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Summary: On Saturday, The Obama administration called for a cap on assessment so that children would not spend more than two percent of classroom instruction taking tests. It called on Congress to “reduce over-testing” as it reauthorizes the legislation controlling the nation’s public secondary and elementary schools. In a recent study taken by the Council of the Great City Schools found students who attend big city school will on average take 112 standardized tests from pre kindergarten and…

guide the daily tasks. Speaker Pro Tempore (acting speaker), is a senator who was nominated by a selection committee to serve as the Speaker of the Senate, whenever the true one is unable to attend. The Leader of the Government, is the leader of a caucus of Senators who belong to the governing party in the lower house. They…

State parties use two methods when selecting national convention delegates, they use primaries and caucuses. Primaries and caucuses can be perceived as the first step toward presidency. Some states only hold primary election and others only hold caucuses, but there are also some states that use both primaries and caucuses. States like California and Washington are examples of states who use the primary election method otherwise known as preliminary election. Primary systems are used to select a…

decide what work they need to do and when they will do the work. The chairs are all members of the majority caucus. The selection for the committee chairs is selective and are often offered based on seniority and party allegiance. Moreover, the partisan nature of the committee system is partisanship. The majority caucus is in charge of the decisions that are made towards a bill. The majority caucus is in charge of making sure that the committees have the majority of their members present…

perspective, Trump supporters are individuals that like people who talk big, people who tell them that their problems are simple and easy to solve (even if there not), and they like people who look like them. In February of 2016, Trump won his third caucus by winning the state of Nevada, which placed him as a top contender for the…

The effects of the 2008 recession still reverberate in many low income areas; although the unemployment rate has finally recovered to pre-recession levels. Experts say that this is a result of people withdrawing from the workforce. An article written by Margaret Simms, a renowned authority on social issues regarding low income families, and director of the Low-Income Working Families project at the Urban Institute, argues that more needs to be done to help low-income workers. Her position keeps…

positions includes the speaker, majority and minority leaders, assistant leaders, whips and a party caucus or conference. The speaker acts as leader of the house, along with institutional and administrative rules. Majority and Minority leaders represent their respective parties on the house floor. Whips, assist leadership in managing their party's legislative program on the house floor. A party caucus is the name given to a meeting of or organization of all party members of the…

Johnson also stated in his speech that he had his own immigration reform idea called the Comprehensive, Common Sense reform; this reform is like the S.744 bill, granting 11.5 million people citizenship and making changes to secure the border further. He believes that putting more money into border security will help lower the percentage of illegal immigrant’s crossing over into the country. Both Conservatives and Liberals want to have a secure border and to protect our country, but the problem…

as a third party, is defined as a political organization that receives between 5 and 19 percent of the total votes cast for any statewide office in the past election. Parties can nominate their candidate in a party caucus once the party has received minor party status. A party caucus is defined as a meeting of members of a political party to nominate candidates and is used only by minor political parties in Texas. Only the democratic and republican parties hold the status of being a major party.…

pioneering Feminists Ms Magazine, and formed the National Women's Political Caucus which worked on women’s issues. Born on March 25, 1934 in Ohio,Toledo, Gloria Steinem was raised by her mother Ruth and her father Leo…