The Legislative branch is the most powerful branch of the United States government. Congress has the power to tax‚ spend‚ make laws‚ and even make declarations of war. While the other branches often work independently of Congress – sometimes proceeding in complete opposition – the Constitution grants much more authority to Congress‚ making the Legislative branch the most powerful branch in government. The Framers of the constitution recognized that the Legislative branch would have the most power
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Legislative professionalism is the amount of work and time put into a legislature’s job. This includes the hours‚ whether it is full time or part time; the salary‚ whether it is volunteer or just enough money to live on; and the staff‚ whether there is a full staff or no staff. Usually legislatures with higher professionalism work full time‚ have a salary that he/she can survive on‚ and is well staffed. In Virginia‚ legislatures receive less than $20‚000 which leads to the belief that their job
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Medicare Medicare was established in 1965 to guarantee elderly Americans access to quality health care regardless of their financial circumstances. Medicare spends more than $200 billion a year and it will increase‚ partly because greater numbers of Americans will become eligible for coverage when the baby boomers begin to turn sixty-five after 2010. According to the article The Political Economy of Medicare by Bruce C. Vladeck‚ to understand the political economy of Medicare it is necessary
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Legislative Branch The Legislative Branch is one out of the three branches of the government. All of the Legislative Branches rights and powers are defined in the U.S Constitution. However the Legislative Branch is the most powerful branch. The Legislative Branch is the most powerful branch because they make laws‚ declare war‚ and override presidential veto‚ and many more. One of the Legislative branches power is to declare war. The founders of US Constitution didn’t want to give the president
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The legislative tasks and the overall role of the judiciary in shaping public policy was that the legislative branch main task is to create laws. All laws‚ regulations‚ and policies are designed by‚ voted upon by‚ signed by‚ and enacted by the federal legislature and the chief execute. They apply a variety of subdivisions to collect information in order to decide what the effects of bills will be and if it is a reasonable explanation to the problems. The judicial branch outlines public policy through
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Power of Legislative Inquiry and investigation Section 21. The Senate or the House of Representatives or any of its respective committees may conduct inquiries in aid of legislation in accordance with its duly published rules of procedure. The rights of persons appearing in‚ or affected by‚ such inquiries shall be respected. * Congress has the power to punish for contempt a person who refuses to give testimony or information pertinent to the inquiry within its jurisdiction. * Power of inquiry
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The Legislative Branch Bicameral system -House of Representatives ‘Members elected based on population ‘Elected every two years -The Senate ‘Two senators from each state ‘Elected to six-year terms Power of Congress -Raise revenue taxation -Determine how revenue is spent -Regulate commerce -Establish laws necessary for congressional objectives The purpose of legislation Three purposes: -Protective -Remedial -Fairly applied to all The legislative process The
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Medicare is a federal health insurance program. There are many parts to Medicare. Each section represents different things such as.. Part A is for hospital insurance‚ Part B is for supplemental insurance‚ Part C which is the Medicare Advantage Program ‚ and Part D which provides access to prescriptions. Medicare also has Medigap which assist the beneficiaries with paying for insurance. Medicare is usually for those that are for people who are 65 or older‚ certain younger people with disabilities
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I 111TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3962 To provide affordable‚ quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending‚ and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OCTOBER 29‚ 2009 Mr. DINGELL (for himself‚ Mr. RANGEL‚ Mr. WAXMAN‚ Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California‚ Mr. STARK‚ Mr. PALLONE‚ and Mr. ANDREWS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce‚ and in addition to the Committees on Education
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