Illinois House of Representatives

legislature with 1 house with proportional representation, creating 1 house with equal representation for all states, and allowing slave states to count each of their slaves as ⅗ of a white man. To begin, by having proportional representation in one house, the Great Compromise appealed to larger states and the Virginia Plan, which had suggested a bicameral legislature with proportional representation. In addition, the Great Compromise gave all states 2 delegates in the other house. This appealed…

Prehistoric sites around Clinton have been shown to be up to 3,000 years old, but European settlers did not arrive until the 18th century. In 1801, the settlers founded a town that they named Burrville in honor of the country's new vice-president, Aaron Burr. However, Burr fell into disgrace, resulting in the town being renamed in 1809; historians believe that the new name was to honor George Clinton, the vice-president who followed Burr, but the name could conceivably honored DeWitt Clinton,…

cuban-inherit, so he supports helping illegal immigrants. He’s against abortion, and is all for building a new and better economy for not only his district but for the whole United States. Mario Rafael Diaz-Balart Caballero is a Republican U.S. Representative from Florida. Mario was born September…

The 17th Amendment democratized Congress by allowing voters to elect senators rather than state legislatures electing, however, Congress is still mainly shaped from the framers of the Constitution. Examples of this would be bicameral legislatures, equal representation of states in the Senate, Senate ruling on filibuster, and the usage of a checks and balances system. The framers used a bicameral system because it was the only way they can end the stalemate between the large and small states at…

Good evening and welcome to Monday Night Football! Tonight, we will look back and highlight the career of Hall of Famer Frank Gifford! You are in for a real treat tonight! It all started in Bakersfield, California, where the young Gifford showed off his versatile skills to get him into the University of Southern California. From there, he emerged into one of the legendary figures in the NFL as a player for the New York Giants and broadcasting on ABC’s Monday Night Football. Early Life Struggles…

Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United States of America. Born in 1743, Jefferson and few others, strongly believed in states’ rights, while others considered that these country should have a strong, powerful central federal government. These conflicts between people led into two different political parties. Thomas being in the Democratic Party, he fought bravely strongly against John Adams, for his presidency. Unfortunately, Jefferson lost his first match he ended being the vice…

they fix the current junket problem. Watchdog groups, or nonprofit groups that monitor the activities of the government, pushed for the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan to suspend junkets. My alternative solution is that Congressmen should send their aides and personal staff…

self-sufficient. Thomas Jefferson designed his residence at Monticello to reflect his values of the “Republican Man”. Monticello’s exterior was designed to look like a single floor home, but in reality had three floors and a basement. Jefferson gave his house this appearance to give the impression of a more modest dwelling. After the Revolutionary war, Jefferson did not want the United States to turn back to the ways of the very extravagant and ostentatious English Monarchy. By designing…

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…

With the presidential election underway it seems that neither party can agree on anything. Civilians both democrat and republican seem to be in uproar over our candidates. The issues our country currently faces are astronomical. Our massive debt, climate change, education, immigration, trade and so much more is all up for debate. The question many of us face is who will take action. I have a simple proposal to fix the alarming divide within this election. I suggest we scrap the election. This…