Illinois House of Representatives

January 31, 1865, the House of Representatives voted to sign the Thirteenth Amendment. Lincoln, the movie, portrays the months…

consists of two chapters: Senate and the House of Representatives. Both chapters contain a number of seats available for elected members. Members are elected through direct election. There are a total of 535 seats, 435 seats for members of the House, and 100 seats for senators. Members in the House serve an unlimited amount of two year terms. Members can stay a lifetime in congress, as long as they are reelected. Congressional terms for members of the House should be limited to eight years, thus…

States. The president is a figurehead and the deciding signature to all legislation passed by Congress. Congress is a complex governing body, and it currently struggles to get bills passed. Yet, the people of the United States still vote for representatives with the hope that these officials will uphold the interests and goals of the larger population. Negotiation is key to the governance of the United States, and is paramount to effectuating change in Congress. Negotiation tactics…

President of United States of America on March 4, 1829 and served two terms until March 3, 1837. During this time frame, Mr. Jackson completely revolutionized the Presidency of the United States by winning the popular vote, and by being the direct representative of the common man (Frey, Marc and Todd Davis the New Big Book of US presidents, Philadelphia: Running, page 37). Throughout his life and his Presidency, Andrew Jackson was not only known as a man with a fiery temper, but also known…

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…

government are not directly chosen by the popular vote. To begin with, people do not directly vote for the President, but the voting system was created to pick electoral college representatives to vote for the presidency. In other words, people do not get to pick the President of their country by their will, but the selected representatives will do the picking for them. Although people choose the electoral college members from the political taste that they have, it would not necessarily match…

branches. One way the Executive branch checks on the Legislative branch is that the President has the power to veto laws passed by the Congress. They also can propose laws to the Congress. The Executive branch also submits the Federal Budget to the House. They also elect federal officials, who carry out and enforce the laws. The Executive branch also has checks on the judicial branch. Officials in the executive branch nominate judges to the Supreme Court and to the federal court system. The…

like Massachusetts. Why should they have the same amount of power in the house of representatives as everyone else when they are only a fraction of some states? In the Bill of Rights they will make sure the smaller states do not have equal power. “ In which the smallest state has equal weight with the largest … That it is not necessary for the public good, (Dewitt).” I would want more people in the House of Representatives and have more say on political things going on in our country because we…

at the state house which is now Independence Hall but for two weeks they adjourned meetings until they met their quorum. On May 25th 1787 all states are present except for Rhode Island. But by May 29th, Edmund Randolph presented a plan called the Virginia Plan which was written by James Madison and would provide for a strong centralized government composed of three branches, the judicial, executive and legislative to avert any corruption of power. Madison 's plan describes two houses: one with…

not be surprised to discover that the chairs reclined, gave a massage, and featured a button to call for catering through long periods of debate and storytelling. The seating faces a central platform where a few members, including the Speaker of the House, sits. The press gallery, located above the seating for the Congressmen, accommodates the reporters from various reporting agencies. I am sure the press often hears copious amounts of interesting and entertaining ideas to report from these…