United States Congress

tackle issues regarding the state of Louisiana are done in the state capitol, Baton Rouge. As mentioned in the Louisiana.gov website, “The legislature is responsible for determining policy through the enactment of Laws, subject to federal and state constitutional restrictions” (Legislative branch). These laws can be statewide or confined to an area depending on the issue being dealt with. Policies such as Louisiana road projects may lead to Lawmakers boosting state gasoline tax by $.05 per…

Lobbyists and Interest Groups in Texas Lobbyists and Interest groups work for the people to make their voice heard. However, to make sure there is no wrong doing, there should be restrictions placed on them. There are some restriction already placed, however as Ross Ramsey pointed out there are loopholes that protect officeholders from accountability and transparency. In order to make everyone accountable and have transparency in the democratic process, there should be a little stricter…

and helped influence others to the the same. In 1900, more than 1.75 million children ages 15 and younger worked in industry. Florence Kelley was an important leader in the fight against child labor. She helped states like Massachusetts to pass minimum-wage laws. In 1916 and 1919 congress passed laws banning child-labor products from interstate commerce, but the laws were ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Many parents needed the money children made working in factories, so reform was…

The legislative branch wields the power to make laws and tax individuals in the United States while the executive branch houses the president and with that, he or she is in charge of vetoing bills and enforcing laws. Both still allocate equal amount of power and still are able to function together to be able to make the nation and its people…

and the United States in the chaos of the anti-war movement, Nixon had to be careful of what was to be said about the war. In the same time period the Cold War was also being fought, and leaks from the white house were becoming public news, Nixon knew for the public safety something had to be done (Rudalevige, 73). The small executive branch had now become an authoritative branch dictating to congress what would and would not be done; it had become “repressive” (Rudalevige,…

ammunition for all firearms and explosives. It is important for all citizens to know the laws of the state they reside in if he/she plans to use/own a firearm. Sports enthusiasts and citizens with firearm training…

Congressional gridlock occurs when the president and Congress fail to pass laws that solve the people’s most controversial issues. A major cause of this is division amongst political parties. Polarized politics also further complicate the process of coming to an agreement on the tough issues. Gridlock would decrease if the parties focused more on resolving these issues instead of opposing each other. A united government means that legislation can be agreed on to pass laws that will address…

approved of by Congress. (The White House, n.d.). For these two specific types of branches, though, they differ in power because the president is the only one in charge of the executive branch of government like Congress is the only one in charge of the Legislative branch. Because of the effectiveness of the system of separation of powers, for which separates all three branches of governments and the amount of powers each one has, the president is therefore not a member of Congress and Congress…

nation. Progress was achieved by the territory in its first half-century as a part of the United States. Hawaii converted into the western fortress of American Military. The Hawaiian people fought alongside America…

To highlight this fact Mr. Timothy McGrath states that the United States is currently involved in 134 different operations in his 8 December 2014 article on US Foreign policy (McGrath, Global Post website). The key point is that many of these conflicts never make mainstream news accounts and are not widely known by the public; therefore no attention is ever drawn to the fact that they do not have authorizations from Congress. Based on those…