The Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) is a centre to centre left political party primarily based in the state of Maharashtra ‚ India. Its youth wing is the Nationalist Youth Congress. NCP was formed on 25 May 1999‚ by Sharad Pawar‚ P. A. Sangma‚ and Tariq Anwar after they were expelled from the Indian National Congress(INC) on 20 May 1999‚ for disputing the right of Italian-born Sonia Gandhi to lead the party. At the time of formation‚ the party also absorbed Indian Congress (Socialist)‚ which traced
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The First True Government At a time when the United States was in need of direction‚ the Second Continental Congress took the authority to act as a national government. Through the history of the United States of America‚ it has struggled to create the government that exists today. In order to succeed‚ like many things‚ this government went through several trials. Without these failures‚ the government of the United States wouldn’t have changed. In the type of government that was being worked toward
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Power and influence tend to have a negative connotation to some people that have perhaps encountered negative situations. Machiavelli suggested for those in power to do whatever it would take to maintain that power‚ in order to extend that power (McManus‚ 2006). Additionally‚ Machiavelli suggested that power has nothing to do with right or wrong‚ nor the welfare of the people (McManus‚ 2006). Furthermore‚ Machiavelli suggests for a leader to do everything in their power to maintain that power‚ even
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The President Must be a President Before They Are President An analysis of perpetuality in politics 2300 years ago‚ Aristotle wrote about the importance of character to persuade in his book Rhetoric‚ writing‚ “We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is‚ and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided” (181-182). This has been proven true since then‚ particularly in politics‚ where certainty is impossible
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realism “emphasizes the enduring propensity for conflict between states” (Walt 30). In classical realist theory‚ this means that states have an “innate desire to dominate others” (Walt 31). In addition to these definitions‚ realists tend to embrace moral political principles‚ question American exceptionalism‚ and see the national interest as related to U.S. power (class notes). It seems that George Bush and President Obama both fall somewhere in between realist and liberal‚ with neither being completely
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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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thereof‚ rather—of members of Congress. However‚ solutions to resolve‚ or at least improve‚ public approval of their congressional representatives are unclear and plagued by some of the following questions: are term limits the answer‚ will they do more harm than good‚ and is it just a trade-off for different‚ yet equally adverse issues? Why Term Limits? Dissatisfaction from Americans It should come as no surprise that Americans are less than satisfied with Congress. A Gallup poll conducted in 2013
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an away individual rights. The government was granted the power to declare war and make peace‚ make treaties and establish a postal system. Although this was more power than the states had before‚ it wasn’t enough to keep the states in check. It was denied‚ along with the executive branch‚ raising taxes‚ stopping states from printing their own money‚ regulate trade with other countries or between states as well as a court system. Congress was also weak‚ with members being elected annually as well
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The case Democratic Alliance v President of South Africa deals with the extent of the constitutional constraints that exist in relation to the exercise of power by the president. s179 of The Constitution together with s10 of the National Prosecuting Authority Act stipulates that a National Director of Public Prosecutions‚ who is the director of public prosecutions is appointed by the president‚ as the head of the national executive. In Democratic Alliance v President the issue was whether the appointment
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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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