are making laws‚ overseeing the FBI and CIA‚ casework‚ representing their districts‚ setting an agenda‚ and conflict resolution. Our society has relied upon a bicameral system‚ where there have been a House of Representatives and a Senate. Some of the responsibilities of the House of Representatives include reviewing bills and beginning the impeachment process. The Senate’s duties include giving advice and consenting on treaties‚ conducting impeachment trials‚ and appointing upper-level judicial officers
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following is considered a State or not a State. Write; A- It is a State B- Not a State _____ 1. Hongkong _____ 2. Vatican _____ 3. South Sudan _____ 4. East Timor _____ 5. Macau _____ 6. Puerto Rico _____ 7. South Korea _____ 8. San Francisco _____ 9. Sulu _____ 10. Ukraine II. Analyze the following cases. Support your answer with an appropriate explanation. Case #1 A man who was diagnosed of having leprosy was asked by the police officers to leave his house due to his condition
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place every six years in the Senate and every two years in the house‚ which leads to the question; does already holding office make re-election easier‚ giving incumbents advantage over challengers? One advantage incumbents can have over their challengers is that they can access all the ‘perks’ of being in office. Members of congress have a budget allotment that allows them to hire staff both in Washington DC and in their home state. Having a sizable staff behind a candidate allows them to put optimum
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candidate were a good deal more likely also to for the other party’s House or Senate candidate as well in every election year. The aggregate effects of presidential coattails depend on how defection rates differ between the two parties’ identifiers. The vote decision is strongly influenced by the voters’ knowledge and evaluations of the particular set of candidates running in the district or state. National issues such as the state of the economy or the performance of the president may influence some
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still‚ along with his people‚ has high hopes that they will be. As the Republican Party considered being the center-right‚ it is necessary for the administration to get their “yeses”‚ considering it has the majority of seats in the House of Representatives and that on state legislatures. It is good that they still see optimism despite the situation. At issue is not just the staggering national debt but a showdown on the federal borrowing limit that carries enormous risks. US definitely needs fund
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Should the Constitution be amended to limit representatives‚ senators‚ and members of the judiciary to 12 years of total service? After researching many different opinions and answers to this question‚ I came across my own personal conclusion that maybe we should have term limits. As far as there being a good or bad result to limiting representative terms‚ I think that this would have to actually be voted on and put to the test in order to determine if it will work for us or not. Americans are
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Evaluate the significance of the factors that influence voting in congress? (15 marks ) House and senate members are called upon to cast a large number of votes each year. In 2007 representatives voted 1‚186 times. There are many factors which influence how members of congress vote. One factor that influences voting in congress is parties. The whip system in congress is relatively weak‚ unlike in the UK party whips have no effective way of persuading congress members to vote in line with
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to be like this. In 1917‚ capitol hill saw a major change with the induction of the first female Representative‚ Jeannette Rankin of Montana. Ever since‚ women have been more actively involved in our political system. Currently there are 104 women that hold seats in Congress which make up 19.4% of the 535 members of congress. In the Senate there are 21 women and 83 women in the House of Representatives. Of these 104 women‚ 78 are belong to the Democratic and 26 are Republican (Rutgers). Since Rankin
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Democracy in America Pos/110 June 2‚ 2013 We live in this country for the land‚ and the for the free as Americans we rely on many attributes in this world in order for us to live our lives. Our government has supplied us with many great things for us to be proud of. Our government is “the institutions and processes though which public policies are made for society.” (Edwards‚ Wattenberg‚ and Lineberry‚ p. 7). With all these institutions which includes the President‚ Congress
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the Criminal Law Consolidation Act SA. A political party affiliates it’s self with specific views and moral and promises to initiate or support certain legislations to its supporters. When candidates become members of either the Senate or House of Representatives they are morally obliged to uphold these view but are not confined to them. Pre-legislation stage consists of someone coming up with an idea for a bill which is presented to the cabinet‚ they must approve the principles of the bill for
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