responsible for there own financial matters‚ and that free-market competition is better for people than central planning by the government. However‚ unlike my representative Joaquin Castro who is a Libertarian-leaning Liberal‚ which is basically the opposite of myself. Mr. Castro believes in tolerance for different people and lifestyles. My representative also believes that a good society is best achieved by the government redistributing wealth and the governments purpose is to decide which programs are
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United States President Bill Clinton and a 22-year-old White House intern‚ Monica Lewinsky. The news of this extra-marital affair and the resulting investigation eventually led to the impeachment of President Clinton in 1998 by the U.S. House of Representatives and his subsequent acquittal on all impeachment charges of perjury and obstruction of justice in a 21-day Senate trial * In 1995‚ Monica Lewinsky‚ a graduate of Lewis & Clark College‚ was hired to work as an intern at the White House during
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the Constitution Convention on determining on how many representatives of each state should have under the new governments law making branch. This is known as being one of the most important debates in American history because of the foundation it laid for what our legislative government is today. Originally‚ Congress would be seen as a 1 chamber with only a certain number of representatives per state. The debate was how many representatives should each state have and with this came up 2 plans
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civil officers of the United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for‚ and conviction of‚ treason‚ bribery‚ or other high crimes and misdemeanors.” The removal of an official from office requires an impeachment from the House of Representatives and a trial and conviction by the Senate. The House must endorse a majority vote in order to carry out the impeachment‚ meanwhile conviction requires a two-thirds vote by the Senate. The vice president
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To what extent is the Constitution of the United States a ‘repressive’ Document? The Constitution of the United States of America was the solution to fix the weaknesses that Articles of Confederation had caused the United States. The Constitution not only helped the United States gain more power but it also unified the states and creates a sense of nationalism. The Constitution eradicated any justification that the United States was weak and inferior. However‚ there are some constituents of the
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of one person or group there would be tyranny. “Liberty requires that the three great departments of power should be separate and distinct.” Document B. Tranny of big states was also protected. Article 1‚ Section 2‚ House of Representatives Clause 3 says that representatives will be assigned with proportional representation. The Upper house or Senate will have two senators per state. This was a good compromise because it gave small states a say in the decisions. If the Upper house and Lower house
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150-member House of Representatives. The Legislature meets at the Capitol in Austin. The Legislature is arguably considered the most powerful arm of the Texas government not only because of its power of the purse to control and direct the activities of state government and the strong constitutional connections between it and the Lieutenant Governor of Texas‚ but also due to Texas’s plural executive. Texas has a bicameral (two chamber) legislature consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate.
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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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a. Republican lawmaker & Engineer 2. Dick Gephardt B. Political Development 1. From 1995 to 1999‚ Boehner served as House Republican Conference Chairman which is the party caucus for Republicans in the United States House of Representatives 2. During his time as Conference Chairman‚ Boehner championed the Freedom To Fact Act that‚ among other provisions‚ revises and simplifies direct payment programs for crops and eliminates milk price supports through direct government purchases
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a politician. He ran for the Illinois Legislature‚ and although he initially failed‚ he continued his aspirations to be a politician. Two years after his first run‚ Lincoln was elected into the Illinois House of Representatives (Jaffa 1). Lincoln remained in the House of Representatives for six years‚ from 1834 until 1840. "Indeed‚ into the 1850s‚ Lincoln’s main political task remained advocating his own brand of an economic vision that called for the development of the United States through the
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