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    Office of Management and Budget and Congressional Budget Office The Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office play a huge role in the U.S Government. The Office of Management and Budget is a part of the Executive branch whereas the Congressional Budget Office falls into the legislative branch. These two agencies have different responsibilities and powers‚ which are used to help our country run smoothly in the financial aspect. The OMB was created in 1921 through the Budget

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    Idaho Congressional DistrictToday Idaho is one of the most republican states in the United States. Since 1968‚ 11 of the 14 House of Representatives have been republican. Also‚ since 1968‚ there has been only one senator that was not republican. Since 1968‚ Idaho has been consistent with voting for a republican president. Before 1968 Idaho had a strong democratic presence. The state of Idaho has two congressional districts‚ the 1st congressional district and the 2nd congressional district. I currently

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    Reconstruction

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    3. How do we integrate and protect newly-emancipate black freedmen? 4. What branch of government should control the process of Reconstruction? Wartime Reconstruction President Lincoln’s 10% Plan - Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (December 8‚1863) - Replace majority rule with “loyal rule” in the South - He didn’t consult Congress regarding Reconstruction - Pardon to all but the highest ranking military and civilian Confederate officers - When 10% of the voting population in the

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    small groups can make things happen more effectively than if Congress as a whole had to work on the legislation. A congressional seniority system exists in the committees where over time congressmen can rise to more powerful positions but with increased incumbency and members of Congress staying on longer there is less room for

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    The Agony of Reconstruction Ch. 16 (499-510) I. Issue—Most important post-war issue was the future of the freedmen A. Blacks sought the rights to vote and hold political office B. Results in intense and unparallel political conflicts at the national level II. Political crisis A. Minimal Reconstruction and supporters B. Radical Reconstruction and supporters C. Lincoln’s Proclamation of Amnesty & Reconstruction (Dec. 1863) 1. Proclamation of amnesty

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    Postbellum Reconstruction: Immediate Success‚ Long Term Failure by Thesis Both the presidency and Congress passed several reforms to attempt to solve all of these problems‚ however the progress that was made during Reconstruction was for the most part shot down by the Compromise of 1877. Outline of the Contents I. Intro—Thesis II. Condition of the South Immediately Following the Civil War III. The Presidential Reconstruction Plan IV. The Congressional Reconstruction Plan V. Economic

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    its future was Reconstruction. Reconstruction was a time period in America involving many leaders‚ goals and accomplishments. By the end of the civil war‚ nobody knew what was to be done. With the assassination of President Lincoln in 1865‚ it was up to President Andrew Johnson to try to reunite former enemies. They had to solve one issue; African Americans still continued to serve white southerners on their plantations. Was the Reconstruction a success or a failure? The Reconstruction was more of a

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    Was Reconstruction a “Splendid Failure”? Reconstruction was a failure. It had two main goals‚ which were to bring the South back into the Union and bring blacks into society. These goals were at odds with each other and could not be met at the same time. Therefore‚ Johnson chose the first option and allowed the South within the Union‚ but left the second option basically for people to figure out which was not a success. All in all it was a failure socially‚ economically‚ and politically. Socially

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    NATIONAL POLITICS AND CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS The electoral politics of Congress may center largely on individual candidates and campaigns‚ but it is the collective results of congressional elections that shape the course of national politics. Subject of the chapter →how the millions of individual voting decisions in hundreds of districtly individual contests combine to produce intelligible election results. Before the tools of survey research came into common use‚ politicians and political analysts

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    The years 1865 to 1877 mark a period of reconstruction in which the country’s main focus was to heal the nation and bring the Confederate states back into the Union. Reconstruction took place in two distinct phases: presidential reconstruction‚ which was extremely lenient‚ and Congressional reconstruction‚ which was less forgiving‚ but more transformative. Presidential reconstruction had very limited success because President Andrew Johnson was swayed by Southern praise and became something of an

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