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    and two websites (www.house.gov ‚ and www.senate.gov). The first video is titled "the Bicameral Congress: crash course in government and politics #2". It shows the original content creator to be PBS digital studios‚ even though it was uploaded to youtube.com by "Crash Course". The narrator states hi name is Craig‚ with no mention of his last name. He begins his video by stating that the Congress was established by the United States Constitution in Article 1‚ section 1. Because it is explicitly

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    The United States Congress‚ which is made up of two houses‚ is a . d. bicameral legislature. 4. The standing committees of each house are controlled by d. the majority party. This group specializes in a subcategory of its standing committee’s responsibility. a. subcommittee The House of Representatives and the Senate combined have ________ members with full voting privileges. Your Answer: 535 An individual senator can exercise tremendous power by filibustering‚ Your Answer: unless

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    Congress is facing a multitude of consequences due to high levels of polarization. First‚ there are many scholars who believe that increases in polarization are damaging to American democracy. This trend contributes to the frustrations present in the policymaking process. In addition to Binder and Jones finding polarization associated with gridlock and policy inaction‚ they also discovered that ideological divergence between the parties has a stronger effect on government’s legislative productivity

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    The Need for Congress in the U.S There is a definite need for Congress in the United States. It serves many roles such as making laws‚ implementing national policy and watching over the other two branches of government. These are just a few of the duties of our U.S. Congress. Although they are essential to our government‚ there are potential problems. People are not always satisfied with the length of time involved in passing a law as well as the deadlock Congress can experience on

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    letter seriously. Then again‚ we must believe in the remote possibility of the World Governing Body acting on our message and saving at least a part of the population

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    Gender parity and equal representation in both houses of Congress is still a vexing issue that dates back to the founding of the Republic. Even with the ratification of the 20th amendment in 1920; women are still disproportionately represented in Congress. The vast majority of seats in state legislatures‚ governorships‚ mayoral offices‚ and of course Congress are held by men. Fox and Lawless stated that women fare just as well as men in fundraising and vote totals. But despite this supposed lack

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    How effective is congress? The British MPs have often described congress lobby fodder but defy the party whip. This is of course to the house committees where select committee have limited power and resources however in the senate and House of reps the standing committees are fully professional staffed and have the power or death over legislation. Congress is split into two houses the senate and the house of reps (HOR) both of these have individual powers have they also have joint powers. Meaning

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    1.Explain what is meant by the term ‘physical change’ A physical change is where the appearance or traits of the substance/item change these changes can be‚ change of size‚ shape‚ color‚ volume and state. The molecules in the substance can be rearranged but their composition must stay the same. No new substance can be formed. They can be reversed most of the time. 2. Describe one example of a physical change in everyday life and explain why it is a physical change. Melting an ice cube is a common

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    Financial Terms and Roles Kelly L. Banks FIN/370 May 23‚ 2012 Richard Harrell Financial Terms and Roles Finance: Finance is the study of how individuals and organizations identify how they will make investments. Efficient Market: Market that displays data that is readily available to all that need to make a decision on whether to invest or sell securities Primary Market: Market in which new securities are bought and sold. Secondary Market: Market where you sell shares that were previously

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    Woodrow Wilson Wilson’s approach to governing American business as presented in Clements “The Presidency of Woodrow Wilson” was progressive. He played a vital role in developing American business. The boom of the Industrial Revolution brought on the emergence of larger populated cities‚ employment of women and children‚ and foreign trade. Most importantly the need for a way of governing these changes was necessary. Woodrow Wilson addressed many issues and those concerning American business. He

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