Illinois House of Representatives

Two Republican candidates vying for Marco Rubio 's Senate seat said that though college tuition is too expensive, Sen. Bernie Sanders plans for tuition-free college don 't add up. “As much as I respect Mr. Sanders … I think if he’s going to offer free tuition, something is wrong with that idea,” said Senate candidate Dwight Young, a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy. “I don’t see where we are going to get the money to afford it.” The University of Central Florida College Republicans invited…

Plantations. In August of 1866 President Johnson invited Queen Emma of the Sandwich Islands to join him in the White House for a feast. During the feast Queen Emma tried to encourage President Johnson to join her favorable trade agreement in order to expand the import of sugar to the entire United States. This visit was also the first time a Queen had ever dined at the White House. Shortly after the Queens visit, President Andrew Johnson makes an attempt to tour the Northeast and Midwest that he…

The success of a politician is determined by his/her ability to go into the meat grinder that is that American political machine and come out strong on the other side; not many make it through, but those that do come out with the experience and resources necessary to make it through the political cycle for as long as they desire, thus giving them an incredible advantage over the newcomers to the political game. The ultimate goal of any congressmen is to achieve reelection, and such a venture…

constituents. Within the confines of writing laws, there are actions that Congress may take to delay a bill from being passed such a filibuster. However, even before a bill might appear before Congress the bill must go through a rigorous process run by the House Rules Committee which regulates the flow of legislation that appears before Congress. Then once a bill is passed…

Every two, four, and six years the citizens of the United States of America take it upon themselves to elect their House members, president, and senators respectively. This gives the people an immense amount of power and influence within their government; however, it comes as a surprise that a whopping “78 percent of Americans…don’t trust [the government] most of the time” (Salvanto, CBS). A massive portion of this distrust is due to “perceived pandering and influence of lobbyists or special…

Martin Luther King Jr. Essay "I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." — Martin Luther King, Jr. / "I Have A Dream" speech, August 28, 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia and he was assassinated on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee the day after his “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” speech and was shot on his balcony. His parents…

or any public officer. The selection process happens through elections after which the most popular candidate forms the government as the head of state. However, his or her removal from office happens only through the recommendation by the House of Representatives as described by the constitution through the impeachment process. It may be initiated if the head of state stands accused of gross misconduct and subsequent violation of the constitution in a manner that threatens the country’s…

I think that congress has the most power. I have three reasons of why i believe that congress has the most power. Reason number 1: the people of each state have to vote for 2 people to go into congress. Reason number 2: the people of congress are in charge of maintaining the military and making money, etc. reason number 3: the third and final reason that i believe that congress has the most power is because if the people of congress present a law to the [resident and the president vetoes that…

Our founding fathers realized that the Articles of Confederation were greatly flawed, and took on the great responsibility to write a brand new Constitution from scratch. There were a few minor bumps along the way, resulting in three compromises. These three compromises were, The Great Compromise, the Three Fifths Compromise, and lastly the Executive Branch Compromise. The first issue people debated was how many votes should each state get in Congress. The two sides in the debate were the…

Secondly, once the bill is referred to a leader of the House it will then be assigned to an appropriate committee or committees. Unfortunately, the committee can pass it on to a subcommittee for sessions and votes, but it can also “die” off if the committee does not feel it is of any importance. Further, if and once the committee approves the bill, it will then be sent on to the House and Senate were it will be voted on. Depending on which House votes, two very different ways the bill will be…