Illinois House of Representatives

States. This means that any member of congress can not occupy another office in the federal government. In Parliament, the House of Commons decides nearly everything about the government. In the United States, the House of Representatives and the Senate are equally as powerful and are constantly checking and limiting each other. Everyone in the Senate and House of Representatives are elected and can only stay in office a certain amount of…

In the United States today there is many people throughout this country that are republican or democrat that are not fans of the congress. Some people say that congress never gets anything done, they never can agree on anything, etc. But that is how our government was built to have sections within the government that are made up of different parties so that not one party or branch can dominate the U.S government. In the U.S congress today there are many bills/issues that go to them and they are…

any part of the process it is important that both parties have come to some type of agreement. Once the bills start to be agreed upon by the house and the senate they are finally sent to the President’s desk. In the case of our government this rarely happens, and 90% of the bills that are looked at rarely every make it this far. Additionally, once the house and senate have passed the bills, the president stills holds the power to veto it. This entire process, of disagreement, agreement, vetoing,…

action before the official constitution was drafted. Two opposing sides, one the heavily populated states argued for a legislative body based on population. And the second, which was a coalition of less populated states, wanted an equal number of representatives. The two sides came together, debated the merits of each proposals, and finally came to a mutual compromise. Thus, this is how the modern day United…

(Not So) Social Media “Every year over the last decade or two, millions [of Americans] have withdrawn from the affairs of their communities” (Putnam). As time progresses, Americans care less and less about what is going on in their surroundings. Although Putnam’s piece, “Bowling Alone: America’s Declining Social Capital,” was published 20 years ago, his commentary on minimal social involvement still applies to trends in America today. Many different elements combine to cause a loss of…

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…

Growing up, I believed that president of the United States was given ultimate power in the white house and made all decisions regarding the governing of the unites states. However after reading further into the constitution, it is evident that congress is given much more power than the president has. This seems to be something that is overlooked, especially…

Senators, the number of its U.S. House representatives which may change according the state’s population as determined by the ten-year census. The state of Florida currently has 29 Electoral votes along with New York. California has 55 and Texas has 38 and Florida and New York are tied for third…

America in the mid-19th century was a powder keg waiting to explode. The division of culture between the North and South was at an all-time high and in the early 1840’s the population of the United States was drastically changing. Settlers were rushing westward to form new territories while Immigrants from Europe were leaving their countries to settle in the United States. This movement of people into and around the United States led to the furthering of disunion and political developments,…

taken in March 2014 conducted by the Bipartisan Policy Center and USA today “showed Congress’ job approval rating at just 19 percent, while people gave their own representatives a 52 percent approval rating.” (Roll Call) There is a name for the inconsistency between the approval and congress and the approval of one’s own representative. This phenomena is called “Fenno’s Paradox” and is named after political scientist Richard Fenno. In simple terms, Fenno’s Paradox “is the belief that people…