Member of Congress

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” that we currently have ourselves in. His most highlighted phrase from this article was that he believed that limiting Congress terms would end “the cycle of…

Adopted July 13, 1787, by the Second Continental Congress, chartered a government for the Northwest Territory, provided a method for admitting new states to the Union from the territory, and listed a bill of rights guaranteed in the territory. Following the principles outlined by Thomas Jefferson in the Ordinance of 1784, the authors of the Northwest Ordinance spelled out a plan that was subsequently used as the country expanded to the Pacific Us congress passed a ordinance law. Louisiana…

The powers of the President are listed in Article two, Section two of the Constitution and unlike the powers granted to Congress, the list of Presidential powers are short and vague. Before the original thirteen states declared independence from Britain, they were colonies ruled over by King George III. Although the colonists were taxed, they had no one to represent their needs in British parliament. This taxation without representation was a key factor in provoking the American Revolution,…

The U.S house of representatives is one of the two houses of the United States. The lower house of United States Congress with 435 popular elected officials which is often called representative body of federal government. The United States congress is made together with the House of Representatives and Senate, which identify their individual districts in their own state. The main role of this house is basically to vote and pass the laws. The arrangement and powers of the house are established…

duties he has to perform is appointing staff members, the cabinet, and several other officials. In Article Two, Section Two of the Constitution it states that the President of the United States has a right to appoint officials. The Chief of Staff is Denis McDonough. As the Chief of Staff McDonough has to supervise the staff of the White House, control who is near the President, and in the Oval Office. He manages the communications, and consult with Congress. Before being the Chief of Staff,…

At this moment, members from each chamber gather to appease each of the divergences. After all of congress approves the bill, the final version of the bill is established. At this time of the billing process, the president begins to become involved. Even though both chambers pass this bill, there is still a waiting chance that the president will veto it. Here, the president can either: veto, pass, pocket veto, or hold the bill. Nevertheless, congress and override a presidential veto…

McCain-Feingold set out to ban soft money and to regulate certain political advertisements. However, Bopp took this as a way to protect incumbents and to shut political parties out of campaigning. Potter believes, however, that the mindset that “Congress is entirely self-serving” by conservatives on the Supreme Court is keeping restrictions from being placed on contributions. In part due to Citizens United, laws have been passed which allow for money to be raised and spent in campaigns like…

declared themselves independent of Great Britain. Congress then needed to fashion some form of governmental system. The Articles of Confederation was the first document ratified by the states to do so. The Articles of Confederation was a document written by Richard Henry Lee, a Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress. It was a document that proposed the newly independent states form a confederation. In the Articles of Confederation, Congress was a single house in which each state had one…

Polarization is caused by the attitudes and dispositions of certain groups of citizens. One theory offered for the reason of polarization is the decline of moderates in the U.S. Congress. In Danielle Thomsen’s article, she notes that party leaders are becoming increasingly more polarized than the average party member. Party leaders are responsible for “allocating committee assignments, setting the legislative agenda, and structuring debate on the floor” all of which are very important for…

contractors. Before analyzing the interpretation of the statute itself, it is crucial to consider whether Congress delegated authority to the Occupational Protection Administration (OPA) and if it followed necessary procedure during implementation. After interpreting the relevant material, I will either recommend how…