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    Some differences include, one house called Congress, bicameral, to makes the laws, two to seven members per states in Congress, one vote per state, one year in legislative office, no more than 3 out of 6 years for a legislative term, congressional pay paid by only the states, no executive…

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    Congress is separated into the two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives, after each election the party with the most representatives is considered the majority party. The other party is then considered the minority party, either way they both have their leader, and their whip, although the majority also gets the Speaker of the House. Usually the same party is the majority in both houses like right now, in both Houses, Republicans are the majority party, and the Democrats are the…

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    made up of two houses. So What: In a bicameral legislature bills are produced in a way that will represent the states and the people. commerce power: Power to regulate foreign trade and between the states. So What: Commerce power is important because it’s congress’ greatest power over what the states do. Congress’ ability to regulate trade has been proved to be a very important way in how the congress regulates the states. Committee of the Whole: A committee made from the house that takes a…

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    This pleased the larger states that had larger populations that felt that they had more say in political terms since they were bigger. Where the Senate would have an equal amount of representatives from every state no matter what the size of the population was. This made the smaller states happy. With each state agreeing this helped the process of drafting the Constitution. So in the end Roger Sherman’s plan worked for every state. Without…

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    The US Congress is the national legislative body of government that consists of the Senate and the House of Representative. When people think of the word congress they most likely think of this definition, but congress is so much more. The US Congress is the reason we have all the laws that keep us safe. The word congress means coming together and legislature means making law, which put together congress means coming together to make laws, which is exactly what they do. Congress is a locally…

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    In Montana there is one House Representative, two senators, and one governor. Each person has a specific job that they have to do to help the state grow. For example, The House of Representatives focuses on federal laws, Senators represent their state when making new laws, and the Governor has the power to veto bills if it is for the better part of their state. Each state in America has representatives that is responsible to help the state function. Two different part groups are Democratic and…

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    The hierarchy or the House of Representatives starts with the Speaker of the House. This role is incredibly important and requires someone with strong but fair ideals. The Speaker of the House presides over all debates and enforces the rules of the House. The House of Representatives Majority Leader is recognized first during debates as they are the floor leader. They also are usually next in line for Speaker of the House when the current one retires or dies. The Minority Leader presides over…

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    Time for New Beginnings It is often said when the stars are aligned for you, your potentials are endless. This is true especially for those living in the united state of America. With a sheer will and dedication there is hardly anything knowing to mankind that cannot be accomplished in this great country. Some may spend countless hours and years pondering about the greatness of America, particularly seeking to find out what makes America great. Some say America is great because of its people,…

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    judicial. The Virginia plan also called for a bicameral (two branches) congress. The bicameral Congress would have two houses (an upper and a lower house) and the two would meet separately and would have to agree upon a bill before it became a law. The two houses were known as the House of Representatives (elected by people) and Senate (elected by state legislature). House of Representatives and Senate were represented proportionally. Under the Virginia plan, the federal government would have…

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    A demonstration is needed to describe the following correlation between Aristotle's mixed state and the Constitution of 1787(of America.) More precisely, how the Constitution of 1787 can be seen as a implementation of Aristotle’s mixed state. Three examples will be shown to demonstrate three elements of the mixed state. These three elements are the monarchist component, the aristocratic component, and the democratic component. Monarchy starts off as our first component to the mixed state.…

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