lacked the military power to be able to defend itself against Britain and Spain. The British still occupied their forts near the Great Lakes area‚ and congress found it very difficult to negotiate territory with Spain. Under the new form of government‚ we had no judicial system or executive branch‚ but we did have a legislative branch. Our congress was unicameral‚ meaning it had one house‚ which was the senate. Because the states were acting as individual countries‚ they seldom agreed with
Premium United States Constitution United States Articles of Confederation
When a candidate officially runs for Congress—whether it is for the U.S. House of Representatives or the Senate—there is always a motivation as to why he or she would make a run for public office on a national level. But behind every political campaign‚ behind every vote‚ there is always an aspiration each member of Congress tries to aspire to every day in Washington‚ D.C. So as far as we know‚ there can be a list of estimated guesses as to why senators and congressmen/women vote the way they do
Premium President of the United States United States Elections
Texas Medicaid Expansion The health care reform debate between 2008 and 2010 led to the passage of Patient Protection and Affordable Act. It was reminiscent of opportunities for reform that have occurred on a cyclical basis throughout American history. These opportunities occurred most notably in the presidential administrations of Franklin Roosevelt‚ Harry S. Truman‚ John F. Kennedy‚ Lyndon B. Johnson‚ Richard Nixon‚ and William J. Clinton. (Rich‚ Cheung‚ Lurvey‚ 79). We have to look at recent
Premium Health care Health insurance United States
When people in Texas die as the result of another’s actions‚ it is considered homicide. While not all forms of homicide are illegal‚ a number are‚ and may result in serious legal charges. These include criminally negligent homicide‚ manslaughter and murder. In order to help protect their rights‚ it behooves people to understand the difference between these offenses in the state of Texas. What is criminally negligent homicide? If a person causes the death of another person by criminal negligence
Premium Death Suicide Euthanasia
Introduction The Texas Nurse Practice Act was first signed into law by the Texas Legislature on March 28‚ 1909. Since its inaugural enactment over one hundred years ago‚ The Texas Board of Nursing has continued to govern the nursing profession by enforcing the regulations of the Act. The Texas Nurse Practice Act nevertheless protects the interest of the nursing profession and promotes safety for patients and public welfare. Becoming a Registered Nurse Nursing‚ as cited by the Nurse Practice
Premium Nursing Patient Health care
Fenno’s Congress and the Grassroots Jack Flynt’s reelection and primary constituencies between his transitional and new districts are both similar and different in certain aspects. The transitional district was around from 1966 to 1970. Flynt’s transitional district represented about sixteen counties which added up to a population of about 323‚000. The traditional district was not too different from his original district. “The district’s dominant economic interest was textiles‚ farming‚ and some
Premium Management Sociology United States
LETTER TO CONGRESS 1-10-2015 The Honorable Congressman Mark Meadows Washington‚ DC Office 1516 Longworth HOB Washington‚ DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-6401 Fax: (202) 226-6422 Re: Helping Expedite and Advance Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act (S.2229) Dear Congressman Meadows: My name is Misty Sneed and I am a Registered Nurse currently working in the state of North Carolina. I am writing to express my support for the Expanding Primary Care Access and Workforce Act This act was introduced
Premium Healthcare occupations Physician Medicine
Slavery and its Impact in Latin America Vs the United States Slavery originally started in Latin America and the West Indies by the French‚ Spanish‚ and Portuguese after the conquest‚ to replace the depopulated labor of the Indigenous people. Shortly after‚ slavery became a profitable enterprise for the capitalistic driven United States. Some of the principal laws and systems of slavery were the same in both regions‚ but others were later changed. It brought about many changes‚ with respect
Premium Black people Slavery Latin America
Stereotyping Texas Most of our perceptions are usually influenced by the media and others that surround us. Texas has fallen into various stereotypes‚ including that it is a primarily white dominant state. People from other states around the county assume that if you’re from Texas you live in a ranch‚ love guns‚ work in the oil business‚ or listen to county music. And just like various musical genres exist in Texas so does a diversity of ethnicities. If we observe how the media has mentioned Texas in the
Premium United States Marketing Immigration to the United States
The Texas legislative body is designed to represent the citizens of the state of Texas . Forty five percent of Texas is White‚ twelve percent is black‚ thirty eight percent is hispanic‚ and four percent is Asian. In contrast two thirds of the Texas House and seventy percent of the Senate is white‚ about a tenth is black in the House and Senate‚ only a fifth of the House and Senate are Hispanic. The body that is representing us isn’t exactly fair with the consensus of the general population. Minorities
Premium United States United States House of Representatives Texas