Docherty provides answers on how to fix the undemocratic nature of senate selection and the inability of senators to represent provinces properly. Docherty (2002) proposes that the senate could be fixed through having an equal senate proportion throughout every province so it can represent regional interests more effectively and lessen the disparities between each province. Also, Docherty (2002) proposes that the experiment of Brian Mulroney, to appoint Senators from a list provided by the Premier, would be a viable way of reforming the Senates unelected body. Although, Docherty provides information on reforming the senate Docherty also provides critical information regarding the obstacles that stand in the way of reforming the senate. Firstly.…
The legislative power lies almost completely with the 338 members of the 'House of Commons'. These members are called 'Members of Parliament' and are elected by the body of voters for one geographical area. The party with the largest amount of these members usually governs the country and forwards the prime minister who is the political leader of the country. Another major role is taken by the federal cabinet that forms the executive power and whose members are called…
United States congress is a bicameral legislature with a lower chamber known as the House of Representatives and the higher being known as the Senate. Congress men and women have various rights and privileges to help them serve the nation the best way possible. Congress checks on the courts and on the President. The constitution gives very broad powers to the congress “All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a congress of the United States” (Politics in America) The founding fathers envisioned congress being the most powerful branch of government.…
Their job is to help the House of Commons to make laws and monitor how it works. (During the Quebec Conference of 1864, which set out the future structure of Canadian political system, John A. MacDonald, then attorney general and not yet a Sir, observed, “In order to protect local interest, and to prevent…
Vice President Joe Biden has always been involved in politics, making him an ideal person for a spot as a Cabinet member. Biden studied and graduated from Syracuse Law School in New York. His academic successes and failures were definitely reflected later on in future careers. After his graduation, Biden began working at a law firm and went on to create his own law firm soon after. Then, Biden served on the New Castle County Council before his election to the United States Senate at the young age of twenty-nine.…
The Senate has many jobs which include approving bills previously passed in the House of Representatives, sponsoring their own bills to become laws, and to represent the people living in the state. Currently in the Texas Senate the Republican Party hold the majority number…
Colonial freedom from Britain brought many political effects towards the United States. The Articles of Confederation provided a weak central government that politically hurt the nation . In addition, the establishment of the United States Constitution impacted the ways of the government and helped build a strong federal government. On the other hand, the president provided leadership to the nation’s government. Also, the separation of powers was created as the basic kind of government that equally distributed powers amongst different branches, so no branch could have more power than the other .…
I think that congress has the most power. I have three reasons of why i believe that congress has the most power. Reason number 1: the people of each state have to vote for 2 people to go into congress. Reason number 2: the people of congress are in charge of maintaining the military and making money, etc. reason number 3: the third and final reason that i believe that congress has the most power is because if the people of congress present a law to the [resident and the president vetoes that law then congress has to take a revote if ⅔’rds and more vote to make that law a law then the law is automatically made.…
The Minority Leader presides over the minority party and is next in line for Speaker of the House if their party becomes the majority in the next election. Majority and Minority Whips are actually very important to their respective parties. They keep everyone up to date and in the know…
When it comes to Congress careers, we mainly speak about the pursuit of reelection, the power the try to uphold and good public policy. With the pursuit of reelection, in order to come out on top lawmakers must work both sides of the spectrum. On one side you have the voters and supporters back home and on the other you have to work on creating power hungry careers on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers in the Constituency or Home Style careers fo mainly focus on giving their home base attention and those in the Washington Career focus on persuading those on the Capital side. Constituency Careers are more common of newer congress members.…
I'm applying for these positions because I want to be a lawyer when I grow up. A lawyer, to me, is a person who takes on leadership roles because it's a learning experience that can teach someone on how to better guide their client through the cases they have to work on. The positions in Model Congress will provide an insight of what the experience will be like. In addition, though law and politics are not considered technically the same thing, I felt like certain skills and knowledge overlapped. I am passionate about both of these two areas and will like to contribute more, beginning with the majority/minority whip positions.…
The Senate has a presiding officer that is known as the Lieutenant governor. The Lieutenant governor’s main purpose is to serve the Senate’s president. In order to work for either the house of representatives or the senate,…
First, there are several roles that are written out in the constitution that every vice president will hold. The vice president’s main role is to be the president of the Senate. What this means is that he gets to be the tiebreaker, but does not get a vote unless the votes are equally divided. Also, in any type of…
The United States and most Latin American nations have congress, Great Britain and most Western European nations have parliaments. A person becomes a member of a parliament such as the British House of Commons by being nominated by party leaders, voters generally choose between parties and parliaments tend to be made up of people loyal to the national party leadership who meet to debate and vote on party issues. A person becomes a member of the United States Congress by winning both a primary and a general election, elections in which personalities are usually most important to voters. A congress tends to be made up of people who think of themselves as independent representatives of their districts or states and who while willing to support…
Ultimately, there is equal representative for all 50 states in the senate. In the legislative process, the Senate does not have set rules about the floor debate. On the senate side, the Senate Majority leader sends the bill to the right committee. The senate is the only one who can agree to treaties and confirm federal officials (markey.senate.gov). The senate could also choose the Vice president if the Electoral College votes were tied.…