Illinois House of Representatives

o Crime is another issue that takes place on a day to day basis all over the world. Some humans believe that violence is often the behavioral response that people are taught or have learned to use in order to get what they need in life. Day to day it is shown that there is an act of violence towards humans, whether it is among the youth, adults or race. This is an important issue topic to discuss, because it affects every generation, especially the youth of today. Youth violence, which leads to…

Defined as the national legislative body of a country, Congress is the key component to a successful representative democracy. Made up of two separate parts, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, Congress enacts the laws that we abide by daily. While the main job for America’s 100 Senators and 450 Representatives is to mandate what is legal, they often find themselves hopelessly advocating for themselves in an attempt to validate their own moral virtues. Since 1787, when the…

benefit and not a sovereign ruler. As a republic, the voters of the United States elect members of Congress to represent them in the lawmaking branch of their national government. Power is given to the elected representatives as stated by the Constitution. The people vote for the two houses, the House of…

become increasingly polarized in terms of partisanship. The definition of partisan polarization is the separation of the two major parties as they move towards more severe issue positions. In other words, the members of Congress – both in the House of Representatives and in the Senate – tend to be either extremely liberal (corresponding to the Democratic party), or extremely conservative (corresponding to the Republican party). There are currently few members of the U.S. Congress that consider…

The Great Law of Peace Vs the Constitution Introduction The Great Law of Peace served as the constitution of the Iroquois Republic. The Republic was comprised of 5 Indian tribes, namely, Seneca, Mohawks, Oneidas, Cayugas and Onondagas (Minahan 20). Later on, the Republic was joined by another tribe, Tuscarora to become the League of 6 Nations. The purpose for establishing the Iroquois Republic was based on the need to foster peace among the Indian community as the groups had engaged in bloody…

Hine’s was a photojournalistic artist. He used photojournalism to tell his stories. Photojournalism is the art or practice of communication news through newspapers, magazines, and more. He used photojournalism while trying to get the message that child labor was negative across. Hine’s amazing work that was produced by his talent was the face of the National Child Labor Committee and what they stood for as a community. Lewis Hine’s work was able to get the NAtional Child Labor Committee’s point…

The Structure of the House of Representatives The House of Representatives is made up of five levels of influential power, decreasing in power as the levels increase. The most influential member of the House of Representatives is the Speaker of the House, or the vice president of the United States of America. The Speaker of the House initiates new representatives, keeps order in the chambers and galleries of the House of Representatives, creates the rules for the House policies, and allows…

Congress is separated into the two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives, after each election the party with the most representatives is considered the majority party. The other party is then considered the minority party, either way they both have their leader, and their whip, although the majority also gets the Speaker of the House. Usually the same party is the majority in both houses like right now, in both Houses, Republicans are the majority party, and the Democrats are the…

for everyone. Since the decision makers are elected by the society, it could be assumed that they are the “wisest” and will make it more difficult for vicious policies to take effect, especially in a larger society. Today, the U.S does hold a representative democracy. Through the election of congress, the president, and other officials, U.S citizens are utilizing Madison’s ideals from Federalist…

In deciding the books “Filibustering: A Political History of Obstruction in the House and Senate” and “Filibuster: Obstruction and Lawmaking in the U.S.” for review, the central topic to consider for discussion quite literally hits us over the head via the book titles. But to be thorough (tedious) I shall mention it more blatantly: The topic for this review discussion is the concept of Filibustering. The opportunity and method to filibuster is what gives the US Senate an interesting twist to its…