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    The Continental Congress helped the colonies in so many ways. Their decisions are what got united states citizens away from the british and had a big role. Without the Continental Congress the Colonies would not be independent from British rule‚ and the United States today would be under control of the British‚ and not be the great country that we are now. “If ye love wealth better than liberty‚ the tranquility better than the animating contest of freedom‚ go home from us in peace. We ask of

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    CONGRESS Congress is our nation’s first branch of government‚ even in the constitution the first thing wrote is about Congress. Article I section I states “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States‚ which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” Congress has the ultimate authority for enacting new laws. A Bicameral legislature is how congress is organized it is made up of two separate chambers‚ the Senate and the House of Representatives

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    Similarities and differences between Parliament and Congress Huang Jiasu A congress and a parliament seem to be very similar things the legislative branches of the majority of the world’s democracies which are filled with popularly elected men and women who come together to decide the legislative issues of their home nation. However‚ despite the initial impression of sameness‚ the two are very different in two key areas: What is the constitution of them and what are their functions. This

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    A. Compare the membership of Congress (both houses) and the "typical" American citizen. For starters‚ the expectations of a member of congress are highly different from that of a typical citizen. The expectation and duties of a Member of Congress are extensive‚ encompassing several roles that could be full time jobs within itself. One Outstanding difference is there income. Most members of Congress are considerably wealthy and earn a pretty high income where as a typical citizen usually doesn’t

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    Are term limits for Congress going to fix the corruption or end-less spending on big business agendas? There are multiple avenues that can be explored with this question and can go into much detail and side streets as possibly can be imagined‚ but the research that was done came back to three reasons why this would not work with each being worth mentioning. The main idea that was brought up was that term limits on Congress would be “unconstitutional”. As it stands now there is no amendment that states

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    "Congress: The Electoral Connection" In Congress: The Electoral Connection‚ David Mayhew looks into the activities that members of the United States Congress engage in‚ particularly those activities that are related to re-election. In his analysis‚ Mayhew identifies three basic activities that are pervasive throughout the United States Congress‚ those being advertising‚ credit claiming‚ and position taking. These three activities‚ altogether‚ are taken into high consideration by a politician that

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    appear on local or state election ballots‚ it passes. (Priest) The most important argument when it comes to term limits has to be what the voters want. In this case the voters obviously are in favor of term limits. Having term limits would allow Congress to be infused with new people and new ideas. It would instantly get rid of the “career politician”. The new legislators would have a sense of urgency to get results and would have better ideas of the challenges that ordinary Americans face every

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    The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal government of the United States of America‚ consisting of two houses‚ the Senate and the House of Representatives. There are 535 total members in congress. The framers viewed the legislative branch as the most powerful branch. When congress meets its called a session and this happens once a year. We got the bicameral legislature from the great compromise. The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of

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    Congress‚ the first branch of government‚ is a body of regime that exists in the Legislative Branch. It is responsible for creating the laws that the judicial branch will interpret‚ and the Executive branch implement. Without the existence of congress‚ there would be no organized manner in which laws were created‚ formulating an uncivilized nation. Congress‚ divided into the Senate and the House of Representatives‚ appoints 2 representatives from each state‚ with a total of 100 senators‚ while the

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    The Congress of Vienna attempted to set Europe straight following the disruption caused by French Revolution and the subsequent Napoleonic imperialism within Europe itself. All European powers of any considerable size were invited to participate‚ including "defeated" France. Mercurial French statesman Talleyrand‚ priest‚ revolutionary‚ official under Napoleon‚ and in all regards a powerful representative of the French nation‚ was given a serious role at the Congress. Austrian minister Prince Clemens

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