Whips- A member of legislature appointed to facilitate party organization IDENTIFY/EXPLAIN Identify the qualifications for the House of Representatives and the Senate. HOR- must be at least 25 yrs old‚ U.S citizen for 7 yrs‚ live in represented state-district Senate- at least 30 yrs old‚ U.S citizen for 9 yrs‚ live in represented state What type of actions could bring about a vote of censure? Bribing Who are the people that assist the minority and majority leaders in Congress
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Congress Roles of Congress Representative As Delegate: represent State‚ district As Trustee: votes his conscience Lawmaker: Helps make the nations laws As Member of Political Party Role will depend on Philosophical/ideological orientation Influence of voters Amount of Presidential and/or party pressure Influence of colleagues Influence of expert opinion But Local good different from national good‚ and members generally favor representing their local constituencies
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developed. A congressional committee is a legislative sub-organization in the United States Congress that handles a specific duty. Congress divides its legislative‚ oversight‚ and internal administrative tasks among approximately 200 committees and subcommittees. Specifically‚ there are 20 committees‚ 68 subcommittees‚ and 4 joint committees. Although the Senate committee system is similar to that of the House of Representatives‚ it has its own guidelines‚ within which each committee adopts its own rules
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"Congress: The Electoral Connection" In Congress: The Electoral Connection‚ David Mayhew looks into the activities that members of the United States Congress engage in‚ particularly those activities that are related to re-election. In his analysis‚ Mayhew identifies three basic activities that are pervasive throughout the United States Congress‚ those being advertising‚ credit claiming‚ and position taking. These three activities‚ altogether‚ are taken into high consideration by a politician that
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the convention he sat on various committees‚ including the one that drafted the first constitution for New York State. In the 1780’s Yates’ stood as a recognized leader in the Anti-Federalists campaign. He opposed any allowances to the
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firstly by having two-thirds of both houses of the United States Congress agree to the proposal‚ or by a national convention assembled at the request of the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the states agreeing to the proposal. To have a proposed amendment become part of the US constitution the proposed amendment needs to ratified‚ by having either ¾ of the states (38 states) agree to ratify the proposal or by holding state ratifying conventions in ¾ of the states‚ however this method has only been
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disagreement between the small states and the large states. The small states believed all states should have equal representation in congress‚ while the larger states thought states should have proportional representation. The framers put forth various plans to solve this difficulty. The two plans proposed were the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan. Each of these had advantages and disadvantages for each of the sides. Overall‚ the Virginia Plan favored the larger states‚ while the New Jersey Plan
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government and state government. These two sections are found within the two Houses of Congress‚ The House of Representatives and the Senate. Within these two houses they deal with separate issues‚ one with the problems that are on a state-to-state level‚ the other on matters that hold the whole country’s best interest‚ so definitely on more of a national scale. There are slight differences in both houses‚ even being down to how long each terms are within each house with the House being 2 years
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From the late 1800s to mid 1900s there were many Acts and restrictions for foreigners to come into the United States. The Immigration Act of 1924 was very important because it had many effects on immigration and in US population. There were three factors that probably influenced Congress to pass the Immigration Act of 1924. These three factors were due to ethnic control‚ economic issues‚ and political control. First of all‚ Americans wanted to stay "white"‚ they did not wanted aliens to come and
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economy could lose $30 billion annually‚ with the IT industry being the hardest hit if the Immigration Bill under consideration in the US Congress becomes a law‚ Indian American Advisory Council of House Republican Conference of US Parliament has said. The IAAC‚ which advises US House of Representatives on India related issues‚ stated the ’US Immigration Bill S744 ’ calls for significantly cutting down on outsourcing of work for certain visa holders that is mostly used by Indian firms and professionals
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