House of Representatives

“The Legislature House was built to be the supreme democratic house of the national institutions as they are supposed to reelect every two years and the Senate was intended as an elite body that would act as a check on the House.” –The Constitution The founders feared that one government would become too strong, therefore establishing Congress as a bicameral legislature as an act against tyranny and inequality. This bicameral arrangement distributes equal power inside two houses that are a check…

proposed either from a citizen like you or a representative. From there if other representatives support that idea then that set of ideas are written down into bills. After that representative has written down that bill then that bill needs a sponsor and some support from other representatives so it can be introduced. Next the bill is placed in the hopper and a reading clerk comes in and reads the bill to all representatives and the speaker of the house. The speaker’s main duties and…

Japan who migrated to America with her mother and attended public school and graduated from the University Of Hawaii Manoa, and later on Law School at “George Town University Law Center.” In 1980 Mazie Hirono ran for a seat in the Hawaii House of Representative and went on to be elected as Lieutenant governor in 1994. Mazie Sworn in to Office in the position of U.S Senator of Hawaii in January 3, 2013. Mazie Hirono “serves as the first and only Asian American woman and first woman senator…

The House of Representatives is lead by the speaker of the house. The speaker of the house has the power to decide which legislation is voted on. The term limit for a senator is 6 years while the term for a house member is 2 years however there are no limits as to how many times a senator or a house member can get reelected. Requirements to run for senator are you must live in the state you wish to become…

The Texas Legislature is the most significant representative institution within the whole state. It is also the most powerful out of the three branches of government. The Texas Legislature consists of a bicameral body that is organized of one hundred and fifty House of Representatives members and of thirty-one Senate members. The House of Representatives has a chief presiding officer that is known as the Speaker of the house. Speaker of the house is one of the individuals that has a powerful…

legislature called Congress. The two parts, or houses, of Congress are the House of Representatives and the Senate. Members of the Senate serve six-year terms so that they can enjoy some independence from the day-to-day opinions of voters. In contrast, members of the House serve two-year terms. As a result, they have to face the voters much more often. In this way, the framers tried to balance the independence and thoughtfulness of the…

with one simple word: gerrymandering. But what exactly is gerrymandering? In a nutshell, it is altering the way your votes are added up to affect how the results look at the end of the day. Gerrymandering uses this to wrongly affect how the House of Representatives looks and is therefore destroying our democracy. Here is how it is done. In most states, the state legislature is the one in control of redistricting. Every 10 years, they get census data and use it to decide how to divide the state.…

the same. Part 1 Legislative Process The government and citizen’s rights are encompassed around three branches of government who work separately, but also together to assure protection and effectiveness (U.S. House of Representatives). The Legislative Branch which encompasses the House and Senate. They make the political and financial decisions to establish laws. The President and approximately 5,000,000 workers are part of the Executive Branch, who enforces the laws of the land. Finally,…

of legislature in the Congress. Typically, groups hire representatives to promote the interest of the group: lobbyists talk with reporters, place advertisement in newspapers, and initiate written campaigns. They attempt to…

should be a set outline for term limits for both the House of Representatives and the Senate. Currently, term limits do not exist among Congress, leading to possible corruption and political scheming, allowing the same state representative to stay in office until he/she resigns or passes away. In the House of Representatives, each Rep serves two year terms and in the Senate, each Senator serves six year terms. Supposedly if a rep serves in the House or Senate…