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    I section I states “All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States‚ which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.” Congress has the ultimate authority for enacting new laws. A Bicameral legislature is how congress is organized it is made up of two separate chambers‚ the Senate and the House of Representatives. The H.O.R are elected by the people of the United States and each state gets at least 1 seat in the House and based upon the population

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    What is my “ism”? Parliamentary Democracy What is the theory of this “ism”? (small paragraph in your own words) A parliamentary democracy is a type of government where an alliance of parties or a party who has a high portrayal in the parliament forms the government. That means that even though the people vote for a president‚ the prime minister is the leader of the political party. The cabinet which holds the executive power‚ is led by the prime minister. This is a democratic government‚ which

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    No State Left Behind: Laws Against Distracted Driving In Idaho and as a Nation The majority of the people in the world don’t intentionally put themselves in dangerous situations‚ yet tragedies occur every day. Each year a motorcycle hill climbing competition is held in New Plymouth‚ Idaho called the Big Nasty Hill Climb. On September 19‚ 2009 my sister’s best friend Lacy Fine set out for a day of fun with her cousin Brittani and her cousin’s boyfriend Carlos to watch the hyped up event. She’s never

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    who heads the Council of Ministers. The Council of Ministers of a state is collectively responsible to the elected legislative assembly of the state. The Constitution governs the sharing of legislative power between Parliament and the State Legislatures‚ and provides for the vesting of residual powers in Parliament. The power to amend the Constitution also vests in Parliament. The Union Executive consists of the President‚ the Vice President and Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister

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    In 1947‚ One hundred eleven men were killed in an explosion that took place at the Centralia No 5 mines located in the state of Illinois. The explosion was caused by highly explosive coal dust that was ignited by an explosive charge. During that time‚ Driscoll Scanlan was one of l6 Illinois state mine inspectors‚ appointed by Governor Green. He was given the responsibility of policing the mines as well as the operators. Additionally‚ it was his duty to make sure that the company’s was in compliance

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    but in most cases is to make or pass laws for the country in accordance with the Constitution. The essay will be discussing the roles and function given to the Committees of the National Council of Provinces‚ while looking at the influence of the legislature with its effect to promoting good governance. The essay will then move to discuss the current office bearers. Lastly the essay will make final remarks with a brief conclusion. 2 Definitions of terms 2.1 Delegation means the authorization of

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    How Interest Groups Influence the Lawmaking Process Law making are the procedures of establishing and creating the rules and orders to be followed by citizens of a certain state. A number of administrative agencies and interest groups play a predominant role in the process of law making. (Furlong and Kerwin‚ 2005).The interest groups may be described as ‘groups organized in a manner whose existence is to provide a permanent representation of the particular interests of the people.’ Their aim

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    1. There are many ways in how a congress person can represent the American people. There are two kinds of representation for a congress person‚ which are sociological and agency. Sociological is type of representation‚ in where representatives have the same cultural background or traits as their constituents. For example‚ if a congress person has the same ethnic as their constituents‚ the people will feel that they are well representative at national level. The second principle is called Agency representation

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    He was born in Dallas‚ TX on March 4th‚ 1968 and currently resides in Edmond‚ OK. He obtained a MDiv at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1994 and a BS in Secondary Education at University of Texas in 1990. Lankford was a missionary and a director at a youth camp before he became involved in politics. He started his political career as a US Representative in the 5th district of Oklahoma in 2010 then he moved on to his current position as the

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    How different would the United States be today if the country was ruled by a dictator? In Philadelphia‚ during the summer of 1787‚ there was a meeting of fifty-five delegates to fix the national government. The delegates wanted to replace the weak Articles of Confederation with a strong government. The Articles of Confederation were America’s first attempt at a Constitution‚ but it had no chief executive or court system. The delegates knew they needed to frame a new government‚ but the challenge

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