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journal: The Canadian Senate: Chamber of Sober Reflection or Loony Cousin Best Not Talked About, responds to the continual controversy and debate of the usefulness of the Canadian senate. Docherty’s (2002) article analyzes the current Canadian senate and argues that the senate is a failing Canadian institution because of two democratic deficiencies: the undemocratic nature of senator selection and the inability of senators to represent provinces properly. Docherty analyzes four Senate reforms…

Congress in the United States, Parliament is divided into two bodies the Senate and the House of Commons. Where parliament starts deviating from Congress is that only the officials in the House of Commons are publicly elected. This is Canada’s version of the House of Representatives. They hold office for five years or until parliament is dissolved, unlike the house of representatives which are elected every two years. The Canadian Senate is slightly different than ours, when officials are voted…

empire. In doing so, I shall evaluate the role of both the Senate and individual equestrians under the Julio-Claudian emperors. I will investigate Augustus’ actions towards the Senate and his raising of the Equestrian Order, Tiberius’ relationship with the Senate and the role of Sejanus, Gaius’ relationship with the Senate, Claudius’ actions towards the Senate and his promotion of equestrians, and finally Nero, his relationship with the Senate, his use of freedmen and the role of Seneca. Whilst…

The Senate Honors Awardees at Distinguished Faculty Event Throughout their career, UC San Francisco faculty put in great efforts to respond to mentoring and teaching responsibilities. The Academic Senate Committee on Academic Personnel (CAP) honors these efforts by awarding four faculty annually with the Senate’s Distinction In Mentoring (DIM) Award and the Distinction In Teaching (DIT) Award. This year’s recipients were recognized during an award ceremony surrounded by colleagues and family on…

When I first started research for a bill that I agree with and a bill that I do not agree with I started getting overwhelmed. I could not believe the amount of bills that need to be reviewed for such a short legislative session. I just just started looking at the bills by subject instead of trying to go through each bill to determine my choices. This task still proved daunting because some of the bills actually had duplicates filled by different legislatures that read exactly the same. But, I…

“Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate” and “Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S.” for review, the central topic to consider for discussion quite literally hits us over the head via the book titles. But to be thorough (tedious) I shall mention it more blatantly: The topic for this review discussion is the concept of Filibustering. The opportunity and method to filibuster is what gives the US Senate an interesting twist to its proceedings. The…

beautiful scenery, people live with happiness and content, perfect social welfare and so on. But there are still some problems exist in the country, one of them is about should the senate still working as a decision-making place or it should be abolished. First, let’s go over why the old people set the senate. The senate has been found since 1862-the BNA act. That’s was also the foundation of Canada. It gives both Quebec and Ontarian 24 seats, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick for 12 seats. Later…

unicameral legislature is more efficient, dependable, and productive. In bicameral legislatures they are split into two houses; the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Senate, or more commonly known as "the upper house," is the smaller of the two houses. Each state has equal representation no matter how large or small the state is. Furthermore, only the Senate can approve or reject treaties and presidential…

I decided to join Senate at the end of my sophomore year. One of my dearest friends encouraged me to run and although I didn’t think I was going to make it, I still went with her crazy idea. I am so thankful to you Anna because you invited me to be a part of this beautiful family. Little by little, everyone opened up to me and without noticing, everyone in senate became my friend. At first it was Anna, who always invited me for lunch. And after a couples of months someone who I found myself…

for Texas senate in the next election, there are various factors that must be enforced to gain that victory. Many of these factors include money in the grand picture. Money is the grand motive in proceeding to victory but the factors in how to use that money in an effective way are a vital aspect to gaining the seat in the Texas senate. To start off, knowing how much it will cost me in order to run for Texas senate is important in moving forward to the seat. When it comes to Texas senate and how…