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In this article, Presidential candidate, Donald Trump’s views on congressional term limits are made known. Trump has publicly announced that he would like to give a limit for both sections of Congress. He would like to make the House of Representatives have a 3 term limit of 2 years each and the Senate with a length of 2- 6 year terms. He voices his reasoning on the topic, saying that it will end government corruption if we have a change and that it would put an end to the “economic stagnation”…

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…

Lisa Benson is a somewhat well known political cartoonist and radio show host. This cartoon has been posted and reposted across multiple websites and shared numerous times over social media. Like her other cartoons, it has no original source or website that it was posted to. On the surface, there are several babies sitting at the feet of a very disgruntled gorilla. From the imagery it is concluded that it is supposed to be a gorilla enclosure or exhibit. The words ‘NATIONAL DEBT’ are printed on…

The United States Congress is comprised of the two legislative bodies of the federal government, the Senate and the House of Representatives. Working alongside one another, the two chambers are responsible for the creation of legislation with cooperation from the President, the head of the Executive Branch. When the Senate, House, and Presidency are all aligned in terms of their political allegiance it is referred to as a united government, and when it is not it is called a divided government.…

The scene is idyllic -- a late May afternoon with a large crowd sprawled across a lawn, munching on Ben and Jerry’s ice cream treats. Bernie Sanders sure knows how to kick off a campaign. The picnic functioned as an invite to his followers to support him. And many accepted, as Sanders raised a stunning 1.5 million dollars in the first twenty-four hours of his campaign1. Sanders’ fundraising is not the only impressive part of his campaign. With 614,000 Twitter followers, 1,629,700 Facebook likers…

In a September 2015 cartoon from The Columbus Dispatch, Nate Beeler addresses the issue of finding a new Speaker of the House after John Boehner’s recent resignation. The point of this cartoon is to display the difficulty of finding someone fit for this grueling job. Many of the House Republicans are in disarray, having forced out John Boehner, and now watching Kevin McCarthy, the expected successor to Boehner, retract his interest in the job. Beeler employs several strategies in order to…

senators and representatives to act as spokespersons for the different economic, ethnic, racial, religious, occupational, and political interest in our state and district” (Vogler,p.6). As a democratic member in the House of Representative we play a major role in the government. We are not as big as the president or Vice President but electing the right ones will make a big difference on how the people are represented. There are 435 members and 5 delegates that make up the House of…

Often times, America is referred to a a democracy. While this statement is partially true, a more accurate term would be a “representative democracy”. We, the people, do not vote on each issue that passes through Congress; instead, we elect officials to represent us during the voting process. Congress is bicameral legislature. This means that we have divided the legislature into two chambers. When creating the Congressional structure we have today, there were many disagreements about how…

Republicans are more conservative and have more Christian based beliefs. Democrats are more liberal and have the opposite beliefs as republicans. In fact, the US has a democracy type of government. More republicans live down in the South because there are more churches and religion is more in action. Most democrats live in the North. Both Democrats and Republicans ignore some of our most basic rights. One way we ignored our rights is our government killing our very own people.…

Subedi 1 Pujan Subedi Sherry Sharifian GOVT 2306 15th April,2018 Running for election Residing in 2493 Old Jacksonville Highway, Tyler, Texas, my house district is 6 and it is represented by the Republican Matt Schaefer. As a moderate Democrat in Texas, I seek to run for the office of the Texas House of Representatives. The US presidential election, 2016 revealed that no amount of money is likely to secure an election victory when President Donald Trump spent about half the amount Hillary…