Joe Biden

Republicans also cite what they have termed the “Biden Rule” when arguing that the seat not be filled. The “Biden Rule” stems from a speech that Vice President Joe Biden gave when he was a Senator and Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee (Lerner, Kira). Biden stated that if President H. W. Bush nominated an individual to replace a retiring justice that, "the Senate Judiciary Committee should seriously consider not scheduling confirmation hearings on the nomination until after the political…

Rachel, I enjoyed reading what you wrote about Maureen Dowd. Before starting this week’s assignment, I had not realized how many well known people had committed plagiarism. In the case of Ms. Dowd, it is disappointing to think that she would commit plagiarism whether it was intentional or not. I know strive to be very careful when reading and preparing to write a paper, that I cite all my sources. I remember one time of having to leave some wonderful information out of a paper because I…

All three sites are popular, and all three articles where accessible from the homepage of these news sites. The article “Joe Biden Aide Sends Letter Detailing Vice President's Looming 2016 Decision” by Arlette Saenz was published by the Yahoo news website. The article was eleven minutes old with ninety-nine comments. The comments can be sorted in order by newest, oldest, most…

announcement that the Department of Education plans to rewrite key Title IX guidance which works to address and prevent sexual assault in our schools is a step in the wrong direction… any change that weakens Title IX protections will be devastating,” wrote Joe Biden on…

Greene. After Melania and Donald Trump went to a church to pray for Donalds presidency. They then went to meet with Michelle and Barack Obama for tea and coffee. Then Melania Trump, and Michelle Obama rode together to the inauguration. Vice presidents Biden, and Pence rode in a car together. Right after came Barack Obama and Donald Trump who rode in a car called The Beast. It is a car that is bulletproof and bomb proof. They rode all the way to inauguration where Trumps kids, people who were…

The minority party in Congress has a main goal of becoming the majority. They are known of having opposing views of the majority party. Other goals the minority party has is influencing policy, protect official rights and powers, and to attain party integration. The minority party in the House of Representatives has a minority leader who meets with the majority leader to discuss prevalent issues in the country; they usually work very close to one another. The job of minority whip is to maintain…

million people live in the shadows. I believe they are already American citizens, These people are just waiting for a chance to contribute fully. And by that standard 11 million undocumented aliens are already Americans in my view” (Vice President Joe Biden). Immigration in a large scale started in Ellis Island in New York in 1892 through 1954. Ellis Island was open to any person that came to register and during that period over 12 million people were accounted for. As well as in Angel Island…

There are 3 main plans to replace the articles of confederation the Virginia Plan, New Jersey Plan, and the Connecticut Compromise. The first plan is the Virginia Plan this plan was introduced by Edmund Randolph and helped the bigger states. It had 3 branches the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial but it centred around the Legislative branch. It had a lower and upper house. The lower house was picked by popular vote and the upper house was picked by a list of people who were nominated by the…

In this video he First Lady, Michelle Obama, used the rhetorical appeals to persuade audience to believe in the American Dreams and the President Barack Obama. Most of the time, she used pathos and ethos appeal. She didn’t use logos appeals at large. Pathos: She used pathos a lot in her speech by telling stories about her family, and her husband’s family to make the audience feel that their families seem more like all of us. She told the story about her father struggling to work and how hard it…

With a variety of candidates running in the 2016 presidential race, there are also a variety of political views. The article “The Gospel of Bernie”, has brought the attention to many people the political views of Bernie Sanders. This article shows Sanders unique approach and ideas to help America and the citizens of the nation. In my opinion, Sanders has good ideas but they are to incommon with communism and are not practical for America. For example, a free education and health care is great…