House of Representatives

United States House vs. Senate There are two chambers of United States Congress. The House of Representatives, often referred to as the "lower house", and the Senate referred to as the "upper house". Each chamber requires members or representatives to form a caucus. Proposed laws, also called a bill, must have a majority vote and be signed by the president before it becomes a law. The House of Representatives, known as the "lower house" is made up of 435 members. These members are dispersed…

An amendment to the Constitution requiring that seats in the House of Representatives be delegated by a party-list proportional representation system of elections, is necessary to enhance the democratic elements of the United States Government: particularly voter turnout, the creation of more political parties, and a more diverse electorate . Currently, the “Past the Post” style of elections in the United States has tainted the American democracy, and it is time that the country be required to…

3rd, 2014. The concept of a representative government was meant to be as representational as possible. The idea of a representative government is to filter the opinion of the masses by electing a small elite to run the country. This idea of government is actually contradictory because a representative government never represents everyone in the populace. In a representative government, representatives can only represent the majority that elected them. The representatives do not care about the…

According to the center on congress at Indiana University, Lee Hamilton, a former member of the United States House of Representatives, states this about government, “no matter how good a policy, if good people aren’t available to carry it out, it will fail.” As democracy puts governmental power into the hands of the people, it is crucial that citizens embody the theory of enlightened self interest where the ideas of common good are above those of the individual. With a mindset that good people…

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…

Congress is divided into two parts, the Senate and the House of Representatives. The executive branch is in charge of enforcing the laws and can even introduce new policies and reforms. The branch consists of the President, his vice president, and his cabinet. The judicial branch consists of the Supreme Court, all federal courts, and circuit courts. The legislative branch is consists of two parts, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Each state is…

gives the House of Representatives the right to chose their own speaker and “shall have the sole Power of Impeachment”. Representatives are the originators of all bills that are required to raise money for the United States but they must pass the Senate to be approved. Article 1, Section 3 gives the rights to the Senate to elect other officers “and also a President pro temp in the Absence of the Vice President” but also the sole power to try all Impeachments. The Senate along with the House…

known as Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary. The first one is the Legislature which is under Article I. Section 1 says that the Legislature is made up of people called Congress, which is made up of a two-part body: House of Representatives (lower house) and the Senate (upper house) which can be found in sections 2 and 3 and its requirements. Sections 4-10 explains how the states elect Congress, the regulations of Congress, how bills will become laws, certain powers and limits that Congress…

government by the whole population or by elected representatives. Citizens of the U.S. elect representatives from their respective state, who in turn elect the president. The democracy of the U.S., hence, is ditto of the democracy that the Athenian followed. In the United States, only adult citizens are able to elect their representatives. Similarly, only adult Athenian militia was allowed to vote. People of Athens didn’t feel the necessity of having representatives. Hence, any Athenian who was…

“The only thing to fear is fear itself.” This was spoken by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, also known as F.D.R. Franklin Roosevelt was the president during the Great Depression, and a large part of the executive branch. The executive branch is one of the three branches of government responsible for leading this country. The other two branches of government are the Legislative and Judicial. They all work together to run, regulate, and protect the U.S.A. I will summarize the roles, major parts,…