Congress

In the constitution, Article 1 is about the Legislative Branch. The Legislative Branch is made up of the two houses of congress. Those houses are Senate and House of Representatives. The Legislative Branch are the ones who writes the laws. The laws are written and then passed on to congress for a vote. There are one hundred senators in the Senate, two from each state. The House of Representatives is made up of 435 elected members, divided among the 50 states in proportion to their total…

world market. The founders needed a way to convey this to the citizens of the United States and make them interested in helping to make the country they were forming great. By incorporating into the Constitution the duties and work schedule of the Congress, they could persuade citizens into helping with the decision making process. By allowing them to vote and run for office,…

In comparing the powers of both the legislative branch of government to the executive branch of government, one must first understand why these branches of government was made, what each individual form of government does, how they are able to function separately and also, what their purpose is for the people of the nation. The first branch of government, the legislative branch, was first established in Article 1 of the Articles of Confederation. The first founding fathers of the nation…

The two approved position that I choose to compare and contrast are Senate and House OF Representative. Senate and House of Representative are the house of US congress. The Senate and House of Representative plays vital role in constitution because they both have to approve to make a law in US. Senate is long term than House of Representative, but the member are more in House of Representative. They both have some similarities and some differences, but one thing they both do together is Senate…

Congressional Ethics In a former U.S. Representative Paul Broun left Congress at the tip of 2014. House committee investigations were making an effort into his alleged misuse of dealing with the money funds for political functions that were disappearing. Ethics consultants say there's little or no fashionable stance of a passed action, investigation outgoing to Congress for him returning to work, but it's the committee leaders who can opt to open up their concerns, needs, to be compelled to…

The Establishment Clause prohibits the Government or Congress from creating a national religion, but it did not and still does not prohibit Congress or the Government from supporting a religion. In Fact, the U.S. Government has supported a religion, Christianity. On January 21st, 1781, Robert Aitken appealed to Congress requesting to print "a neat Edition of the Holy Scriptures for the use of schools." And on September 12th, 1782, Congress replied stating “[we] highly approve the pious and…

Society without laws would be absolutely chaos. Everyone would run wild with no control from anyone. This is where the Legislative Branch of the United States government comes in. The power to make laws is given to the congress, which also represents the legislative branch of government. There are a few ways that the legislative branch checks on the other two branches of government. The best example of this is how the legislative branch has the power and authority to investigate national…

smoothly, which include Congress, executive, bureaucracy and federal courts. Congress is one of the institutions that plays a great role in ensuring that there is good governance in the country. The key role of the Congress is lawmaking. Congress makes laws such as gun control and regulating television programs. The Congress also plays the role of representing people. In this scenario, the members of Congress represents the views of the constituents in the Congress. Congress has the mandate to…

American history because of his “democratic” views. The era of the “common man” marked the beginning for American democracy where ordinary people had a say in the government. To Jackson, democracy meant that all agencies of the government, including the congress, the president, National Bank, and Supreme Court must listen and follow to the wishes of the people. However, Jackson still had certain ideas about who were included in the people, and opposers of Jackson claimed he was more autocratic…

vessel. This was in 1784, and Robert Morris continued for many years to carry on extensive commerce from China and India. Robert Morris was critiqued about his war efforts and accused of war profiteering, but his reputation was cleared when the Congress looked into his accounts. He played a major role at the 1787 Constitutional Convention and eventually became on of Pennsylvania’s first senators. Robert Morris was always willing to help out his friend George Washington. When George Washington…