Congress

laws, confirms or rejects a President, and has the ability to declare war on another country. The legislative branch is made up of 2 bodies of government called the House of Representatives and the Senate. Both these bodies together are called Congress, Congress works together to make laws for our country. The House of Representatives consists of 435 members from all 50 states. The number of…

Some would say that that the framers of the Constitution limited the power of the President enough by giving some powers to congress, but the more valid perspective is that the framers of the Constitution did not limit the President’s powers enough because some powers of Congress have changed to be the President’s powers. In the constitution, the President has many powers such as being Commander in chief of the army, appointing ambassadors and supreme court justices, and making sure laws are…

In the Constitution the Legislative branch is the most drawn out by the founding fathers, it was four pages of the constitution, as they went into more detail with what congress could and could not do; this was done because at the time, there was great fear of one branch becoming too powerful, especially the law making branch. The founding fathers also made it clear what the legislative branch was in control of so it would be definitive for the individual states to know what they could and could…

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…

number of senators is an equal number, it being two for each state. To prevent concentration of power, the constitution divides the federal government into three branches (legislative, executive, and judicial). The congress shall consist of a…

Furthermore, the Article of Confederation was proposed in 1771, which was America’s first governing document. This Article of Confederation had failed because the national government and the Congress were not given enough power. The Article did not provide the central government with the powers it needed to rule and the Congress had no power to impose taxes,…

An interest group is an organization with common beliefs and interests formed with the intent to influence the government. One such group is the Club for Growth, a free- enterprise advocacy group well known for their vast influence on economic policy. The Club was established in 1999 by Harlan Crow, Stephen Moore, Thomas L. “Dusty” Rhodes, and Richard Gilder and is comprised of “a national network of over 100,000 pro-growth, limited government Americans who share in the belief that prosperity…

What does it mean to be impeached? The definition of impeach is to call into question the integrity or validity of said person. In the United States history we have had many great presidents that have lefted a great mark during their presidency. But we have had other presidents that have ruined their reputation doing horrible things with during their presidency. In this paper I will addressing two of those presidents. Both Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson were going to be impeached by the United…

the three branches: Legislative (congress), Executive (president), and Judicial (supreme court). They didn’t want a single branch to become too powerful, so they gave each branch specific checks that they could use on the other two branches to keep them in line. Although the president was intended to be weak on paper, actually to the American…

articles and other secondary sources such as tapes. CIVIL RIGHTS ACTS IN AMERICA’S HISTORY Civil rights in the United States of America date back to the 19th century. The first of these was the thirteenth amendment. It was approved by the 38th Congress between 1863 and 1865. It was later ratified by the states on December 6, 1865. The amendment abolished slavery and slave trade on American soil. It put an end to servitude except where it was a punishment when a person committed a criminal…