Illinois House of Representatives

made up of two houses. So What: In a bicameral legislature bills are produced in a way that will represent the states and the people. commerce power: Power to regulate foreign trade and between the states. So What: Commerce power is important because it’s congress’ greatest power over what the states do. Congress’ ability to regulate trade has been proved to be a very important way in how the congress regulates the states. Committee of the Whole: A committee made from the house that takes a…

Every day in our world we hear about someone with a great amount of authority. Whether it be the President of the United States, or it be the principal of our high school, they are in our everyday lives. However, when it comes to any political office, the office holders are usually split between two parties. There is the Democratic and then there is the Republican. The Democratic party was founded in 1828, and when it was founded it stood for most everything the Republicans stand for today.…

According to Arnold the logic of congressional action can be explained through examining the calculations, actions, and interactions of citizens, coalition leaders, and legislators. Arnolds theory assumes that members of Congress vigorously want to be re-elected. Henceforth since re-election is the dominant or threshold goal legislators consider this first and foremost before deciding what other legislative goals and policies to pursue. Arnold notes that Legislators decisions are partly…

59. That’s about 20 years older than the average American voter. I, as a 19-year-old, have someone 40 years older than me making decisions that are influenced by a different time. I think that to help our generation we need to have younger representatives who are more in touch with us to be making decisions about our futures. Now in saying that, we can’t just have any young person put into office. We need someone who is knowledgeable about the economy and how our country works. Here we can see…

Every four years in America becomes a mess. This occurs because of the presidential election, where America elects it new leader to rule its government. With this, the political parties come out in full force in order to help promote their presidential candidate. This becomes difficult to differentiate the two on how both work.Considering the various governmental groups in the U.S., the Democratic and Republican parties typically prevail as the most prevalent and popular. With all the…

After looking at both parties positions, I can say I am not surprised by the stances they have taken on the issue represented. For the democrat stances, many of their ideas favoured equality and calling for progress and change on many prominent issues. Such as how Democrats called for "policies and investments in order to keep America's public lands public". On the opposite side of this issue, the Republicans stated that that "our air and waterways are much healthier than they were a few decades…

The Congressional Electoral System The House of Deputies is composed of representatives directly elected by the people of the provinces, and of the City of Buenos Aires (Capital City). They are considered by the Constitution as constituencies of a single state, and by simple plurality of votes. The number of representatives is determined after each census (currently 257), and Congress can increase but not decrease the basis indicated for each deputy (33,000 inhabitants). Deputies hold office for…

from Seal Beach to Laguna Beach, Orange County area. Some of the major activities in the 48th district is aerospace, scientific and research companies, construction, real estate, manufacturing, and touring. Rohrabacher is in his 13th term as a Representative, he is the most assertive spokesman for the human rights, around the world. In the 110th congress he defended the attempt to boycott the Olympics in 2008 by emphasizing the human rights violation in China’s litany. He is also dedicated to…

Jack Stanton runs for a president and on his way overcomes different kind of challenges such as private life issues, different oponent campaigns, media and sexual scandals. Overcome power of media, other politic parties, sexual scandals, frauds, private life issues and secrets. Jack Stanton – it is really hard to define this guy. It looks like he cares about people, he always meet with people, enjoys to be with people, but on the other hand, he lies about everything. He plays this game, and…

assumption that a president’s party loses a greater loss in a second midterm than a first midterm. The GOP, which at that time were the opposition party, led by then House Speaker Newt Gingrich and Presidential candidate in 2012 for the Republican nomination, lost their seats in that chamber. The Speaker of the House of Representatives resigned the speakership and his Congressional seat in Georgia’s sixth Congressional district because of the unexpected loss of his party. In all fairness, the…