Illinois House of Representatives

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…

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…

ocelinne Perfecto Professor Sharifian Government 2306 23rd April, 2018 SLO #3 Victory is mine As I receive the victory in winning Texas state senate there are factors that must be taken to consideration. There are state senate committees that I must choose to serve. Committees are subunits who are meant to complete certain tasks and look at certain bills. In this case, I will be choosing three of them in regard to factors that I stand for and based on the what my district needs. 1 The committees…

What does it mean to be impeached? The definition of impeach is to call into question the integrity or validity of said person. In the United States history we have had many great presidents that have lefted a great mark during their presidency. But we have had other presidents that have ruined their reputation doing horrible things with during their presidency. In this paper I will addressing two of those presidents. Both Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson were going to be impeached by the United…

reduce and “split” the workload between the Senate and the House of Representatives. All of the members of the congressional committees have a common goal, which is to support, oppose, or abstain while voting for a bill. Congress established the congressional committees to minimize the workload that…

In some ways, the Republican Party and the Democratic Party were only different in name. Neither party had any specific principles, neither had any distinctive tenets. (James Bryce, The American Commonwealth, 1888, reprint, Indianapolis, 1995, Vol. II, p. 699.) Both have traditions. Both claim to have tendencies. Both have certain war cries, and organizations. They both weren’t ready to take stands on conflicts that were vital to the voters. Neither the Democrats nor Republicans attracted…

Founding Brothers by Joseph Ellis is based upon the men and woman who helped build America as to what it is today. They fought hard and long to share their opinions about how they wanted America to run. Throughout this book, we see different stories that show what these men and woman went through to set a foundation for the United States. These men and woman were a significant part in keeping the young republic alive and their friendships and disagreements show why they play a part in this. From…

This pleased the larger states that had larger populations that felt that they had more say in political terms since they were bigger. Where the Senate would have an equal amount of representatives from every state no matter what the size of the population was. This made the smaller states happy. With each state agreeing this helped the process of drafting the Constitution. So in the end Roger Sherman’s plan worked for every state. Without…

On September 21st, 2015, the presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson sparked a controversial reaction through the cable network, by stating discriminatory statements against American Muslims. Statements were televised directly to the viewers who immediately reacted to Dr. Carson’s discriminatory statements. In his interview broadcasted by CNN, he stated, “"I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation. I absolutely would not agree with that," (Lobianco) Later, during the same…