United States Congress

make a difference every day in the United States, I would say, without hesitation, our Congress. And when I say every day, I truly mean every day, including those grueling hours at the golf course on one of their two hundred forty days off per year. I do not know about you, but I always thought that the best way to convince someone that my viewpoint was right was to show my dominance by striking a ball into a hole with a stick. This of course demonstrates Congress’ always tactful and ever wise…

by the existing 13 states. These articles only managed to keep the country together until it was replaced by the superior Constitution in 1789. The main reason the Articles were significantly weak is was that sovereign power in the states was too strong, as mentioned in the 2nd article “Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.” Seeing…

Jeffrey St. John’s third book in the trilogy, Forge of Union, Anvil of Liberty: A Correspondent 's Report on the First Federal Elections, the First Federal Congress, and the Bill of Rights, was written to show the in-depth view of how integral the three years from 1788 to 1790 were in the long-lasting development of a once weak and divided nation into one of the modern day great-powers of the world. In this novel the story is told from the first-person view of a Philadelphian newspaper…

Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The United States Constitution is a very carefully, well thought out document. It is designed to establish a national government adequately strong and flexible enough to meet the needs of the Republic, yet limited to protect the guaranteed rights of citizens of the United States of America. The Constitution allows a balance between a nation’s need for order and the individual American’s right to freedom. The United States is a government of…

“Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts and excises to pay debt for the common defense and the general welfare of the United States, but all duties imports and excises uniform throughout the United States.” Congress doesn’t have the power to control taxes. Congress also doesn’t have the power to control commerce laws. The year is 1781 is it okay for Congress to have any power? If you look back in history at the year 1781 the thirteen colonies created the…

policy is a major concern to the people today in society, because after the terrorists attacked in Paris, they killed over a hundred people. The United States wants to start a war against terrorists in Isis, but Congress prevents them. The Congress doesn’t want the country to be involved with terrorism because they might cause more terrorists into the state. Also, they said it would be better if the nation were to stay neutral and stay away from world affairs. Although, the country wasn’t…

The United States government is made up of three branches, the judicial, legislative, and executive. Each branch has specific powers, some of which they share. Of the three branches, the executive and legislative branches are supposed to be the primary two holders of the war powers. I believe that through history it has been shown that the legislative branch and the executive branch are fairly equal with one another when it comes to their war powers. There have been several occurrences…

The Articles of Confederation were written by a committee that Congress appointed in 1776 to draft a constitution for the new nation that was being formed following independence from Britain. The committee wrote what is known as the Articles of Confederation but really called the “Articles of Confusion” because they were written poorly. Although they were adopted by Congress on November 5, 1777. The Articles went into effect on March 1, 1781, and lasted until March 4, 1789 when they were…

their gears to support and influence larger businesses such as Microsoft. The U.S Chamber of Commerce is highly conservative. Since April 12 of 1912, this interest group has favored the beliefs and practices of conservatives over liberals. the United States Chamber of Commerce has U.S Chamber of Commerce is classified as a nonprofit organization therefore, they are able to accept an unlimited amount of contributions without revealing the donor's identity. Political Advertising commercials and…

meet the requirement for running for office. Some beliefs that it refers simply to trade or exchanges while others claim that the founding fathers intended for the word commerce to mean commercial and social interactions between citizens of different states. Since there is no clear cut right answer for what commerce really means in terms of what the founding fathers wanted it to mean, the popular interpretation of the word "commerce" that I have seen in the case 's that we have studied so far…