Chapter 12: Congress 1) What did the Credit Card Accountability and Responsibility Act of 2009 do and the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act do that impacts college students? 430 a) The CARD act of 2009‚ restricted credit card companies from raising interest rates on existing balances. It also prevented credit card companies from charging a fee for exceeding their borrowing limit unless these customers had explicitly requested this service. It also made it more difficult for credit card
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change or law. After a bill is written it will be given to a committee which is made up of people who specialize and show expertise in the subject of said bill. At this point it will either be rejected‚ accepted‚ or modified. It could go to multiple committees. Experts are often asked to be witnesses and give their opinions of the positives and negatives of the proposed bill. After this‚ only if the bill is ready and all of the committee agrees‚ it will go before all of Congress. Once the bill has gone
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through the CRS Web Parliament and Congress: A Brief Comparison of the British House of Commons and the U.S. House of Representatives Updated May 19‚ 2005 R. Eric Petersen Analyst in American National Government Government and Finance Division Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress Parliament and Congress: A Brief Comparison of the House of Commons and the House of Representatives Summary Although the United States Congress can trace its origins to British Parliament‚ the two institutions
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2 representatives from each state‚ with a total of 100 senators‚ while the House of Representatives contains 435 members. In order to accomplish tasks in Congress‚ the work is done in committees‚ where bills are introduced‚ hearings are held‚ and initial votes on proposed laws are taken. The existence of committees‚ the
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My choice for this semester’s congressional biography assignment is Representative Timothy Murphy from Pennsylvania’s 18th Congressional District. This choice was easy‚ as he represents an area adjacent to where I live‚ and in addition‚ I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple times during high school‚ so I was familiar with who he was and what kind of work he did at a young age. Born in 1952 in Cleveland‚ Ohio to a blue-collar family with ten other siblings‚ Tim knew the meaning of hard work
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played a role in how Congress has shifted from the textbook legislative process to an unorthodox legislative process. The three factors that causes the shift in the legislative process is the internal reforms in both of the chambers‚ the overall congressional budget process‚ and the political climax have really influenced the change in the legislative process. The first factor is the internal reforms of the chambers because the Senate and the House of Representatives made some kind of dramatic change
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ELECTORAL COLLEGE : The reason why we use the electoral college in the U.S. is to decide who is going to be the next president. The presidency is not always won by popular vote. The founding fathers opted for an electoral college ‚ because they wanted the president to be chosen by those who were well informed ‚and qualified enough to have the ability to chose a president. The main argument against the electoral college is that the presidency should be won by popular vote alone. It shouldn’t be that
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Chapter 14 : Bureaucracy The Nature of Bureaucracy A bureaucracy is the name given to a large organization that is structured hierarchically to carry out specific functions. They are generally characterized by an organization chart. Public bureaucracies are basically any organization. They do not have a single set of leaders; they serve the citizenry. Private bureaucracies are those that have a single set of leaders-it’s board of directors. Government bureaucracies are not organized to make
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two perspectives leading to a wider range of points of view that in theory makes the process more effective. The House of Representatives is the lower chamber that consists of 435 voting members and 6 non-voting members. Each member represents a congressional district that is drawn up by the US Census taking into account population size. Each member serves a two-year term but there isn’t a limit on the terms. To run for a seat in the House of Representatives‚ you must be at least
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1. What are the two ways Congress may be involved in amending the Constitution? Which method has never been used? They have a 2/3 vote or a national convention with delegates in each state. 2.Describe the role of Congress in each of the following situations: a. if no candidate for President receives a majority of the electoral votes The house may elect a President‚ voting by states. b. if no candidate for Vice President wins majority of the electoral
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