Illinois Senate

3.) Unfortunately, Mr. Smith as many vulnerabilities. First, we could look at his race as an African American male. Mr. Smith is also a farmer whom never graduated from high school. This makes Mr. Smith vulnerable due to lower income status. Mr. Smith also lives in a rural community in which access to health care may be scares or not available to him. Lastly, being an African American male with hypertension and history of mild strokes, places him at great risk of death. This in return may put in…

It is always fascinating to me to see all these Congresswoman and men come from all different places, and to end up in a central spot in Washington, DC after they win their election. One of those people of Congress is Elise Stefanik. Back in 2014, she became the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. Then, she was 30 years old. Stefanik was born on the second of July in 1984. She was born in Albany, New York. Her parents are Melanie and Ken Stefanik, who own Premium Plywood Products. This is…

When it comes to Congress careers, we mainly speak about the pursuit of reelection, the power the try to uphold and good public policy. With the pursuit of reelection, in order to come out on top lawmakers must work both sides of the spectrum. On one side you have the voters and supporters back home and on the other you have to work on creating power hungry careers on Capitol Hill. Lawmakers in the Constituency or Home Style careers fo mainly focus on giving their home base attention and those…

Chase Smith was the first woman elected to both houses of congress. Margret Chase Smith was a help to get woman into both houses and that if a woman was good in the senate that they wouldn't just be good in the senate. She was also the first woman to be…

is humbled and proud to serve his country. He views the senior senator from his home state as an idealistic, honest, intelligent politician and roll model. Once in Washington, Mr. Smith enters and poses a threat to party bosses that work in the Senate. He does not fall into place and become their puppet. Mr. Smith character has been loosely based on a person that existed in real life. I am referring to politician, Henry Wallace. Henry Wallace was the 33 Vice President of the United…

The House and Senate Budget Committees work on the resolution draft together. The budget resolution goes to the House and Senate floor to be amended when the committees are finished with the draft. After the draft is amended, it will go to a House-Senate conference to settle any disputes and both houses pass a conference report. The budget resolution does not need the President’s signature…

Electoral College and the votes of the Electoral members towards the election of the Presidential candidate. It is also evident that without the majority of the votes from the Electoral members the decision cannot be made. In such circumstances, the Senate and the House Representatives finally select the Presidential candidate from the nominees. Therefore, the election system does not provide opportunity to the other political factions with different ideologies other than democracy to enter the…

Legislature, Executive, and Judiciary. The first one is the Legislature which is under Article I. Section 1 says that the Legislature is made up of people called Congress, which is made up of a two-part body: House of Representatives (lower house) and the Senate (upper house) which can be found in sections 2 and 3 and its requirements. Sections 4-10 explains how the states elect Congress, the regulations of Congress, how bills will become laws, certain powers and limits that Congress has, and…

Balanced Bench,” (b) “The Regional Lottery Plan for the New Constitution,” (c) “Automatic Voter Registration,” (d) “The Six-Year Term,” (e) “The Alternative: A Presidential Confirmation Election,” and (f) “A Lengthened House Term (And Changes in the Senate Term).” “A Balanced Bench” One of my favorite…

The State of the Union Address is where the President of the United States presents his plans for the next year in front of both the Senate and the House of Representatives. This year marked President Barack Obama’s eight and final State of the Union address. This State of the Union was very important for President Obama because it is a crucial year to set in stone his legacy. It is an election year, so how is President Obama going to end his second term as President of the United States? In his…