When a candidate officially runs for Congress—whether it is for the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate—there is always a motivation as to why he or she would make a run for public office on a national level. But behind every political campaign‚ behind every vote‚ there is always an aspiration each member of Congress tries to aspire to every day in Washington‚ D.C. So as far as we know‚ there can be a list of estimated guesses as to why senators and congressmen/women vote the way they do
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LETTER TO CONGRESS 1-10-2015 The Honorable Congressman Mark Meadows Washington‚ DC Office 1516 Longworth HOB Washington‚ DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-6401 Fax: (202) 226-6422 Re: Helping Expedite and Advance Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act (S.2229) Dear Congressman Meadows: My name is Misty Sneed and I am a Registered Nurse currently working in the state of North Carolina. I am writing to express my support for the Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act This act was introduced
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Letter to Congress University of Phoenix February 19‚ 2014 Antoinette Iskenian‚ RN Kathy Boyden‚ MSN Antoinette Iskenian RN 222 5th St. Clovis‚ CA 93612 February 13‚ 2014 The Honorable Devin Nunes Suite 1013 Longworth House Office Building United States House of Representatives Washington‚ D.C. 20515 Dear Representative Nunes: I am writing to request that you support S. 1950: Comprehensive Veterans Health and Benefits‚ and Military Retirement Pay Restoration Act of 2014. I understand
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whip‚ formally known as an “assistant party leader‚” is to keep track of the number of votes for and against a piece of legislation. Also‚ they are supposed to “whip up” support among the chamber membership. There are two types of committees in Congress: standing committees and select committees. Standing committees are permanent and are the more important type of committee. Standing committees have the power to propose and write legislation that covers a particular subject‚ such s finance or agriculture
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HORACE MANN MODEL CONGRESS Committee: Energy and Commerce Author: Yinge ZhaoAn Act to Encourage the Production and Continuation of Hydroelectric Power Plants Preamble: Whereas hydropower is one of the most widely used renewable energy sources in North America‚ and since hydroelectricity is a type of hydropower that can generate electricity‚ and since the amount of electricity generated is dependent on the size and resources of the hydroelectric power plant‚ and since the United
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the articles confederation in order to acquire a stronger national government. The article of confederation provided the states with an abundant amount of power and not a sufficient amount to the nation government. Hence why states often ignored congress and worried only about the good of their state and not as a whole nation. "The national government had neither a consistent Currency‚ nor a military force‚ nor the power to regulate trade‚ nor the power to levy taxes." Although the people were free
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Fenno’s Congress and the Grassroots Jack Flynt’s reelection and primary constituencies between his transitional and new districts are both similar and different in certain aspects. The transitional district was around from 1966 to 1970. Flynt’s transitional district represented about sixteen counties which added up to a population of about 323‚000. The traditional district was not too different from his original district. “The district’s dominant economic interest was textiles‚ farming‚ and some
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The ideologies of political participation changed during 1815-1840 in areas such as voter participation‚ the candidates’ party involvement‚ and the advancement of political interest. The events that led to the reformation of political campaigning initiated with the extinction of the Federalist Party after the war of 1812 to the Elections of 1828 & 1840. The essence of political reformation was most distinctly shown through statistical data‚ political debates‚ newspaper excerpts‚ and subjective entries
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Advancements in the New Nationalist Period In the years of 1815 through 1850 a new period called the New nationalism period was established in order to bring the nation closer together. This period of time consisted of new economic polices as well as new advancements that changed the way life was lived for all people of the United States. Among these‚ technological advancements and inventions such as the Cotton gin‚ the railroads‚ and the telegraph during this New Nationalist period were able to
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IN THE SUMMER of 1964 student activists from the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) went to Gadsden County‚ Florida in an effort to convert the old plantation county in the heart of the Florida panhandle into a bastion of CORE’s Southern civil rights crusade.(1) Before the summer ended‚ the students would be bombed‚ beaten‚ and arrested by white authorities and vigilantes. Despite these obstacles‚ CORE activists helped over 3‚500 local residents register to vote and take part in the 1964 presidential
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