whether someone thinks Congress is Dysfunctional like Ezra Klein‚ or they are trying to defend Congress like Lee H. Hamilton‚ it has to be understood that Congress is a very complex institution that has its ups and its downs. Although in the past 100 years congress has been more dysfunctional than functional. A man who has been working his entire
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a hegemon like what France did before. They also did not want another revolution to occur. The Congress of Vienna was set up to discuss issues of restoring old boundaries and mediate issues that may potentially bring disharmony or even war. The spirit of nationalism was soaring in different parts of Europe and coupled with liberalism‚ these were forces that the Congress could not fight with. The Congress proved to be effective in the balance of power by restoring old boundaries and monarchies‚ but
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How does the President and Congress control bureaucracy? Federal Bureaucracy is a system of appointed individuals that serve in one of the major departments of our government. Both the President and Congress have some form of control over bureaucracy through several different means. According to Richard W. Waterman and B. Dan Wood in their writings The Dynamics of Political Control of the Bureaucracy‚ state that control is through “political appointment‚ budgeting‚ structure‚ personnel control‚ or
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There are four types of committees within the House and the Senate‚ they are: the Standing Committees‚ the Select or Special Committees‚ the Joint Committees and the Conference Committees. Currently in the United States there are twenty one permanent committees in the House‚ twenty in the Senate and four joint committees. Each committee has several subcommittees that share specific tasks within the jurisdiction of the full committee. The House ’s Standing Committees are permanent House panels. The
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afterward” (Catt 1). It is important for women to have the right to vote because all people deserve to have a say in what happens in their government. Catt believes that women should have the right to vote and wants others to agree. In “Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage‚” Carrie Chapman Catt conveys ethos to achieve the audience’s trust‚ pathos to engage the audience emotionally‚ and logos to present factual information in order to persuade the audience to believe that woman suffrage is a very
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keeping the United States a completely impartial country during the time of WWI. President Wilson expressed great concern for our foreign supporters‚ but was not imminent on providing military action. August 19‚ 1914‚ in Woodrow Wilson’s speech to Congress he expresses as so "Such divisions among us would be fatal to our peace of mind and might seriously stand in the way of our duty as the one great nation at peace‚ the one nation ready to play a part of mediator and counselor of peace". President
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The Continental Congress knew that if they declared independence and went to war with Great Britain‚ they could not win the war alone and they needed allies. In order to promote their cause abroad‚ Congress established the Committee of Correspondence on November 29‚ 1775 (this committee later became the Department of Foreign Affairs). Benjamin Franklin spearheaded the committee and members also included‚ Benjamin Harrison‚ Thomas Johnson‚ John Dickinson‚ and John Jay. America used this committee
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