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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‘Members of Congress serve their constituents well but their country badly’ Discuss... By nature and definition Members of Congress are representative of local constituencies which have local interests‚ this means that they represent different types of people and so have to react to a unique combination of personal‚ electoral and political influences. So it is evident that it would be difficult to balance the interests of the constituents and those of congress and the country in general when
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George Washington: Better General or President? In response to George Washington‚ Thomas Jefferson said‚ “We sir‚ Cannot do without you.” Everyone knows George Washington was America’s first president. He has been called the father of the country‚ the indispensible man‚ and America’s own Moses. Many will agree that George Washington was a great leader and general; this reviewer even had a hard time finding opposing opinions. Therefore‚ was George Washington a better General or President? Washington
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On the eve of the revolution‚ Americans were not completely united. As always‚ there were the dissenters‚ in this case the Tories‚ and many people just didn’t want to get involved. Even so‚ there were evidently enough people that the Americans could win the war (with the help of the French‚ of course). Before the war‚ practical people like Ben Franklin saw that the American people needed to come together as one in order to triumph over the evil British Empire. Ben Franklin’s drawing of the snake
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believe that it was in the best interests of the colonists to declare independence from England. Washington served as a delegate to the First Continental Congress in 1774 in Philadelphia. By the time the Second Continental Congress convened a year later‚ the American Revolution had begun in earnest‚ and Washington was named commander in chief of the Continental Army. George Washington (1st President‚ 1789-1797) started losing his permanent teeth at age 22 and had only one tooth by the time he was president
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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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Jefferson vs. San Martín Word Count: A revolution is “a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.” There have been countless revolutions throughout history but the American Revolution in particular is more commonly known about in the United States. Although more nationally known‚ the American Revolution wasn’t the only group of European colonists to rise up against their distant rulers during their time. In the early 19th century‚ many colonies
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“A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant‚ is unfit to be the ruler of a free people…” as the Second Continental Congress‚ so famously declared. The Declaration of Independence was one of the most historically influential documents in the history of the United States of America. Great Britain was the mother of the thirteen colonies‚ a great colonial power in America. Over the years‚ the colonists had a growing distrust in Great Britain‚ which had led to much
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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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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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